TheFreeDictionary.com Expands Ajax Personal Homepage

HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa., December 6, 2006—Farlex, Inc., publisher of the world's most comprehensive online database of reference information, has recently expanded its hugely popular personal homepage with a host of exciting new features. Since its launch in January, 2006, the user-friendly interface, available at Farlex's flagship website, TheFreeDictionary.com, has attracted a growing number of internet-savvy users seeking a personal window to the web. The fully customizable format is available free of charge, can be accessed from any modern browser, and does not require any installation, download, or additional software.

The assortment of customizable offerings now includes a daily horoscope feature, a stock market tracker, and a collection of new vocabulary games designed to entertain and educate. An innovative new mail feature allows users to view messages in their email inboxes, while a picture option lets them upload their favorite photos for display directly on their homepage. In addition, the expanded syndicated news directory, available at http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/rss-directory.htm, now offers hundreds of RSS feeds from dozens of reputable publications, websites, and news sources.

Nick Simonov, co-founder and president of Farlex, said, "The new interface has been so successful that we have been inundated with requests for additional offerings and options. These latest features are part of our quest to create the most useful portal to the web imaginable."

About TheFreeDictionary.com:

Launched in the spring of 2003, TheFreeDictionary.com has quickly become one of the most comprehensive reference resources on the Web.  From its beginnings as a simple dictionary of everyday terms, TheFreeDictionary.com has grown to include medical, legal, and computer dictionaries, a thesaurus, several encyclopedias, a literature reference library, and a search engine.  A prime online vehicle for active information seekers, TheFreeDictionary.com has been accessed by more than 445 million visitors.

 

About Farlex, Inc.:

Farlex, Inc. (www.farlex.com) is an independent, privately held provider of online reference products based in Huntingdon Valley PA. Founded in 2004, Farlex, Inc. provides innovative, easy-to-use reference and learning tools. Farlex's flagship websites, TheFreeDictionary.com and TheFreeLibrary.com, contain over two million pages of books and reference information from the world's most respected sources.