NewspaperARCHIVE.com Unveils New Look

Changes to homepage are the first of many planned improvements to design, content and search tools.

(PRWEB) May 8, 2006 -- NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the largest newspaper database available online, unveiled a new look to its homepage this week, marking the first of many changes to improve the design and usability of the archive. The new homepage, which features a more streamlined look with a user-friendly interface, is being introduced as NewspaperARCHIVE.com increases its digital production capacity, which will allow for the addition of 2.5 million newspaper pages every month. The new production levels will result in approximately one page added to the database every second.

"We're adding newspapers pages faster than our users can search for them," said Jeff Kiley, General Manager of NewspaperARCHIVE.com. "We are also continuing to explore ways to increase the amount of new content we can add to the archive every month. The increase in production and newly defined corporate brand are just the tip of the iceberg; the future is very exciting for our subscribers."

Future plans for NewspaperARCHIVE.com include additional features such as user forums and new tools that will help users in their quest for historic information. Current user tools, such as "Advanced Search" and "Browse Available Papers" will be revised and re-structured to make searching and browsing more intuitive. Additional functionality will also be added to these tools, allowing users to easily find more specific information.

"In the coming months, NewspaperARCHIVE.com will continue to transform," said Leslie Fredericks-Leamon, graphic designer for NewspaperARCHIVE.com. "By bringing out our brand theme, as previously seen on our free specialized content archives, such as the Titanic Archive, we have declared ourselves as a valuable resource in many ways -- one that is recognizable and holds a superb reputation."

Along with the upgrades, NewspaperARCHIVE.com is adding more content than ever before. During the last month, NewspaperARCHIVE.com increased production by 500 percent, so 2.5 million newspaper pages will continue to be added each month.

"For the next several months, we will be uploading more than 80,000 new newspaper images a day," said Greg Hollingsworth, researcher for NewspaperARCHIVE.com. "We hope to double that before the end of the year. With this much content being added to archive, there's always a reason to come back to look for something new."

NewspaperARCHIVE.com began in 1999 and is owned by Heritage Microfilm of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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