May 1, 1996

(WINTER PARK, FLORIDA) - GlobalMedia Design, Inc. announced today the debut of their Rover Search Service, the World Wide Web's first automated email mailing list researcher. Rover is available, free of charge through June, at http://www.roverbot.com/.

Rover simplifies the process of building custom email mailing lists by exploring the results from popular search engines like Yahoo and Lycos. Visiting each website and verifying the contact email address, Rover builds password-protected results compatible with all major email programs, mailing list managers, spreadsheets and databases. Rover's uses include announcing website address changes, arranging for mutual hyperlinking, solicitation for competitive bidding, and marketing to potential customers on the Internet.

"Rover is absolutely the first of its kind," says Brian Clark, President of GlobalMedia Design. "Webmasters, business advertisers and marketers have a powerful new agent tool for their promotional arsenal."

Software developers around the world are focusing on creating "agents" -- software programs that actively seek out and retrieve specific information -- to cope with the massive scope of the Internet and the World Wide Web. From finding the best price for airline tickets to matching your resume with available jobs, developers envision utilizing "agents" like Rover to quickly perform tedious on-line research work.

"Rover can explore and catalog over a quarter million websites and email addresses a day, accomplishing in minutes what would take an experienced cybersurfer hours," says Andrew Cowan, GlobalMedia Design's Technology Coordinator.

GlobalMedia Design is a cyberspace ventures firm, involved in new media design (Ernst & Young LLP, the Florida Entertainment Commission, WTKS-Real Radio 104.1 FM, Florida Film Festival) and Internet software development (including the Intelligent Systems line of website tools.) Based in Winter Park, Florida, GlobalMedia Design is the region's oldest and most prestigious Internet development firm.

Press and media contacts are invited to contact GlobalMedia for a guided tour of the Rover Search Service by calling 407-657-9739 or emailing pound@roverbot.com.