Freewebs.com Maintains Leadership in Free Consumer Website Creation

February 23, 2006; 02:19 PM

Freewebs is a global online community of web publishers with more than 10 million users. Since 2001, over 15 million web sites have been created using the free, do-it-yourself Freewebs Site Builder.

Today's launch of Google's Page Creator demonstrates the ever growing demand for easy-to-use web publishing tools and hosting services. "Freewebs is pleased to have been in the vanguard in addressing the needs of this evolving consumer market place," said Haroon Mokhtarzada, CEO of Freewebs.  "We welcome Google to the web site publishing space.  For a giant like Google to focus on site building alidates the importance of giving people the freedom to publish and manage their own websites," continued Mokhtarzada.

According to comScore Media Metrix, Freewebs recorded more than 16 million unique visitors world wide and nearly half a billion page views in January of 2006 -- reporting the second highest number of page views in the Web Hosting category and ranking among the top 150 most trafficked properties in the world.

While offerings such as Google's allow users to create static web pages, Freewebs empowers its users to create an interactive web presence, unifying blogs, audio and video capabilities, chat, e-commerce, and social networking in a single website.  "Freewebs has built its strong position in the web publishing industry around the world by offering free and easy-to-use tools," continued Mokhtarzada.

Subscribers use Freewebs sites for just about everything.  Some popular themes include music and fan sites, community sites like churches, sports teams, and scout troops; small businesses; non-profit organizations; educational sites; and family-oriented sites for sharing everything from weddings to new baby photos.

Freewebs was recently awarded the Standard of Excellence WebAward in the 2005 WebAward Competition, sponsored by the Web Marketing Association (WMA).  According to the WMA, this award "recognizes the standard of excellence for which all corporate web sites should strive."

About Freewebs

Freewebs is a global online community leader focused on improving the way
people connect with others through a unique web presence.  The Freewebs Site Builder solution allows first time webmasters to create and host their own websites without special training or software. Subscribers use Freewebs sites for just about everything.  Some popular themes include music and fan sites, community sites like churches, sports teams, and scout troops; small businesses; non-profit organizations; educational sites; and family-oriented sites for sharing everything from weddings to new baby photos.  Since its launch in 2001, Freewebs has experienced tremendous growth. For more information or to get a free website of your own go to http://www.freewebs.com.