CityVoter to Provide Online Metro Guide for ABC Affiliate KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids

CityVoter to Provide Online Metro Guide for ABC Affiliate KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids

CityVoter platform provides local businesses with a free online listing and interactive management tools and gives consumers access to the best local business information available

BOSTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- CityVoter, Inc., provider of exclusive metro guides for leading media companies that want to establish their websites as premier destinations for local information, today announced that KCRG-TV9, The Gazette Company's ABC station in Cedar Rapids, Iowa has selected CityVoter to build, manage and maintain an online guide to the best local businesses in Eastern Iowa.

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KCRG-TV9 joins a growing list of local television stations that have chosen CityVoter to build a local directory and introduce interactive features such as voting, nominating businesses, and posting comments and photos. CityVoter guides include hundreds of local business profiles, complete with photos, maps, and contact information.

This partnership demonstrates the scalability of the CityVoter platform. The KCRG-TV9 guide will cover a broad geographic area and feature businesses in Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Iowa City, and Dubuque.

"Smaller metropolitan markets have been underserved by technology innovation and as the top station in Eastern Iowa, KCRG-TV9 is an ideal partner for us," said Josh Walker, CityVoter CEO. "We are very excited to partner with KCRG-TV9 to provide local businesses in Eastern Iowa with an effective online presence, interactive tools to control their free listing, and affordable, self-service online advertising."

As consumers continue to turn to the Internet before making buying decisions, it is essential that local businesses have an effective and affordable way to connect with their existing and prospective customers online. CityVoter's metro guides offer local businesses a free online presence and easy-to-use tools to manage their listings, saving them time and money and increasing their exposure to an increasingly savvy consumer base.

"There are a lot of directory solutions that provide basic information, but as a trusted local news source, it was important for us to focus on profiling the local businesses that serve our community," said John Phelan, KCRG-TV9 General Manager. "In addition to the voting platform and user- generated content, CityVoter offered us a comprehensive solution-technology, content, features, and customer service for our users."

Each guide offers a list of the best local businesses, which is determined by the local community through an annual "best-of" contest in which visitors nominate and vote for their favorite businesses. The guides offer reviews and photos posted by customers, enhancing the value of a local business listing- both for the business and for those searching for detailed local information.

About CityVoter, Inc.

Founded in 2005, CityVoter, Inc. helps consumers find the best local businesses in their cities. Millions of locals visit CityVoter.com and its partner-branded metro guides daily to search, nominate, vote for, and comment on their favorite businesses. CityVoter builds its image-based metro guides for major media companies like Fox, McGraw-Hill, Hearst-Argyle and Post- Newsweek, to enhance the local relevancy of their websites and strengthen their relationships with their local communities. These guides are the premier destinations for local commercial content, featuring descriptions, photos, videos, maps, and customer comments about the top local businesses. Each partner-branded metro guide features a "best-of" contest to discover the best local businesses, as chosen by the local community. Rich photo galleries give visitors a storefront view of local shops, bars, food, products, clothing and more. The CityVoter.com destination site provides valuable answers to consumer-posted questions that enable visitors to weigh in with their choices for the best their city has to offer. To learn more about CityVoter, CityVoter.com and CityVoter's partner-branded metro guides, visit http://www.cityvoter.com/.

Contacts:
Caralyn Quigley
CityVoter, Inc.
617-741-3100 ext 150
cquigley@cityvoter.com

Eileen Pacheco
Tango Group
781-556-1026
eileen@tango-group.com

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CONTACT: Caralyn Quigley of CityVoter, Inc., +1-617-741-3100, ext. 150,
cquigley@cityvoter.com; or Eileen Pacheco of Tango Group for CityVoter, Inc.,
+1-781-556-1026, eileen@tango-group.com

Web site:

http://www.cityvoter.com/

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