FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 15 Jan 2009 CONTACT: Sumithra Ramachandran PHONE: 614-523-3974 WEBSITE: www.closerlooksearch.com

Finalists Announced for TechColumbus Innovation Awards

On Thursday, February 5, 2009 the 2008 TechColumbus Innovation Awards will recognize outstanding achievements in technology leadership and innovation at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. From a record number of entries from individuals and companies in all disciplines and industries, 13 winners will be honored and the region's progress as an emerging tech center will be celebrated.

CloserLook Search Services Inc. is proud to announce they are a finalist in the Outstanding Startup Business category. “It is an honor to be a finalist for this award and recognized for our innovations. We look forward to the event to be surrounded by our peers, colleagues and mentors to learn if we will be named Outstanding Startup Business,” commented Sumithra Ramachandran.

CloserLook Search Services Inc specializes in developing custom vertical search engines for business use. Our vertical search solutions deliver content from dynamic pages underlying websites, aka, invisible web, deep web or hidden web. Some of our vertical search engines include Hippocrates health search, City Guide search, Gotcha Skip Tracing search, Empower Business Background Search, Property Assessment data search, UCC Filings Search, Nutrition and Natural Remedies search. Our search technology delivers useful content to websites on specific topics of interest, thereby increasing traffic and promoting online visibility and sales.

Complete Website Solutions is a division of the company that is focused on designing, building and maintaining web sites and SEO - Search Engine Optimization. Our extensive knowledge in building search engines gives us deep insight on how search engines work. We have been successful in improving the SE ranking of websites on major search engines such as Google and Yahoo!

The TechColumbus Innovations Awards celebrate and honor individuals and teams in a variety of disciplines. Each category is an important component of the technology and innovation community. Receiving the top honor showcases an individual or team which is dramatically impacting Central Ohio and beyond. For more information about TechColumbus and the Innovation Awards, visit www.techcolumbusinnovationawards.org.

COMPANY AWARD CATEGORIES

• Outstanding Startup Business
• Outstanding Product (company with less than 50 employees/more than 50)
• Outstanding Service (company with less than 50 employees/more than 50)
• Outstanding Technology Team
• Minority Owned Enterprise
• Green Innovation
• Innovation in Non-Profit Service Delivery

INDIVIDUAL AWARD CATEGORIES

• Executive of the Year (company with less than 50 employees/more than 50)
• Outstanding Woman in Technology
• Inventor of the Year