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What is Open After 10PM – GeoSpot Upgrades the Public Beta of its Deep Local Search and Exploration Web Site

Fremont, California – March, 26 2008 - GeoSpot Inc. www.GeoSpot.com, the location-based services and social activities company, today announced a major upgrade of its Beta Web site for consumers to conduct deep local searches. Upgrades include an expanded search of local businesses and services by open hours (“what is open now”), searching nearby, and patent-pending location-aware keyword correction. Consumers can search for places that are open now or at a specific time and even see whether the businesses are about to open or are closing soon.

The data covers all of California, but the Beta Web site focuses on restaurants, bars, and other food-related categories in the San Francisco Bay Area, where it has the most searchable operating hours. GeoSpot services make local searches map-centric, moving the user interactions onto the map itself.

“Have you ever wanted a nice sit-down meal or just a quick bite to eat after 10PM at night but had no clue which restaurant is still open and where?” asked GeoSpot CEO, Joe Chen. “How many times each week do we all ask the question what is open around here or in the area where I am going?”

Although several local search services already exist, analysts have unanimously said that consumers are not satisfied with the results.

“We want to solve the pain that consumers feel which existing search engines do not address. The first of such features is to do a sweeping search of a geographical area and tell the users what’s open,” said Peter Braun, GeoSpot’s Vice President of Product Management. “For many multi-service businesses, users can even find out if a certain department is open or a service available, and what similar services nearby are also available and open!”

GeoSpot’s patent-pending high-performance search of local businesses by operating hours is the first of many pain-solving location-based solutions GeoSpot will release this year. Other “killer-applications” are currently in alpha testing.

About GeoSpot
GeoSpot is a leading location-based information and social activities Internet company. It was founded in 2005 with the mission of developing highly advanced location-based services (LBS) software application platform to manage semantically-rich geographical consumer information and activities on the Web and mobile devices. GeoSpot is headquartered in Fremont, California. For more information, visit www.GeoSpot.com or check our blog at http://geospot-inc.blogspot.com.

Contacts
Peter Braun, GeoSpot, Inc. at (510) 494-8080 x35 or email to

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