--(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 07/24/2008 - Internet Information Provider industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. Equity Solutions Inc. announced it is currently featuring IAS Energy, Inc. (OTCBB: IASCA) www.iasenergy.com) on USEquityNews.com. On July 7, 2008, IAS Energy announced that www.video1314.com had record web site traffic with over 14.3 million monthly hits to its site in June, 2008. "We are on track to becoming one of the top destination sites in Asia," said Samuel Kam, Vice President of Internet Development for IAS Energy, Inc. "We are now averaging more than half a million clicks to our site each day and expect this to increase substantially in the coming months through the introduction of more user-friendly interfaces in the future." Video1314.com is a fast growing Chinese Web 2.0 platform (similar to www.youtube.com) that allows users to share videos, music, audio as well as sell goods and services using videos in its marketplace. Since its launch, Video1314 has attracted millions of users and is fast becoming one of Asia's top Web2.0 destinations. Video1314.com currently serves the Greater China region, which includes mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Local.com Corporation (NASDAQ: LOCM), a leading local search site and network, will be presenting at the Building Blocks 2008 Conference being held at the Marriott San Jose in San Jose, California, August 5-7, 2008. Jennifer Black, Local.com vice president, marketing, will be a featured presenter on the "Advertising Innovation" panel on Thursday, August 7, from 12:50 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. The panel will examine how advertising technologies are evolving, where they are heading and how the advertising and branding industries will gain further technology traction. "We are pleased to have Jennifer participate on the 'Advertising Innovation' panel at the upcoming Building Blocks Conference," said Victor Harwood, Digital Hollywood president. "Her insight and experience on the future of local advertising will be a valuable addition to the event."

Baidu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), China's leading search engine, said Thursday its second-quarter profit soared 87 percent over the year-earlier period on rapid growth in revenue from smaller advertisers. Net income for the quarter ending June 30 was 265 million yuan ($38.6 million), or 7.62 yuan ($1.11) per share, on revenue of 802.6 million yuan ($117 million), the company said. Revenue was double that of the same quarter in 2007. Baidu said the rise in revenue came from growth in the number of marketing customers and revenue per customer.

TripAdvisor(R) (NASADAQ: EXPE), the world's largest travel community, today announced the results of its annual traveling with pets survey of more than 1,600 travelers. Among people that own pets, 61 percent have traveled with a pet and 17 percent said the number one reason they travel with their pet(s) is they enjoy spending vacation with them. Sixty-five percent of survey respondents own a pet. The high cost of fuel is even impacting our furry friends. Travelers may be less likely to see Sparky hanging out the window of a car, as 20 percent of pet owners said they are less likely to travel with their pet(s) this summer because of the high cost of fuel. Eighty-five percent of pet owners said that when traveling with a pet, they typically travel by car.

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