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EXP.com Expands Affiliate Program; Astrology.net, Career Central, SocialNet.com, WetFeet.com and 1-800-Therapist.com Team Up with Leading Site for Exp

EXP.com, Inc., the online marketplace for expert advice and services, today announced it has signed on five new affiliates. Astrology.net, a subsidiary of iVillage Inc., Career Central, SocialNet.com, WetFeet.com and 1-800-Therapist.com have joined EXP's Affiliate Program to provide their members the ability to give and receive one-on-one expert advice on the Internet. Astrology.net and SocialNet.com will enable members seeking personalized, confidential advice to find and interact with experts in EXP's Personal category. Career Central and WetFeet.com will feature one-click access to EXP's Career and Job center. 1-800-Therapist.com will refer personal counselors and professional therapists to give advice and provide services in EXP's Parenting and Family, and Personal areas. EXP's Affiliate Program enables Web sites to offer their users timely and personalized interaction with experts. By giving site visitors access to EXP's network of thousands of expert advisors, affiliate partners can significantly increase consumer loyalty, enhance brand and generate more revenue.

"Our philosophy is to create a partnership environment that truly benefits both companies," said Mark Benning, President and Founder of EXP.com, Inc. "We're very excited that these leading brands share EXP's vision of connecting individuals with experts for fast, personalized and confidential advice. "We are excited to expand our services to include one-on-one online consultation," said David Fox, co-founder and Vice-President of Astrology.net. "EXP enables Astrology.net to more tightly connect individuals in the astrology community, and allows us to maintain our position as one of the most trusted destinations for online astrology."

"EXP's Affiliate Program keeps our members strongly aligned with our site," said Jeff Hyman, CEO of Career Central. "Adding the ability to find a personal career counselor through EXP further enhances the important relationship we have with our members."

"I'm pleased to offer EXP.com experts to our members," said Liz Kalodner, CEO of SocialNet.com. "While we're a great resource for lifestyle management and support in terms of networking for roommates, business connections, sports and leisure, as well as romance, we definitely wanted to offer our members an extra benefit like quick connections to leading authorities on subjects that impact and matter and help support their lifestyles."

"EXP is a great compliment to our career research and advice," said Steve Pollock, President of WetFeet.com. "Every career experience is unique, and EXP helps our members choose from a broad field of qualified experts who can give individualized advice."

"1-800-Therapist.com provides referrals to mental health professionals and as the world's largest referral service, we're excited to offer our members a new and cost-effective way to market their expert services to an aggregated audience of advice seekers," said Dr. Kevin Grold, President of 1-800-Therapist.com. "EXP's Affiliate Program opens up a range of expanded service possibilities for our members."

Astrology.net, Career Central, SocialNet.com, WetFeet.com and 1-800-Therapist.com join a growing number of leading Web sites that now offer EXP's network for expert advice and services to their members. Other EXP affiliates include Ancestry.com, Asimba.com, Embark.com and internet.com.

EXP connects individuals seeking advice with experts and service providers in over 90 topics in broad categories including Arts and Hobbies; Business Services; Career and Job; Education; Health and Fitness; Home and Garden; Internet and Technology; Parenting and Family; Personal; Personal Finance; Pets; Sports and Recreation; and Travel and Events. EXP's easy-to-use keyword search helps individuals sort through thousands of experts quickly to find advisors with specialties relevant to their unique situation. The site plans to add topics continually to meet consumer and advisor demand.

About EXP.com, Inc.

EXP.com, Inc. was established in February 1999 to create the online leading marketplace for expert advice and services on the Internet. The company has attracted over $30 million in financing from some of the country's leading venture capital firms including Bessemer Venture Partners, @Ventures (a CMGI affiliate--NASDAQ: CMGI), Bowman Capital, Maveron, and Oracle Ventures (NASDAQ: ORCL). EXP.com is located in Menlo Park, California. For further information, please go to http://www.exp.com.

About Astrology.net: an iVillage, Inc. Company

The company was founded in 1995 by Kelli and David Fox to provide a full-service spectrum of astrology for individuals. Astrology.net now features a constellation of topic-oriented astrology sites, ranging from love, money, career, and family, to travel. Astrology.net has developed a commerce engine that delivers fully personalized astrological reports in real-time.