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Information on the Internet might be free, but it is certainly not easy to find.
That, in a nutshell, is the business model for InfoSpace Inc., an Internet directory company that specializes in providing current address, telephone number, E-mail addresses, current job title and other information pertaining to millions of individuals and businesses in North America. Secondary searches can then reveal information on outstanding contract bids or current business practices.
More importantly, officials said, that is all a user gets; executed properly, an InfoSpace search delivers only the specific information needed, not multiple listings of potentially related information.
"We're bringing in-depth business information-phone numbers, addresses, biographies and links-to other Internet sites," said Naveen Jain, the company's president. In a general search on a Web search engine, "you...