TheIndyChannel.com Announces 2007 A-LIST Winners: Indiana's "Best" Local Businesses

Indianapolis, IN (Nov. 26, 2007) - TheIndyChannel.com announces the winners of its first annual A-LIST competition after thousands of Hoosiers voted online for their favorite businesses.

TheIndyChannel.com A-LIST is a premier destination for local information, featuring descriptions, photos, maps, and customer comments. It gives area businesses a tool to create, manage and promote their own content as well as gives consumers the power to choose the best businesses, post comments, photos and more.

Voting for TheIndyChannel.com A-LIST began August 27 and in just eight weeks its database doubled in size. It now features more than 1,200 Indianapolis-area businesses, over 26,000 reviews and has received more than 1.2 million page views.

The two-month long contest drew roughly 63,000 votes in more than 100 categories such as "best" Museum, Day Spa, Sushi, Pilates Studio, Wine Bar, Florist and Live Music Venue. The online list of winners was posted October 29. Each winner also received a certificate of recognition in the mail.

"We are thrilled to see so many local businesses receive the recognition they deserve on TheIndyChannel.com A-LIST," comments Josh Walker, CityVoter CEO. "As customers increasingly go online to find local vendors, we are proud to support TheIndyChannel.com's commitment to providing local businesses a valuable online presence at no charge."

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 www.cityvoter.com.

Contact:

  • Caralyn Quigley
  • CityVoter, Inc.
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  • Terri Cope Walton
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