AOL Partners With AGORACOM To Launch Small Cap Centre

AOL Canada Inc., a leading Canadian interactive service company, launched The AOL® Small Cap Centre on September 8, 2003. This is Canada's first and only national brand Small Cap Centre dedicated to Canadian public companies. AGORACOM is pleased to announce that it has been selected by AOL Canada to be the exclusive provider of all content to the Small Cap Centre.

(PRWEB) September 30, 2003

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Toronto, Ontario (PR WEB), October 1, 2003

AOL Launches First Ever National Small Cap Centre

AOL Canada Inc., a leading Canadian interactive service company, launched The AOL® Small Cap Centre on September 8, 2003. This is Canada's first and only national brand Small Cap Centre dedicated to Canadian public companies. AGORACOM is pleased to announce that it has been selected by AOL Canada to be the exclusive provider of all content to the Small Cap Centre.

Maximizing Small-Cap Public Company Exposure

The AOL Time Warner web properties reach almost 50% of all Canadians online every month. In addition, Canadians spend 53 minutes a day on the AOL proprietary service, more than 6 times as much as they do on any of the other leading portals in the country. (Source: comScore Media Metrix, Total Canada at Home, July 2003).

The AOL® Small Cap Centre is dedicated to servicing its investor audience by featuring Canada's best small cap companies and will accomplish this through:

 Audio Interviews            3 CEO's Featured In The AOL Small Cap Show

 Breaking Press Releases        Big News From Small Caps Get Front Page Coverage

 Top Stories                What Is The Latest News In Small Cap

 Feature Companies            Full Length Company Features

 Industry Features            Full Length Industry Features (Tech, Resources, etc.)

 Regional Features            Full Length Regional Features (By Province)

 The Million Dollar Club        Small Caps That Generate $1,000,000 + In Revenues

Every week, press releases will be issued to announce the companies being featured in The AOL® Small Cap Centre, thereby helping highlight Canada's best small caps and alerting each company's shareholders, bankers, customers, suppliers and other interested parties.

Over the course of the next twelve months, our goal is to feature 400 different companies from across the country and every industry.

What Your Small-Cap Public Company Must Do Now

Agoracom actively scans the newswires and maintains a portfolio of Canada's best small-cap companies but even we can not monitor almost all 3,000 TSX Venture Small Cap companies. Make sure your company gets itself into the AOL / Agoracom Small Cap Centre by e-mailing us your company's great achievements. E-mail us now at: AgoraIR@AOL.com

AOL Canada Shares Our Vision Of "Quality Over Quantity"

In addition to delivering this great new Small Cap Centre, AGORACOM will also deliver an opportunity for all Small Cap investors to bring "Quality" into their everyday surfing experience. Specifically, with a sharp increase in e-mail spam - often containing very offensive material - and the need for heightened Internet security, Small Cap investors can preview AOL 8.0 for free for 3 months* (Communications charges may apply). Please visit http://www.aol.ca

About AOL Canada Inc.    http://www.aol.ca

AOL Canada Inc. is a leading interactive service company focused on enhancing the Canadian online user experience. The company is a strategic alliance between America Online, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL Time Warner, the world's leading media and entertainment company, whose businesses include interactive services, cable systems, filmed entertainment, television networks, music, and publishing; and RBC Royal Bank, the personal and commercial banking division of RBC Financial Group, one of North America's leading diversified financial services companies. The company operates two interactive online services tailored to the Canadian marketplace, AOLÒ English and French services, and CompuServeÒ as well as several leading Internet brands including AOL.CA™, AOLÒ Canada Search, AOL Instant Messenger™ (AIM), Netscape.ca, MapQuest®, and ICQÒ. Working with its more than 80 content and e-commerce providers, AOL Canada offers Canadian consumers value and ease-of-use through state-of-the-art features and exclusive content offering. AOL is a registered trademark of America Online, Inc. and currently has more than 35 million Members across the globe.

About AGORACOM    http://www.agoracom.com

AGORACOM is Canada's only "Portal For Public Companies" and Canada's largest moderated investment discussion site, with a quantified audience of 100,000 + registered members and visitors that view 3,000,000 pages of small-cap information per month.

AGORA Investor Relations is the country's first Investor Relations Firm to offer IR services to small-cap public companies for under $1,000 per month. For specific details, public companies are able to view the company's 7 minute IR web cast presentation at http://www.agoracom.com/air/overview.htm

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

AOL Canada Inc.

James Havers

Finance Editor

Tel: 416-960-6593

E-mail: JamesHavers@aol.com

AGORACOM

George Tsiolis, LL.B.

President

Email: GeorgeT@Agoracom.com