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The Information Please family of almanacs has a reputation for accuracy, proven in print for more than fifty years. Since its debut in February 1998, infoplease.com has continued to live up to the legacy of its print counterparts, receiving recognition as an information resource both on the World Wide Web and in print.
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After Hours: Online Encyclopedias
January 18, 2000
"You can get a lot of the encyclopedias' content online—sometimes free... You might also want to check out Information Please Almanacs."
Yahoo! Internet Life
101 Most Incredibly Useful Sites
January 2000
Useful Reference Site
Answer a Trivia Question: "What is the state flower of Alabama? You'll find the answer to such basic (yet puzzling) questions as this at the online version of this enduring reference. Most useful is its Fact Finder, a searching tool you get to keep at your virtual side as you browse the Web. (Oh – the answer is, of course, the camellia.)"
Top 10 List
December 1999
Infoplease.com was chosen to be on Hotbar.com's Top 10 list on the Internet Explorer toolbar.
Seal of Approval
December 1999
The Kids' Almanac received the Web Feet Seal of Approval from the print reference book Web Feet: The Internet Traveler's Desk Reference.
Top Site
November 1999
Educating.net, the world's premier education portal, selected Infoplease.com as a Top Site.
Top 100 Award
Infoplease.com was selected as a Top 100 site in the January issue of .net magazine, the U.K.'s best-selling internet magazine.
Cool Site of the Week
October 24, 1999
"Things keep heating up in the world of college football. Infoplease offers a great site of stats and information covering the last five or six decades of football."
1999 Awards Finalist
The MIMC awards are the most prestigious awards competition for the interactive media industry in New England. Infoplease.com is a finalist for Outstanding Information/Reference Online Site—Original Content
Top Site
October 1999
Educating.net, the world's premier education portal, selected Homework Helper for its Grade School to High School page.
Sports Topic Award
October 1999
The Information Please Sports Almanac was selected as one of the best for sports reference web sites.
StudyWebExcellence Award
Sept. 1999
The Kids' Almanac was selected as one of the best educational resources for students and teachers.
Golden Web Award
August 1999
The Information Please Almanac and Kids' Almanac were recognized for creativity and excellence on the Web.
SurfMonkeyStar Site Award
August 1999
The Kids' Almanac was handpicked as one of the best online homework helpers for kids ages 6-12.
Ask Jeeves
Silver Platter Site
July 1999
Yahoo! Internet Life
50 Most Incredibly Useful Sites
July 1999
Without these 50 sites, you won't be getting much done online.
Entrepreneur Magazine
www.supersites.com: Reference
July 1999
Quit your browsing! Here are our picks for 100 of the top web sites for entrepreneurs.
"Once a staple in every business library, this information resource (on current events, trends, government offices and much more) is now presented at no charge on the Web."
USAToday Education Web
Best Bet for Educators
May 30 – June 5, 1999
"A fun and helpful site for students that has facts on just about anything ranging from world geography to fashion. An abundance of information right at your fingertips!"
LibrarySpot
Reference Desk: Encyclopedias
May 1999
"Encyclopedia, almanacs and dictionary in one."
.net magazine
Top 100 Resource Site
March 1999
"Need a fact? Now you've got one. Millions, actually."
Biblio Magazine Top Ten Website: February 1999
"An online dictionary, encyclopedia and almanac resource. Call it one-stop shopping."
Yahoo! Internet Life Incredibly Useful Site of the Day
"The Internet itself often seems to resemble one big almanac, but it's nice to have a tried-and-true version of the form as a portable, stand-alone product. So the folks who have for years published the Information Please Almanac have put most of it online (meaning immediate Oscars and sports results, so you don't have to wait for the next print version to be released, sometime next year), along with tie-ins to current doings, dictionaries, quizzes, and more. It's faster to use than the print edition, it doesn't take up valuable comic-book room on your shelf, and, unlike most of the almanacs you probably have, it's been updated since the Carter administration."
Chosen as a Hot Site by USA Today
"The Information Please Almanac product line has a long tradition of publishing reference materials comprising millions of useful and interesting facts. Now all it takes to look something up is a mouse click."
Winner of a 1998 Eye Candy Award
"Since this award was started in July 1996, the criteria for the eye candy award has reflected the high standards, exciting new possibilities, and real practicalities of web design. To date, over 50,000 web sites have been reviewed by Eye Candy WWW Site Reviews. About one in every 1000 nominations score high enough to receive this award."
The Internet Public Library's Resource of the Week
"The IPL Resource of the Week is chosen by the IPL staff on the basis of usefulness, content, style, and general coolness."
Baltimore Business Journal's Website of the Week
"What is the currency of Nepal? This brand new website is intended to help you find answers to questions just like that. The site is an online encyclopedia started by Information Please, headquartered in Boston. The site was named recently by Yahoo! as its website pick of the week.
The Nepalese currency? The rupee."
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