First global image search service in Slovakia - Almost 2 billion pictures searchable on Zoznam.sk

Stockholm, Sweden, October 12, 2007 - It was announced today that the most visited Slovakian internet portal Zoznam.sk has enlarged it’s product portfolio to also include image search in cooperation with Sweden based Picsearch. Image search has now been integrated into the existing wide menu of search services which includes catalogue, phone directory, public transport, vocabulary and maps search. Pavol Balaj, Managing Director of Zoznam said “Zoznam.sk is the only category search portal in Slovakia which allows users to find pictures in a global database as opposed to the limited regional databases used on other Slovakian sites. We are proud to cooperate with Picsearch which is the premium provider of global multimedia search services in the world.” Picsearch’s features enable internet users to easily refine their searches in its large global database by selecting filters, specific sizes, black and white images only, colour images only and desktop wallpapers. Picsearch is one of the most experienced providers of multimedia search and powers many of the largest search engines in the world. The Picsearch database includes more than 1,7 billion pictures and is approaching 2 billion pictures rapidly. Every day, millions of new images are added to the service. Robert Risberg, Picsearch's CEO said “Zoznam is the dominant search engine in Slovakia with a wide range of services. The cooperation between Zoznam and Picsearch lays the foundation for further improvement for users of multimedia search in Slovakia.” Approximately 10 percent of all searches on the Internet are image searches (Hitwise July 2007). Picsearch has, since its inception, strived for relevancy and family friendliness. High relevancy helps the user to find the image they are looking for. Family friendliness allows children to surf in safety as offensive material is filtered out by advanced filtering systems. About Picsearch Picsearch AB (publ) is a premium provider of image and multimedia search services. The services are market leading in relevancy and family friendliness. Picsearch powers several leading Internet sites as well as its own Internet properties. Picsearch was founded in 2000, is privately held and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. For more information please visit www.picsearch.com. About Zoznam Zoznam.sk is the most popluar Slovak intenet portal with the highest number of visitors. The website was launched in 1997 and specializes in on-line Search Services which are provided to their users in a transparent format with interesting highlights. There are currently more than 40 on-line products available on Zoznam.sk. Among the premium products are the specialized magazines: Lesk.sk for women, Mojdom.sk for real estate, Dromedar.sk for travel, and oPeniazoch.sk for finance. Also popular is the News server Bleskovky and the email service. One of the most important services is the company catalogue which offers the possibility for companies to have their own professional Internet presentation with contact details. According to the independent audit by Media Research, more than 63 % of Slovak Internet users visited Zoznam.sk or one of its products at least once during august 2007. 1,409,101 unique users visited Zoznam.sk during August 2007. 1,189,506 unique users use Zoznam.sk as their entry web page into the Slovak Internet. For more information please contact: Carl Sarnstrand, Communications Manager at Picsearch Tel: +46 73 204 14 79 E-mail: carl.sarnstrand@picsearch.com Marek Bobula, Marketing Specialist at Zoznam Tel: + 421 2 5778 5709 E-mail: bobula@firma.zoznam.sk