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411US.info Adds Weather, Top Natl., Political News, Food Links for Iowa Residents & Visitors

August 16, 2012

 

411US.info has announced the addition of links for Local Weather, Top National and Political News, Weather and Travel Links for residents of, and visitors to, Iowa cities.

 

Iowa citizens and visitors can use the websites for home, family, business and travel use to find information on demand including...

 

• News, Weather, and Sports – Both local and national, including 2012 election political news. National and local Iowa weather is available on linked websites.
• Local Information - Links to the websites of leading local Iowa newspapers and TV stations. Links to maps, TV listings, and some government sites.
• Travel - Provides access to travel sites; to compare prices; to book trips; and to view local information on Iowa destinations. Airline and Amtrak Travelers can keep up with news and events in both destination and hometown.
• Reference – Allows quick lookup links for dictionary, encyclopedia and Internet search sites. Also, links to political news and opinion sites to follow news of the 2012 election and events of the Republican and Democratic Convention. Visitors to Iowa music festivals or on business for agricultural, biotech, manufacturing, sports or education purposes can keep up with information both in their destination and hometowns.
• Health - Allows users to research top Health websites for patients, parents and seniors to find authoritative health information, and patient opinions and reviews of medicines.
• Business –– Allows quick access to news, reference and research for leaders, employees and members of the Manufacturing, Finance & Insurance, Energy, and Agricultural Industries.
• Shopping - Selecting "Reviews" allows a shopper to find the best product, then "Buy/Sell" to find and buy the best product at the BEST PRICE. (Or to sell items.) A great way to shop is to go to 411US.info's National, Reviews, Consumer Search, and enter a product search (e.g., "refrigerators".) Consumer Search presents reviews OF reviews, and the consensus of many reviews' opinions as to the best of the best, along with opinions, and actual reviews. After finding the BEST product, the user can go just above – to Buy/Sell – and click "Amazon" and search for that product on Amazon for the BEST PRICE ! Amazon offers many products, many suppliers, price shopping comparison, their own user reviews. In addition, Amazon offers saving one's shipping address (or multiple addresses – good for shipping to friends and family in other cities, good delivery times, and often even free shipping. A user can optionally save their credit card info on Amazon to streamline ordering next time.
• Food - Information on food, recipes, and for nutrition. Groupon deals shown on the site often include deals for restaurants.
• Community - Provides quick, one-click (or touch) access to social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest.

 

Having all the choices available on 411US.info's page at one time offers rapid movement from one area to another for speed of searching and browsing. Reading a news article and don't know where Chico, CA is? Popping over to 411US.info's National, Maps, Google Maps gives a quick find of Chico. Want to skim Sports, and then check Facebook? Going to Community, Facebook is a fast way to go there. The same is true with Reviews, then Buy/Sell; or an Opinion/News article, and then to "FactCheck" to find independent report of credibility.

 

In addition, 411US.info offers links to Best-of-the-Web Internet websites, providing links to credible, authoritative websites, for example for Health, listing links to WebMD, Healthfinder, and Mayoclinic. Users of 411US.info can confidently search the Internet, knowing that the links are to websites that have been researched and vetted by 411US.info. The linked websites are among the very best websites on the Internet.

 

"You really need to check out the site … It is truly a one-stop resource for finding any information you could possibly need....news, sports, weather, shopping, researching. You won't believe it. There are links to everything you can imagine. And simple. You'll use it every day!"
- Gary Hynden

 

The Iowa cities and their domain names are:

 

Ames	www.411Ames.info
Cedar Falls	www.411CedarFalls.info
Cedar Rapids	www.411CedarRapids.info
Davenport	www.411Davenport.info
Des Moines	www.411DesMoines.info
Dubuque	www.411Dubuque.info
Iowa City	www.411IowaCity.info
Sioux City	www.411SiouxCity.info
Waterloo	www.411Waterloo.info

 

(Residents in larger cities can access the site via their domain name - for example, www.411Milwaukee.info; residents of smaller localities can go to 411US.info, and enter their zip code in the box in the upper right of the page, to access their local information.)

 

The websites of the localities in Iowa provide information for Internet users from beginners to power users to travelers (and vacationers) to sports enthusiasts to government and tourism and aerospace workers.

 

• Beginners, will welcome the categorized, well-organized menu. It creates a user-friendly, guided Internet experience for getting information.
• Executives and power users can utilize 411US.info to quickly look up information every day, hour, and minute. The site provides these users with a powerful tool to efficiently retrieve information. For these power users, 411US.info serves as a sophisticated, always-on-top bookmark system, allowing rapid movement from one website to another.
• For travelers, businessmen and women, vacationers and tourists, 411US.info provides quick access to travel sites. These users can also look up local information at their destination location, including news, weather, and events. When away from home, travelers can change the zip code to their home zip code to keep up with what's happening in their hometowns.
• 411US.info is a great education reference tool - to quickly research definitions, articles, maps, and how-to's, and Internet searches whether at home, at school, at work or while traveling.

 

Jerry Guzi, founder of 411US.info, said, "I created the site to provide a clear, clean, and organized way to retrieve information, on demand. I wanted to provide an information menu that works for everyone to find what we want, when we want it."

Gary Hynden, owner of The Original Hartstone Pottery, Inc. (www.hartstonepottery.com) says:

"You really need to check out the site … It is truly a one-stop resource for finding any information you could possibly need....news, sports, weather, shopping, researching. You won't believe it. There are links to everything you can imagine. And simple. You'll use it every day!"

In addition, 411US.info and the associated linked sites can be translated (with the help of Google Translate!) into French, Italian, German, Spanish, or Japanese.

To find more information, go to the Iowa websites listed above, go to www.411US.info (and enter a zip code in the upper right box), Like on Facebook at facebook.com/411US.info, follow on Twitter at: twitter.com/411USinfo, or Contact Chelsea Camper or Jerry Guzi at: feedback@411US.info.

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