WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Freewebs, http://www.freewebs.com/, an Internet community dedicated to providing people with an open platform where they can easily create a website, today featured a popular website called "Sit Here" on its homepage which asks people in urban areas to try to get to know each other by gathering on their building's stoop.

The Website, which encourages people to sit on their front stoop and talk to their neighbors, addresses the decreasing culture of social interaction in cities across the United States. The site's creators formerly coined the movement "Stoop Culture", and when the Freewebs team came across the site they instantly recognized why it was becoming so popular and why traffic was increasing so rapidly.

Chelsea Briganti, Sarah Feldman, and Essence Rodriguez, students at Parson's New School of Design, created the website for a class project that asked students to start an awareness campaign of their choice, and that's when they came up with 'Stoop Culture'.

"Freewebs made it so fast and easy to create our website, and we didn't have to use codes at all -- just a click of a button and we could create a poll, a blog or even a guestbook," said Sarah Feldman. "We also didn't have to tell anyone what kind of html codes to use like on MySpace and the Freewebs url looked great on our fliers -- it was memorable and easy to understand -- simply: http://www.freewebs.com/sit_here ."

"Freewebs is an easy-to-use publishing platform which allows everyone - whether it be students, families, small businesses, organizations - to easily create a quality website for free," said Shervin Pishevar, President, Freewebs. "'Sit Here' is a great call to action and the perfect example of how Freewebs can bring people together to help express their opinions and build a community to support a cause."

"This is also a great example of why companies such as Paramount Pictures, Reebok and Sony Pictures are advertising on Freewebs," said Chris Cunningham, VP Advertising at Freewebs. "The users on Freewebs are as inspired as the website building tool is useful."

About Freewebs.com

For everyone with an Internet connection and something to share, Freewebs http://www.freewebs.com/ provides the toolkit to express their voice on the web through its versatile publishing platform. Today, Freewebs has given voice to its members who have created more than 14 million comprehensive websites including blogs, photos, videos, music, e-commerce and more. Founded in 2001, Freewebs is privately held and based in Silver Spring, Md.

CONTACTS: Jo McKenna Joanna Virello Freewebs The Morris & King Company Tel - 646 382 4291 Tel - 212 561 7467 jo@freewebs.comjoanna.virello@morris-king.com

CONTACT: Jo McKenna, Freewebs, +1-646-382-4291, jo@freewebs.com; or
Joanna Virello, The Morris & King Company, +1-212 561 7467,
joanna.virello@morris-king.com

Web site: http://www.freewebs.com/