LiveDeal.com Adds Yellow Pages to its Online Local Marketplace

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- LiveDeal.com (http://www.livedeal.com/), one of the nation's leading free online classifieds marketplaces, announced today it has broadened its services to include yellow pages listings. The addition of business listings makes LiveDeal.com one of the most comprehensive online local marketplaces available, enabling consumers and businesses to find and advertise available goods and services in local communities throughout the U.S.

"LiveDeal's mission is to help people harness the power of the Internet to effortlessly find things that they need in their own local communities," said Rajesh Navar, founder and CEO of LiveDeal.com. "We are thrilled to be converging yellow pages and classifieds into a single solution, because it makes LiveDeal.com an even more powerful resource for businesses and consumers. With the addition of yellow pages, Live Deal is now truly a one-stop solution for helping consumers find everything local."

LiveDeal's new yellow pages feature 13.7 million business listings from more than 70,000 zip codes in the U.S. Consumers can search or browse for specific types of businesses on LiveDeal.com by specifying a particular city, state or zip code. Each listing features a company's address and phone number as well as a map.

About LiveDeal.com

LiveDeal is a leader in the local online classifieds and yellow pages market with millions of goods and services listed for sale, in every city and zip code across the U.S. Buyers and sellers come together through the vast LiveDeal.com marketplace, which is ideal for finding and advertising business services as well as such items as automobiles, furniture, appliances, real estate and more. LiveDeal is also the perfect place for sellers seeking to place pets in loving homes and for buyers to find the pet of their dreams. LiveDeal has joined forces with Pets 911 to increase pet adoptions from shelters. LiveDeal partners with online and offline media to quickly and cost effectively power their classifieds and yellow pages via its dynamic LiveDeal classifieds platform. LiveDeal was founded in 2003 by Rajesh Navar, an original member of eBay's engineering team, with executives from other pioneering Internet companies. As part of its global expansion, LiveDeal launched LiveDeal Canada (livedeal.ca) in partnership with Torstar Corporation and Gesca Ltd. For more information about LiveDeal, see http://www.livedeal.com/.

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