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Minneapolis, MN - September 28, 2005 - BDC Capital (OTCBB: BDCI.OB) today announced that BDC Partners, its wholly owned subsidiary, has joined forces with Smarter.com, a Los Angeles-based "comparison shopping engine," to develop its recently acquired "notebookcomputers.com" and "laptopcomputers.com" web domains.
Smarter.com is a comprehensive comparison shopping engine that helps consumers to make smarter buying decisions when purchasing online. The company allows consumers to compare the attributes of more than a million products in the 'Computer' and 'Consumer Electronics' categories amongst others and to read user product reviews in order to make informed purchase decisions. "We're very excited to have Smarter as our strategic partner in this development effort," said Richard Pomije, president and CEO of BDC Capital. "The technicians at Smarter.com have built one of the most sophisticated comparison shopping engines on the Worldwide Web. We couldn't ask for more seasoned expertise." "Laptop" and "notebook" are two of the most commonly searched keywords on the Internet, according to Yahoo.com., and are typed into internet search engines an average of more than three million times a month. These two keywords outrank such keywords like: "Amazon," "iPod," "Airline ticket" and "NASCAR," as well as popular stores and name brands including Circuit City, Office Max, Office Depot, Dell, Hewlett Packard, Gateway and Compaq. "We believe there is tremendous value in offering our comparison shopping services to consumers who visit the portfolio sites of BDC Partners," said Paul Willmes, Director of Sales & Business Development at Smarter.com. "It's critical to the success of our business to reach users who are interested in the products and services listed on Smarter and feel that the launch of Smarter on these two domains is a great first step in providing value not only to the end user, but to BDC as well." ABOUT BDC CAPITAL, INC. BDC Capital, Inc., based in Burnsville, MN, is a Business Development Company under Section 54 of the Investment Company Act of 1940. BDC was established December 10, 2004, with the purpose of building an investment portfolio consisting of revenue generating assets and emerging companies well-positioned for future growth. BDC, through its BDC Partners subsidiary, owns more than 23,000 education-related web domain names, as well as http://www.goschools.com/. The company's web site is at http://www.bdccapital.com/. ABOUT SMARTER.COM Smarter.com (http://www.smrater.com/)is owned and operated by MeziMedia, Inc., a global leader helping consumers save money when they shop online through shopping search. MeziMedia also offer online coupons (http://www.couponmountain.com/), cash back rewards (http://www.morerebates.com/) and Smarter SMS which provides portable, fast, easy and powerful comparison shopping and coupons from the convenience of a cell phone. MeziMedia Inc. was founded by former Overture Services team members Talmadge O'Neill and Harry Tsao in 2002 and has been profitable every year since inception. The company operates with 80+ employees and in 10 countries including: United States, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Spain and the United Kingdom. Company Headquarters are just outside Los Angeles, California with offices in Tokyo, Japan and a wholly owned development and production center in Shanghai, China.
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