Spotlight: Excite, StarMedia in Latin American Search Venture

Excite Inc. and StarMedia Network Inc. have teamed to provide Latin American Internet users the ability to do Web site searches in Spanish and Portuguese for the first time. The search tools, available at the end of the month, aim to win Redwood City-based Excite more customers by tapping into Latin America’s booming Internet market. It’s also another feather in the cap for StarMedia, a closely held New York-based start-up that provides Internet services specifically for Latin America.