WhitePages.com, a great place for searching, finding and connecting with people, has been named to Deloitte’s prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for the Pacific Northwest, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in Washington, Oregon and Idaho by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP. Rankings are based on the percentage revenue growth during the five years from 2001 through 2005.
WhitePages.com’s increase in revenues of 3,265 percent from 2001 to 2005 resulted in a third place ranking in the Technology Fast 50 for the Pacific Northwest. The average increase in revenues among companies who made the Technology Fast 50 for this region was 607 percent.
“We are thrilled to be recognized on the Technology Fast 50 for the second consecutive year, and it is a testament to the strong fundamentals upon which WhitePages.com was founded and continues to thrive,” said Max Bardon, president and CEO of WhitePages.com. “By maintaining an open dialogue with our customers and partners, and being incredibly responsive to the evolution of the market through theintroduction of innovative new services, WhitePages.com has become the premier people search site on the Web.”
Averaging more than 20 million unique visitors per month in the United States and Canada, WhitePages.com is a top 40 overall Internet property, executing more than 130 million white pages lookups per month and providing consumers with innovative tools to access the contact information they need when they need it. As consumer usage of the site continues to rise, WhitePages.com is well positioned to maintain this level of growth by increasing revenue from both advertisements and value-added services.