TheFreeDictionary.com Continues One-Stop Destination Strategy with Addition Of InvestorWords.com
A list of 6,000 terms from “The Biggest, Best Investing Glossary on the Web” is now available at TheFreeDictionary.com with a single click.
Huntingdon Valley, PA (PRWEB via PR Web
Direct) June 7, 2005 -- Farlex, Inc., publisher of leading online reference
site TheFreeDictionary.com, announced today it has incorporated into its web
site the lexicon of InvestorWords.com, a comprehensive online financial glossary
that empowers individuals with the financial knowledge necessary to understand
the basics of investments.
Sporting more than 6,000 terms and 20,000
internal hyperlinks, InvestorWords.com, in existence since 1999, helps millions
of amateur investors and investment professionals to understand the world of
finance. The online service, billed as “The Biggest, Best Investing Glossary On
The Web,” is licensed to many of the world's leading banking, investment,
advisory, and finance companies and has been critically acclaimed for its
accuracy, relevance and ease-of-use.
“InvestorWords.com definitions
reflect unique and comprehensive research from around the world. Terms are kept
up-to-date, and the links between definitions help people understand concepts as
well as individual words,” said Nick Simonov, president of Farlex, Inc. “This
makes it a great learning tool for anyone who wishes to stay on top of the
fast-changing financial industry.”
Financial terms are among the most
researched of any subject on the Internet, reflecting the huge interest in money
and investing among web users. According to InvestorWords.com, financial sites
are also the most routinely and repeatedly visited online destinations,
attracting more than 44% of the total active web
population.
“InvestorWords.com exists to bring clarity to the world of
money. As such, we're pleased to extend our exposure through
TheFreeDictionary.com,” said Thomas Murcko, CEO of InvestorGuide.com, which
publishes InvestorWords.com. “The partnership of these two Internet resources is
of enormous advantage to anyone who wants quick and clear investment
definitions.”
As the World Wide Web's premier free online dictionary,
TheFreeDictionary.com offers over one million original entries in an
easy-to-navigate, user-friendly format. In addition to InvestorWords.com,
TheFreeDictionary.com boasts definitions and articles from various dictionaries
and encyclopedias specializing in the fields of medicine, technology and law.
The highly-regarded site also offers several general interest encyclopedias and
other useful research tools.
For more information, or to conduct a
search, visit www.thefreedictionary.com.
About
TheFreeDictionary.com:
Launched in the spring of 2003, www.TheFreeDictionary.com has quickly grown to become one of
the best reference sources on the Web. From its beginnings as a simple
dictionary of everyday terms, TheFreeDictionary.com has incorporated medical,
legal, and computer dictionaries, a thesaurus, an encyclopedia, a literature
reference library, and a search engine, all in one place. A prime online vehicle
for advertisers wishing to reach active information seekers,
TheFreeDictionary.com was accessed by more than one hundred million visitors in
2004.
About Farlex, Inc.:
Farlex, Inc. (www.farlex.com) is an
independent, privately held provider of online reference products based in
Huntingdon Valley PA. Founded in 2004, Farlex, Inc. provides innovative,
easy-to-use reference and learning tools. Farlex's flagship websites, www.TheFreeDictionary.com and www.TheFreeLibrary.com,
contain about one million pages of books and reference information from the
world's most respected sources.
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