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GATHER.COM ANNOUNCES "GATHER INDEX" OF MEMBER-RATED CONTENT

Gather.com Member Community Selects Top Authors, Articles, Topics By Multiple Criteria

BOSTON, MASS., Dec. 6, 2005 -- Gather.com™, the place to share and find the best member-generated content online, today announced the "Gather Index" of community-driven member ratings for content on the site by author, articles and topic "tags."

"Over 1.2 million blog entries will be published today alone," said Gather CEO Tom Gerace (tom.gather.com). "Centrally-controlled, centrally edited systems will miss the best authors and the content published online. That's why Gather.com uses a community-driven, 'bottom-up' approach where audience ratings, traffic and comments identify the best content. Through our multiple methods of categorizing and rating content, people can find what matters most to them quickly and form new connections around it."

Gather.com's initial "Gather Index" for the week of November 28-December 5 is:

• Most Read Authors: Beryl Singleton Bissell (beryl.gather.com), Seth Williams (seth.gather.com), Mary S. (cloudlifter.gather.com), Tony Close (tony.gather.com), and Jim Bostick (jim.gather.com).
• Highest-rated authors: Farmgirl Susan (farmgirl.gather.com), Erin Close (eclose.gather.com), Jennifer Hodge (jennifer.gather.com), Ron Hall (erroneous.gather.com), and Jim Vaughey (vaugheyj.gather.com).
• Most-read articles: "Mr. President, Some Creativity Please?" by Tony Close (tony.gather.com), "My Traitor's Heart" by Erin Close (eclose.gather.com), "What's a Fat Cat to Do?" by Beryl Singleton Bissell (beryl.gather.com), "Chocolate Babycakes" by Farmgirl Susan (farmgirl.gather.com), and "Confessions of a Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Mother" by Sarah H. (sayreeh.gathger.com).
• Highest-ranked articles: "My Traitor's Heart" by Erin Close (eclose.gather.com), "Chocolate Babycakes" by Farmgirl Susan (farmgirl.gather.com), "An Open Question" by Seth Williams (seth.gather.com), "Zeb's Capital City Diner" by Jennifer Hodge (jennifer.gather.com), and "Memories of Lloyd Barry" by Ron Hall (erroneous.gather.com).
• Most-commented upon articles: "An Open Question" by Seth Williams (seth.gather.com), "How Religion Has Destroyed the Human Mind" by Steve Schaben (monad.gather.com), "Confessions of a Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Mother" by Sarah H. (sayreeh.gather.com), "What's a Fat Cat to Do?" by Beryl Singleton Bissell (beryl.gather.com), and "Intelligent Design?" by Jay Levine (levine98.gather.com).
• Most-read topics: politics, humor, family, Iraq, and war.
• Most-discussed topics: politics, humor, religion, family, and Iraq.
• Most-published topics: politics, Iraq, war, humor, and family.

Gather.com does for user-driven content what eBay did for user-driven retail. Gather's user-driven ratings system makes it easy to find, evaluate, compare and respond to content, and to easily connect with the best contributors around shared interests.

About Gather
Gather.com (www.gather.com) is the place to share and find the best member-generated content online. Gather.com members are rewarded for their participation with Gather Points™, or even cash for top contributors. Gather.com is led by an all-star team of industry veterans with extensive experience in building highly successful, Internet-based companies and creating relevant content. The Gather.com site was named the winner of the Media/Portal category in the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX), 2005 annual awards -- the largest awards competition in the country that recognizes achievements in the development and implementation of interactive technologies. Gather.com is a privately held, privately funded company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

For more information, visit www.gather.com or call (617) 720-4000, x1010.

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