EveryCarListed.com, Powered by Superpages.com, Becomes the Only All-Video Car Listing Site and One of the Only Car Listing Sites Providing Free Videos
DALLAS--Idearc Media LLC, home to Superpages.com® and publisher of the Verizon® Yellow Pages, today announced that its Internet site EveryCarListed.comSM has launched one million vehicle videos on its free automobile listing site. The videos are provided to each listing for free, and by year end, EveryCarListed.com will launch videos to the remaining listings creating the only all-video vehicle listing site in the nation.
The vehicle videos simulate a trip to the dealer by providing consumers a “walk around” experience while a voice-over describes the car features. View this video of a 2007 Hummer H2. According to comScore, in November 2008, 146 million Americans viewed 12.7 billion online videos.
“Online videos are becoming part of the buying process,” said Briggs Ferguson, Internet President at Idearc Media. “Videos touch consumers' senses and enhance the buying experience, which in turn provides dealers and for sale by owner listings more quality leads from EveryCarListed.com.”
EveryCarListed.com, which launched in August 2008 and was acquired by Idearc Media in February 2009, has more than 2 million dealership and “For Sale by Owner” listings. Vehicle listings on the site are current and updated daily through EveryCarListed.com’s agreements with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM). When inventory changes at local dealerships, the OEM relationship ensures the most up-to-date vehicle information is posted to EveryCarListed.com.
Superpages.com features a new “Cars” destination tab at the top of the home page, allowing consumers to shop for vehicles within the site. According to comScore, the Superpages.com network has more than 27 million unique visitors a month and ranks 27th in the top 50 U.S. Web properties.
“With Superpages.com’s traffic and EveryCarListed.com’s content, we are creating a powerful automobile sales arena,” said Ferguson. “These sites will provide a venue for dealers to take advantage of exclusive advertising opportunities that will bring more consumers to their dealerships.”
On the EveryCarListed.com site, consumers can search listings by make, model, fuel economy and many additional preferences. Automobile dealer inventories are listed at a basic service level at no charge to the dealer. The site also offers new vehicles from franchised dealers, and “For Sale by Owner” listings free of charge.
The EveryCarListed.com video technology, provided through Digital Motorworks, Inc., is the Liquidus Video Platform. Liquidus offers a unique real-time video capability that ensures vehicle information is always fresh and up-to-the-minute for every dealer and every vehicle.
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About Idearc Media LLC
Idearc Media LLC, a subsidiary of Idearc Inc. (Pink Sheets:IDARQ), delivers products on multiple platforms to help consumers find the information they want, wherever they are. Idearc’s multi-platform of advertising solutions include Verizon® Yellow Pages, Verizon® White Pages, Verizon® Yellow Pages Companion Directories, FairPoint® Yellow Pages, FairPoint® Yellow Pages Companion Directories, Superpages.com®, Switchboard.comSM, LocalSearch.comSM, Superpages MobileSM and SuperpagesDirect™ direct mail products. For more information, visit www.idearc.com.
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About EveryCarListed.com
EveryCarListed.com the nation’s largest all video free-listings Web site for automobiles, designed to contain all new and used vehicles for sale in the U.S. Its business model is like that of the Yellow Pages, which has a highly utilized model of free listings. Including all dealer inventories at a basic service level free of charge and allowing all “For Sale by Owner” listings to be placed for free, EveryCarListed.com creates a powerful automobile marketplace. Millions of current vehicle listings, updated daily, and agreements with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) as well as GM Certified Used Vehicles and other strategic partners, ensure that when inventory changes at local dealerships, the most up-to-date vehicle information will be posted to the Web site. For more information visit www.EveryCarListed.com/corp.
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