Excite to feature InfoSpace Directory Services.

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 1996--InfoSpace Inc., an innovator of Internet technology, today announced that its Directory Services will be directly available from Excite Inc. (NASDAQ: XCIT), a leading Internet navigation network.

InfoSpace has developed a patent pending technology that fully integrates white pages, yellow pages, maps and email directories into one comprehensive solution. Users can access these directories under the reference section from the Excite site .

"Excite's concept based navigation makes it unique and appealing to the Internet user," said Naveen Jain, president of InfoSpace. "Partnering with Excite enables InfoSpace to reach a much wider audience than before."

"We are pleased to be working with InfoSpace," said George Bell, CEO of Excite. "Their accurate, integrated directories are a nice addition to our enhanced suite of products."

InfoSpace is a privately held company founded by Naveen Jain, formerly group manager for MSN at Microsoft. InfoSpace directories offer instant access to over 112 million U.S. and Canadian listings of people, government offices and businesses and include fax and toll-free numbers.

InfoSpace Directory Services also include AccuMail, the most accurate email directory in the world, InfoSpace Atlas, which allows users to plot any address in the United States on a map and InfoSpace Neighborhood Search, which helps you find people or businesses near your home, business or any other address. These services can be seen at .

InfoSpace, founded in 1996, has it's headquarters at 8528-154th Ave. NE Redmond, WA 98052.

The family of InfoSpace products include: AccuMail; InfoSpace Atlas; InfoSpace Neighborhood Search, which helps you find people or business near your home, business or any other address; InfoSpace White Pages; InfoSpace Yellow Pages; InfoSpace Blue Pages; InfoSpace Toll Free; InfoSpace Fax.

InfoSpace respects an individual's right to privacy by availing on-line users to only those telephone numbers and addresses printed in white page, yellow page and blue page directories.

Based in Mountain View, Calif., Excite (http://www.excite.com) is a leading branded media service for daily interaction among consumers, content providers and advertisers on the World Wide Web.

The company's Internet navigational services, including Excite Search, NetDirectory, City.Net, Personal Excite and Regional Editions, are tailored to the ways consumers use and navigate the Web. Unlike other search services, Excite offers concept-based navigation, which eliminates reliance on keyword searching.

CONTACT: InfoSpace

Punam Agrawal, 206/882-1602

punam(at)infospace.com

http://www.infospace.com

or

Wilson McHenry Co.

Wendy Barbour, 415/638-3400

wbarbour(at)wmc.com