FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - April 12, 2002 Contact : Philippe Girolami press@eurobilltracker.com EURO BILL TRACKER REACHES 50,000 REGISTERED BILLS IN 15 WEEKS TIME Paris, France (April 12, 2002) - Eurobilltracker, the top euro bill tracking site has announced that it is now tracking a total of over 50,000 euro bills, registered on the site by users from over 20 different countries, mainly from the euro zone. "Although the top contributing countries (Belgium, Holland, France, Germany and Finland) account for most of the notes entered, word has started spreading to other countries such as Ireland and Portugal and we look forward to welcoming users from all over the world" says website creator Philippe Girolami. The idea behind of the website is very simple : see how the new bills travel around the world and give users a chance to find out where their bills have been and where they go. A more scientific aspect of the site is the diffusion section where monthly charts show how the proportion of foreign bills increases with time in each country. In order for this to happen, users enter information about bills they possess (value, serial number) and indicate where they got each bill. If the bill is already in the database, then previous users that have entered that same bill are notified via email. The success of the site in so many European countries is probably due to the fact that the site was designed to be multilingual from the start. The site is available in all euro-zone languages thanks to an army of translators who give their time and assistance to the site. ----- ABOUT WWW.EUROBILLTRACKER.COM * Information about the eurobilltracker.com project is available at http://www.eurobilltracker.com * Diffusion of euro bills is available at http://www.eurobilltracker.com/diffusion * The eurobilltracker website was inspired by the 4-year old Where's George website (www.wheresgeorge.com) but hopes to go beyond its big brother. The site went online on January 1st, 2002 to coincide with the introduction of the euro in European countries. * Project Statistics as of April 12th, 2002 2650+ users 50000+ bills 85+ double bill entries 20+ participating countries