CHICAGO, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- PC Quote.com, an internal division of PC
Quote, Inc. (Amex: PQT), today announced the receipt of the 1998 "Standard of
Excellence" WebAward for its Internet web site http://WWW.PCQUOTE.COM. Issued
annually by the Web Marketing Association ("WMA"), the Standard of Excellence
WebAward is presented to sites which represent the backbone of the World Wide
Web today and set the standard for all corporate web sites to follow.
"We are thrilled with this accomplishment," stated Jim R. Porter, PC Quote
Chairman and CEO. "Our fellow winners represent the work of some of the best
corporate marketing departments and design firms in the world and we are
delighted to be categorized with professionals of such high caliber. Our
in-house design team is diligent in its efforts to provide visitors with
dynamic, interactive and comprehensive financial content -- all of the tools
they need to make sound investment decisions. It is especially rewarding to
receive recognition and validation from other industry professionals for our
team's outstanding work."
The 1998 WebAwards competition format allows Web sites to compete head to
head with other sites within their respective industries, as well as against a
standard of excellence. Over 500 sites from around the world were judged
based on design, innovation, content, interactivity, navigation, ease of use
and use of technology. Judged by a team of independent Internet professionals
representing the various relevant disciplines of Web site development, the
team included members of the media, advertising executives, site designers,
corporate marketing executives, content providers and webmasters. Winners
were identified in three award categories "Best of Industry", "Outstanding Web
Site" and "Standard of Excellence" in addition to the "Best of Show WebAward."
Other 1998 award recipients include the New York office of AGENCY.COM,
Phillips Business Information and Columbia TriStar Interactive.
The statements made herein that are not historical facts may contain
forward-looking information that involve substantial risks and uncertainties.
PC Quote's actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially
from the results, performance or achievements expressed in, or implied by,
these forward-looking statements. Among the factors that could cause or
contribute to such differences are those set forth in the Company's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission and include the Company's ability
to (i) obtain adequate financing to continue as a going-concern and fund its
current business strategies, (ii) attract and retain key employees, (iii)
compete successfully against competitive products and services, (iv) maintain
its relationships with key suppliers and providers of market data and (v) the
effect of economic and business conditions generally.
About PC Quote, Inc.
PC Quote, engineer of HyperFeed(TM), the fastest and most accurate
datafeed available, provides delayed and real-time securities quotations and
news to financial and consumer markets worldwide. Long a technological leader
in market data delivery, PC Quote boasts a long line of industry "firsts."
Most recently, PC Quote was the first data vendor to power its datafeed by a
100% Windows NT-based ticker plant and the first to deliver 1024KB over the
Internet. PC Quote's professional clients include brokerage firms, banks,
insurance companies, fund managers, as well as institutional and professional
investors. The company has expanded its service offerings to the individual
investor, application developers and businesses by offering its products
through the Internet. PC Quote.com, a recently created internal business
unit, manages the company's web site which offers non-fee delayed quotes to
all visitors as well as fee-based real-time subscription market data services.
With over 987,000 unique visitors each month, the site strives to provide
comprehensive investment tools to empower the growing sophistication of
today's investors.
For more information visit PC Quote's website at http://www.pcquote.com.
SOURCE PC Quote, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Jim R. Porter, Chairman and CEO,
312-913-2800, or Lorelei M. Lenzen, Manager, Marketing
Communications, 312-913-3517, both of PC Quote; or General
Inquiries, William Murphy, 312-266-6764, or Carol Barbour,
312-640-6693, both of The Financial Relations Board
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