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Webs.com Debuts Photos 2.0

The World's First DIY Social Website Platform Releases Community Photo Application

Webs.com, the social publishing platform that more than 20 million living websites call home, announced the release of its next generation photo gallery application today. The new amped-up gallery supports Webs' ongoing mission to offer relief from static websites by enabling businesses, groups and individuals to create DIY sites equipped with the features and functionality to attract and retain a community of active members and contributors.

"Our Photos 2.0 release is just one of the many new features our team is rolling out to support interactive, community-driven websites," said Webs CEO Haroon Mokhtarzada. "This application organically generates new content by enabling members to view and contribute to the photos on the site."

The Webs.com social publishing platform enables site owners to seamlessly add options like membership, user profiles, blogs, discussion forums, group authoring and photo/video sharing to make their websites social. The release of Photos 2.0 enables better galleries and album organization and simplifies the process of site member contribution.

The Webs Photos 2.0 application offers users fresh features:

--  Community Photo Publishing -- Site owners can grant members the
    ability to add photos to the gallery. Photos and albums are categorized by
    contributor and organized via dropdown menu so members can quickly navigate
    to their photos.

--  New & Noteworthy -- Quick links direct visitors to the "most
    commented" and "recently added" photos across the gallery.

--  Comment Counter -- Visitors easily determine what photos are
    generating the most buzz with a thumbnail ticker that tallies individual
    photos' comments.

--  Categories -- Organize dozens of albums within a variety of categories
    -- a feature especially useful for shutterbugs. Owner-specified category
    names organize galleries with dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of
    albums.

--  Gallery Search -- Members and visitors easily find specific photos in
    the gallery with a simple search box that locates images through titles and
    descriptions.

For more information on Webs.com, Photos 2.0 or to find out why over 20 million people have turned to Webs' social publishing platform to grow a site and grow a community, visit www.webs.com.

About Webs.com

Founded by the Mokhtarzada brothers in 2002, Webs is the world's first and only social website publishing platform. Formerly Freewebs, the company received Series A funding from Novak Biddle Venture Partners and Columbia Capital in August of 2006. Webs.com is an Inc. Magazine 500/5000 company, ranked 51st on Inc.'s list of "100 Fastest Growing Software Companies" and won Deloitte & Touche's Fast 50/500 in 2008. With more than 30 million unique visitors monthly, Webs is one of the most visited properties in the world. For more information, visit www.Webs.com.

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