Pensacola, Florida 1/7/2009 8:00:00 PM
News / Business

TinBu Partners With HometownTimes.com To Provide Interactive Content To Nationwide Network of Online Community News, Information, Advertising, and Events Sites

TinBu’s Integrated search and advertising platforms will drive revenue generation for HomeTownTimes.com Web sites, along with page views and increased visitor satisfaction.

(Pensacola, FL) and (Cumming, GA) TinBu, a leading provider of interactive data modules in a variety of in-demand categories, is pleased to announce its partnership with HometownTimes.com (HTT), an online localized news and information company with over 500 active online community sites

TinBu`s patent-pending technology is designed to enable seamless integration of interactive data content into any Web site - thereby providing online visitors with real-time information on a variety of topics of their choosing. This includes local weather, recipes, gas prices, celebrity entertainment, flight tracking, stocks, finance, MPG Analysis content and much more. The interactive components of TinBu`s technology are used to drive multiple millions of engaging page views every month, along with increased site visitor satisfaction, and revenue generation.  To learn more about TinBu’s patent-pending technology, including the revenue generation components of their content modules visit
http://www.tinbu.com/tinbu_web/site/about_us.php .

"We are pleased to continue to partner with
companies providing online services that focus on original local content like HometownTimes.com”, said Peter Hayward, VP of Marketing for TinBu. “HTT has a very unique and interesting product enabling people from all over the country and indeed from around the world to get involved in geo-domaining and help have a say in the development of their local area’s content.  TinBu is very well suited to partner with the HTT team to enhance their network with our geo targeted content of weather, lottery and local gas price information. HTT is also utilizing additional  content channels to include horoscopes, recipes, personalized stock portfolios, and much more.  Additionally, with the new release of our Box Office movie module just around the corner, people from all over the country on the HTT network will enjoy a one stop source for local movie information for their cities.” 

You can view some of TinBu’s interactive content channels in use with HomeTownTimes at these links:

Weather: http://www.bostonhometimes.com/myhome/myweather/index.shtml

Celebrity Entertainment: http://www.austinhometimes.com/myhome/myentertainment/index.shtml

Lottery: http://www.austinhometimes.com/myhome/mylottery/index.shtml

“The new partnership between TinBu, LLC and HometownTimes.com is a winning combination, just in time for the New Year, because for the very first time, at the close of 2008, people getting their news online surpassed those using print media,” explained Paul Baron, President and CEO of HometownTimes.com.  “In fact, for those in the under-30 age category, using the internet as a source for information in general has surpassed even television,” added  Mr. Baron.

TinBu plans on launching additional content channels with HTT throughout 2009.

About TinBu:

TinBu uses patent-pending technology to provide interactive data products to leading online and wireless companies worldwide.TinBu`s clients include AOL, AOL Latino, AOL Canada, AOL Mexico, Telemundo, MSN, MSN Español, MSNBC, USA TODAY, BellSouth, ATT, Media General, Inergize Digital Media, CBS Television, ABC Television, Fox Television, CBS Radio, Boston Herald, Boston Globe, Tribune, Toronto Star, CBC New Media, My Red Fish, Local Solutions Networks, Motricity, uClick, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Hello Metro, New York Daily News, New York Post,DirecTV, Univision, Terra Networks, Yahoo!, People PC, and many others. Learn more at
http://www.tinbu.com/.


About HometownTimes.com:

HomeTownTimes.com is a national online news and community publications franchisor, currently operating more than 500 internet-based news sites across the United States.  The mission of the Georgia-headquartered business is to bring local communities together via a convenient portal that provides free access to local news, information exchange, community forums and advertising.  Each individual HomeTownTimes.com online news publication
serves as a community hub for local events, profiles of local personalities, internet forums, classified ads, business directories, photo galleries, sports, health and lifestyle news, coupons and feature stories about local businesses. Independent small businesses, large franchisors, and companies with a national footprint will all find their hyper-local targeted audience for their products or services through HomeTownTimes.com ad placements, videos, original content articles of interest, and news of local events associated with their business. Franchise opportunities are available.  For more information, visit http://www.hometowntimes.com/ or call (860) 371-2254.