Online baby-sitting service expands markets
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If you are comfortable with the idea of exploring the Internet to find somebody to watch your kids, than chances are you would use the Web to take care of most everything else.
This is the educated bet of Genevieve Thiers, who founded the popular Web site Sittercity.com in 2001 and in recent years has expanded her service into other markets. For a monthly or annual fee, individuals across the country can access a local database of caregivers who do everything from walk your dog, to water your plants, to tutor and put your children to bed. While until last year the outward features of the Web site focused primarily on sourcing baby-sitters, chief executive officer Thiers and her 30-plus employees began to seed the newer features internally in 2004...