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UK Online Directory 192.com is Officially the "World's Best"
LONDON, October 21 /PRNewswire/ -- - 192.com Declared Best Online Directory, Winning the 118 Award for the 5th Successive Year 192.com broke its own record last week after being awarded Best Online Directory at the global 118 Tracker Awards in Las Vegas. In a ceremony at the Wynn Resort, Alastair Crawford, CEO and Founder of 192.com accepted the 118 Tracker award for an unprecedented fifth year in a row. 192.com fended off global players, including the largest US online directory whitepages.com, to win this prestigious accolade. 192.com, the UK's leading people and business finder, continues its dominance of the online directory space through innovation and a single-minded focus on the local market. Since its launch 10 years ago, the site has always been a pioneer in the industry. Alastair Crawford, CEO, 192.com, said of the win, "We're so proud of this award because very few UK internet companies rise to the top of the global pyramid. Five years ago, our biggest competitors were BT and Yell and today we're also fighting off Google and MSN who are attempting to create local search products. "We've earned this award through consistent innovation, growth and user satisfaction. In 2008 we also re-launched our mapping service bringing UK users an amazing level of detail not found on any other website including Google." Kathleen Pierz, founder of Directory Assistance consultancy, The Pierz Group and one of the judges of the awards said, "192.com was selected as the winner for this award because they deliver a powerful people search and business search tool in one. Their mapping service adds that additional wow factor that the judges were looking for. We couldn't believe we were awarding it to them for the fifth year in a row but 192.com simply remains a very strong competitor in an increasingly competitive market." The ultimate success of the site is measured by its unique users - 5.5 million each quarter. No other site in the UK comes close to comparison with 192.com's database. The site hosts over than 640 million different records on people and businesses - 30 times more than its nearest rival! About 192.com http://www.192.com is the de facto standard search engine for finding people, business and places. The site was established in 1997 by Alastair Crawford, also the founder of UK-Info Disk and Wasabi.com. LONDON, October 21 /PRNewswire/ -- For more information contact Katie Gardner on +44(0)20-7909-2385 or press@192.com
