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In this issue:

* New classified ads improvements
* Washington, DC Tonight
* Nightly chats in D.C. Chat
* We're hiring!
* Make the Registry your home page

NEW CLASSIFIED ADS IMPROVEMENTS

If you haven't been to the Registry lately, we invite you to check out our newly upgraded classified ads section. We've dramatically improved both the appearance and the features of the classifieds. For example, we've added new keyword searching and boolean options (and/or), along with new compact tables that allow you to quickly re-sort your search results by clicking on the column headers. Speaking of quick, we've doubled the speed of the search engine. We've improved the appearance of almost all pages. If you preferred the old long-format results tables, they're still available and have also been dressed up.

The D.C. Registry Classifieds are now the Washington, DC area's largest free online classifieds. Many new ads are posted each day. This is especially true of the Housing section, although all sections have seen an increase in the number of ads posted recently. In fact, we have been hearing about some success stories. One user recently posted an ad for his car in both the Washington Post and the D.C. Registry Classifieds. Within five days, the Post ad resulted in 2 inquiries and no sales. The Registry ad also resulted in two inquiries, including the ultimate purchaser of the car. In fact, the second potential buyer who saw the ad in the D.C. Registry actually offered the seller $500 *more* than he was asking for! Another user recently informed us that he sold his QuickCam video camera through the D.C. Registry Classifieds. In other words, our free classified ads get results.

You can expect even more improvements within the next two weeks or so, as we roll out several new features. These will include a "Personal Inbox", which allows you to post personal ads without having to reveal your e-mail address to viewers or those replying to your ad, and our new Auto-Notify feature, which will be your personal search agent that will automatically retrieve and e-mail you once a week the new ads that meet your pre-defined search criteria.

To view our classified ads or to post your own free ad, please go to the following URL:

http://dcregistry.com/classifieds/welcome.html

WASHINGTON, DC TONIGHT

We are proud to announce our new daily events calendar, called Washington, DC Tonight. Now, you can quickly find out what's happening today in the metro area in a number of different arts and entertainment categories, including Classical, Dance, Festivals, Opera, Music, Show, Special, and Theatre. This events calendar is a joint venture of the Registry and On-Stage, a web site that we have previously featured as a D.C. Power Broker and that we believe is the most elegant and comprehensive events listing site in the DC area. If you've looked at some of the events listings on the large corporate web sites, we think you'll be pleasantly surprised by Washington, DC Tonight and On-Stage. We hope you'll find this daily events calendar to be invaluable enough to be another reason to bookmark the Registry and to make us your web browser's home page, if you haven't done so already.

You can always find today's events, listed on Washington, DC Tonight, at the following URL:

http://dcregistry.com/tonight/welcome.html

NIGHTLY CHATS IN DC CHAT

We have scheduled nightly chats at 9:00 p.m. ET in our chat room, called D.C. Chat. These chats cover various topics such as sports, politics, arts and entertainment, and singles nights. The full schedule is listed on our chat page, which is located at the following URL:

http://dcregistry.com/dcchat.html

WE'RE HIRING!

Are you a frustrated writer? Would you like to reach a huge audience of web surfers inside the Beltway and beyond? Would you like to earn some extra money? If so, we want you. We are looking for intelligent and articulate writers who would be given control of their very own sections within the DC Registry. You would be given great freedom over the content within your section, and would be largely responsible for its structure and direction. We would also help to drive traffic to your section. If you needed specialized programming or infrastructure for certain aspects of your section, we would be willing to provide that as well. You would also have the opportunity to share in the advertising revenues generated from advertising contained within your section. In return, you would be responsible for both the quality and the quantity of the articles in your section. The more valuable your section is to our viewers, the more traffic and thus the more revenue you will generate.

We are looking for articles in the following sections:

* Restaurant reviews (within the Washington, DC area)
* Music reviews (local bands, concerts, clubs, etc)
* Other arts and entertainment reviews and/or commentary
* Local sports news and commentary
* Local news and commentary

If you are interested in the opportunity to manage one of these sections, or if you have any other ideas for different sections, please contact us at "webmaster@dcregistry.com".

MAKE THE REGISTRY YOUR HOME PAGE

If you haven't already done so, we invite you to make the Registry your browser's home page so that it comes up automatically when you first start your browser. We have added a page that explains how you can do this. The page includes easy to follow instructions for Netscape (versions 3 and 4) and Internet Explorer (versions 3 and 4). That way, you can start your day with all of the latest news, weather, traffic reports, arts and entertainment events, and other local information from the Registry. To make us your home page, please go to the following URL:

http://dcregistry.com/makehome.html

As always, if you enjoy the Registry, we ask that you please spread the word! With your help, the D.C. Registry will continue to be the finest online source for information on the Washington, DC area. Thank you for being part of Washington's Online Community.

Philip A. Hagen, Webmaster
Washington, DC Registry
http://dcregistry.com
"Washington's Online Community"