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OVGuide.com Helps Voters Search and Discover Political and Election 2008 Online Videos

Visitors can browse selection of 50 relevant sites to keep track of the presidential race

Los Angeles, CA - October 01, 2008

OVGuide.com, the Internet’s most comprehensive guide to online video sites, including TV shows, movies,
user-generated content, video games and music, has compiled the most comprehensive guide of political online video sites to help voters catch up on the nation’s presidential race.

Consisting of 50 political online destinations, OVGuide.com enables its visitors to find election-related videos, whether they are looking for education on each candidate’s issues or would like to see the best parody skits of the politician they are rooting against. Alternatively, individuals can also use OVGuide.com’s proprietary search engine to find specific videos they are looking for by entering keywords within the political genre, delivering the most accurate sites as the results come from relevant outlets categorized by OVGuide.com’s editorial team.

The most popular political sites on OVGuide.com in September were:
1.    CNN.com
2.    Raw Replay
3.    The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
4.    RealClearPolitics
5.    Crooks and Liars

Additional statistics for September include:
1.    9.5+ million searches
2.    10+ million unique visitors
3.    85+ million page views

Top five searches:
1.    The House Bunny
2.    Prison Break
3.    Pineapple Express
4.    Tropic Thunder
5.    Gossip Girl

Top five genres:
1.    Movies / TV
2.    Anime
3.    Asian / Bollywood
4.    Games
5.    Sports

Most recent additions:
1.    rickygervais.com
2.    New York Post
3.    Fine Living
4.    Science Channel
5.    BeautyZone TV

To search and browse through OVGuide.com’s political section, please visit www.ovguide.com/political.html. For a chance of winning $1,000, enter OVGuide.com’s ‘Suggest a Site’ contest at www.ovguide.com/post.html.

Executive quote

“This year’s election is one of the most closely-followed in our nation’s history, due in part to the candidates’ use of new media,” said Chad Cooper, OVGuide.com marketing and editorial content director. “We’re pleased to serve as a source for individuals to keep up-to-date on the presidential race by offering the most comprehensive guide and accurate online video search engine in
the industry.”

About the company

About OVGuide.com
Founded in 2006, OVGuide.com is the Internet’s most comprehensive guide to online video sites, including TV shows, movies, user-generated content, video games and music. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the privately-held company delivers an innovative, user-friendly way to search and browse relevant, high-quality video content on the Web. OVGuide.com currently indexes more than 2,400 online destinations, offering both short- and long-form video integrated into an intuitive and categorized directory. OVGuide.com’s team of experienced editors review all video sites prior to listing them, ensuring all content listed is valuable and categorized appropriately. The site offers a very relevant, powerful search engine, receiving more than 10 million unique visitors, 80 million page views and 10 million searches per month. comScore also ranked it the third-fastest growing Web property in the US, in terms of audience size, from May 2007-2008.

Contact details

Allison Mac / Amy White                   
LEWIS PR for OVGuide.com                     
ovguide@lewispr.com                         
310-407-5186                           


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