01 October 2001

Google top Latin American Search Property

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2001--In an effort to expand its global services, Google Inc. today announced a partnership with Universo Online (UOL) to provide millions of UOL users throughout Brazil and Latin America immediate access to the award-winning Google(TM) search engine. UOL, the largest online service and Internet Service Provider in Latin America, reaches almost 80 percent of the Brazilian online audience, according to Jupiter Media Metrix.
``Latin America is one of the fastest growing Internet communities in the world,'' said Larry Page, co-founder and president of Products, Google Inc. ``Through this partnership we are bringing Google's high-quality search experience directly to UOL users in this emerging Internet market.''
As Brazil and Latin America's leading web portal, UOL has the largest community of Latin American users. With additional properties in Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia, UOL has an established lead in the Latin American market.
``Our partnership with Google shows our commitment to providing the best available resources to the Latin American community,'' said Caio Tulio Costa, Chief Content Officer (CCO) of UOL Inc. ``With Google as our premier search provider, UOL users have immediate access to the fastest and easiest way to search for information on the Internet.''
Through the Google WebSearch(TM) service, visitors to www.uol.com will be able to search Google's index of more than 1.6 billion websites. Google is also providing custom search services to www.uol.com that enable visitors to search for websites specific to the Latin American market and limits searches to web pages that appear in Portuguese or Spanish.

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