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InfoSpace to Deploy FAST Web Search into InfoSpace's Meta-Search Products

Business/Technology Editors

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2002

"Outstanding Search Service(1)" will enhance search results for users

of InfoSpace's meta-search products

Today at the Search Engine Strategies Conference and Expo in London, InfoSpace, Inc. (NASDAQ: INSP), a provider of wireless and Internet software and application services, and Fast Search & Transfer(TM) (FAST), a leading developer of search and real-time content filtering technologies, announced that FAST's award-winning Web search will be available for distribution through InfoSpace's meta-search products. The addition of FAST's pure Web search results within InfoSpace's meta-search products is designed to enhance the user experience and deliver more relevant results.

"As the market leader in meta-search, the addition of FAST to our products proves our commitment to innovating and delivering the most relevant results to users," said York Baur, InfoSpace executive vice president, wireline and broadband. "Meta-search delivers the ability to search a wide variety of search engines at once, retrieving the best results from across more of the Web. The addition of FAST technology provides users of our products with an enhanced search experience."

InfoSpace's meta-search products power search results at Dogpile and MetaCrawler, as well as Excite, among other Web sites. Under the agreement, FAST will deliver results from its worldwide search services database, as well as its MP3, multimedia and news worldwide databases searchable in 49 languages.

"Rather than competing with our clients, FAST enables their success. Providing InfoSpace's meta-search users with the freshest and most relevant search results is a step toward driving additional traffic, increasing customer loyalty, and ultimately driving revenue back to InfoSpace," said John M. Lervik, CEO of FAST. "We are looking forward to enhancing the search experience of this extensive community of Web searchers and are excited about the additional exposure of our Web index within this knowledgeable new community."

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About FAST

Fast Search & Transfer ASA (FAST) creates the real-time search and filter technology solutions that are behind the scenes at some of the world's best known companies with the most demanding search problems. FAST's flexible and scalable integrated technology platform spans both Internet and enterprise customers, and elevates search to unprecedented levels. FAST search technology is currently deployed by a wide range of global customers and partners including BroadVision, eBay, Ericsson, IBM, Reed Elsevier (Scirus.com), Reuters, T-Online, and Terra Lycos. FAST has operations in the United States, Europe (Norway, Germany, Italy, UK), and Japan, and is publicly traded under the ticker symbol FAST on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Please visit www.fastsearch.com for more information or see FAST in action at our technology showcase www.alltheweb.com.

About InfoSpace, Inc.

InfoSpace, Inc. (NASDAQ: INSP) provides wireless and Internet software and application services. The Company develops software technologies that enable customers to efficiently offer a broad array of network-based services under their own brand to any device. InfoSpace corporate information can be found at www.infospaceinc.com.

This release contains forward-looking statements relating to the development of InfoSpace, Inc.'s products and services and future operating results, including statements regarding InfoSpace's Provider (Search Services) Agreement with Fast Search & Transfer International AS, that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. The words "believe," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," variations of such words, and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, but their absence does not mean that the statement is not forward-looking. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Factors that could affect InfoSpace's actual results include the progress and costs of the development of our products and services and the timing of market acceptance of those products and services. A more detailed description of certain factors that could affect actual results include, but are not limited to, those discussed in InfoSpace's Annual Report on Form 10-K, in the section entitled "Factors Affecting Our Operating Results, Business Prospects and Market Price of Stock." Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. InfoSpace undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.