Mom's Mlog Musings Might Muster Mass Movement and Motivate Mothers, Maybe...

Launch of Blog Featuring Musings from an Entrepreneurial Mom Offers Compassion and Sane Solutions
 
Press Release by: Cherry Communications 
PR Agency: Cherry Communications

 

(openPR) - Albany, New York. (April 20, 2006)–- A new weblog launched this week to help women struggling with the dual identities of mother and business professional to realize that they are not in this fight alone. Mommy, Inc. (www.mommy-inc.com), contains a variety of features from rants, solutions, helpful articles, and business tactics from Public Relations Professional Shannon Cherry, APR, MA.

 

Cherry, owner of Be Heard Solutions (www.beheardsolutions.com) a public relations ‘e-firm’, is the mother of three-month old twin girls. She uses the Internet to work with clients locally and across the world and her company helps small business owners and independent professionals to get more customers by launching successful marketing communications programs that grow their businesses.

 

“Being a mother and an entrepreneur is tough, but totally worthwhile,” says Cherry, “And that's why I decided to start this blog: to share my experiences, thoughts and interesting details I find with others who may be interested in this type of journey.”

 

It is impossible to assume that one can perfectly merge the roles of being a mother and an entrepreneur, but Cherry believes that by documenting every step of the way, she is joining the circle of working mothers teaching and learning from each other. Women can read about her mistakes and try to avoid them, or learn of her success and try to take that same path.

 

The personalized advice on the blog will reflect Cherry’s personal philosophies concerning childcare, business tactics, and the role of women in the business-arena. This diverse blog includes easy accessibility to previous posts in which you can sort by headlines in addition to having an archive for all blog postings.

 

Cherry says her blog will provide an excellent opportunity for working mothers to not only take away from what she has to say, but also for them to provide inspiration and tips in return as well.

 

Based in the Capital Region of NY, Be Heard Solutions is a strategic communications firm that works with businesses and nonprofits all over the country to develop results-oriented marketing and public relations programs. For more information, contact Shannon Cherry at 518-248-6592 or email: Shannon@BeHeardSolutions.com.

 

Based in the Capital Region of NY, Be Heard Solutions is a strategic communications firm that works with businesses and nonprofits all over the country to develop results-oriented marketing and public relations programs. For more information, contact Shannon Cherry at 518-248-6592 or email: Shannon@BeHeardSolutions.com.

 

Cherry Communications
184 Lancaster Street
Albany, NY

 

518.248.6592
Shannon@cherrycommunications.com
www.cherrycommunications.com
www.beheardsolutions.com

Enhanced Regional Based Directories Hatched By Ezilon.com Directory

 

Ezilon.com Launches Enhanced Regional Based Directories

Ezilon Directory has rolled out its improved regional directories, a targeted search service focused to assist business and online users to access information within specific regions.

Houston, TX (PRWEB) April 24, 2006 -- Ezilon Directory has rolled out its improved regional directories, a targeted search service focused to assist business and online users to access information within specific regions.

Ezilon.com, part of Mbrasilla Corporation, is a directory with search engine founded with the purpose of providing individuals and companies around the world with easy-to-access information on different continental regions that include: North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania.

Ezilon.com increases its market share in the Internet industry by sticking to its fundamental marketing niche (localizing directory search). "As the size of the Internet increases, so does the emphasis on niche contents and searches," says Charles Michael. Ezilon.com provides easy solutions to web based search issues. Often times Internet users would like to search for business or person(s) or just plain information within a certain area but until now this had not been an option. Users would need to sift through pages of results in order to find an appropriate listing. Ezilon.com simplifies this process by allowing users to search only for region specific information. Each region has its own individual website for each searching and all sites can be accessed from the individual search sites. Ezilon.com therefore provides that option for business and Internet public.

We also offer the same variety of search capabilities as major search engines, as well as free classified ads, headline news, soccer/football, country briefs and marketplace section providing information for interesting and relevant contents.

Any business or general website wishing to be included in Ezilon.com directory may submit their website for review and inclusion. Ezilon.com only accepts website submissions from around the world with information pertaining to regions interest. You are therefore encouraged to list your websites while the present offers last.

Our goal is to provide targeted localized quality information to the visitors seeking information pertaining to regions covered by Ezilon.com network of directories and search.

For more information please visit Ezilon.com

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Press Contact: Charles Michael
Company Name: Ezilon.com
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 281-7544855
Website: http://search.ezilon.com/

Click Fraud Exists, Click Fraud Exists, Click Fraud Exists. What I tell you three times is true.

Fighting Fraud In The Dark

 

by Mikhail Ledvich, Friday, April 21, 2006
RECENTLY, GOOGLE'S STAND ON CLICK fraud went from "it does not exist" to "we have settled a class-action lawsuit for $90 million," to "Believe us, as computer scientists, we have the ability to detect the invalid clicks before they reach advertisers," (as the company's CEO was quoted in a recent Bloomberg article.)

 

Unfortunately for advertisers and publishers, Google has tried to minimize the click fraud problem instead of solving it.

 

How can advertisers trust Google's CEO if the company flip-flopped its position from "there is no fraud" to giving back $90 million to advertisers? In that same Bloomberg piece, Google's CEO downplayed fraud's reach, while others estimate the problem to be 20 or 30 percent of all paid clicks. But think about this: if Google settled with fraud-affected advertisers for $90 million, that number was probably lower than whatever litigation may have uncovered within Google's network.

 

Yahoo, which has been more stoic in its defense of its own pay-per-click system, has maintained the party line when it comes to filtering fraudulent clicks. Also named as a defendant in the same lawsuit as Google, Yahoo refused to settle, claiming it sufficiently protects its advertisers from fraud.

 

However, a Harvard researcher just penned a report which details how Yahoo's Pay Per Click (PPC) affiliate network is being gamed by unscrupulous affiliates who use spyware and adware to commit click fraud. Andrew Beckman, President of SearchAdnetwork, confirms that various companies have approached him to syndicate his Yahoo Search Feed, pitching the fact that "they get a better revenue share due to the large click volume they can produce." He now worries that "Yahoo could not be monitoring all of these actions, and the repercussions are starting to take shape." Previously Yahoo had suspended guilty affiliates' accounts, and, with this research out in the open, hopefully Yahoo will terminate these accounts as well.

 

While all advertising networks should devote a greater effort to eliminating fraud, the problem exists at a level deep enough to make it difficult to combat the problem. None of the major advertising networks release any kind of information that can help advertisers. There is zero transparency and accountability in regard to the performance of their affiliate networks. In short, advertisers simply do not know where their ads are being shown. Many don't care so long as the ROI is good, but those worried about brand image wouldn't want their ads to appear on pages with questionable content, and even fewer advertisers want to be associated with adware, spyware and pop-ups.

 

It's surprising that advertisers have not banded together to demand more information from the networks.

 

Imagine if the networks provided a full disclosure statistics page? It might take the shape of an advertising 'dashboard' that details the exact amount of clicks the advertiser received--say 100, of which 20 were questionable. The dashboard would let the advertiser know it was only being charged for 80 clicks. This would show a good-faith effort on behalf of the network in combating the click fraud problem. This isn't to say the networks aren't trying to crush fraud now, but without admitting the problem, it will be hard for them to announce that they have found a solution.

 

If Yahoo and Google continue to keep their most profitable customers in the dark, they'll risk losing ads from the affiliate networks and high-paying clients will only advertise on search, where there is less incentive for fraud. That would significantly impact Google, Yahoo and the other major advertising network platforms.

 

Advertisers are not the only ones harmed by click fraud; publishers lose out as well. As advertisers begin to scale back their Google and Yahoo campaigns from affiliate networks, publishers who rely on Google's AdSense and Yahoo's upcoming YPN network to monetize their traffic will see a drop in well targeted, high paying ads. Fewer ads lead to lower per-click prices and less-relevantly targeted ads. And, just as advertisers lose money, publishers find themselves no longer able to command premium prices for their inventory. Unlike advertisers who can pull, edit and otherwise control their ads individually, publishers suffer as a whole; a collective punishment of sorts.

 

As long as there remains a financial incentive for people to commit fraud, the click fraud problem will not fully disappear. But, full disclosure by adverting networks can alleviate advertiser and publisher angst as well as allow others to help Yahoo and Google combat the quickly escalating fraud problem. How much data should the advertising networks provide without disclosing trade secrets, their "secret sauce"? That's an important question, but these secrets may soon lead to not having much performance data to hide.

 

By giving advertisers more data, advertisers will be more than happy to help networks stamp out fraud. But right now, everyone is operating in the dark.

 

Mikhail Ledvich is Chief Strategy Officer, Click Facts.
 
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Automatic Link Exchange Serivce Offered At No Cost

 

Free Link Exchange Service - Automatic Link Exchange

We offer a free automatic link exchange service designed to provide your web site with hundreds of link exchange partners.

(PRWEB) April 20, 2006 -- http://www.linktradeexchange.com is a free service that allow it's customers a easy and fast way to find the best links for their site. The goal of this service is to create directories on users sites where members can select to receive inbound links from other web sites quickly, easily, and FREE.

By helping us establish a quality member base you will grow with us and not be banned for getting too many links at once, plus once our link exchange service grows into the thousands you will have full control over how many links are added to your link directory each day thus keeping you safe from link spamming.

With our automatic service you could instantly have links pointing to your website from every other members website (or just the ones you choose). With our link exchange service the 'Approved' function in 'Manage My Partners' area you can set to automatic and allow a few links to your site per week as multiple links at a time will attract Search Engine attention to your site as being spammy and will not index those links.

Unlike other automatic programs that are just link farms with pages full of links, our service is a fully searchable, categorized directory that is maintained by human editors. Links that contain inappropriate content are deleted immediately. Plus our automatic service removes any dead links.

We realize that some members will have no idea how to get set up but don't worry after you register and confirm your free link exchange account contact us and we can help or even set it up for you.

Register free at: http://www.linktradeexchange.com.

Press Contact: Blake Hendrickson
Company Name: Link Trade Exchange.com
Phone: 406-891-0502
Website: http://www.linktradeexchange.com  

 

SEO Company To Go Public

 

Danish SEO Company Notabene.net To Go Public

Notabene.net A/S (Ltd) is preparing to be listed on First North under the Copenhagen Stock Exchange and to offer new issue of shares for sale at Capitrader.dk

(PRWEB) April 18, 2006 -- Notabene.net A/S (www.notabene.net), which since 1998 has been specialising as providers of consultancy services in respect of online marketing with special focus on search marketing, is prepared to be listed on First North (www.firstnorth.dk) under the Copenhagen Stock Exchange A/S. First North is a new market place for small and medium sized enterprises with growth potential, seeking expansion and development.

Listing on First North

Once officially listed on First North, companies have access to capital, and shares are sold in an open and transparent public market through the same channels and systems as used by the Copenhagen Stock Exchange A/S. Enterprises from all business sectors can become visible on First North and be given the opportunity to develop assisted by various players of the financial world capable of providing capital and financial tools for such enterprises.

Aims of Notabenes.net A/S

Notabene.net A/S operates in a rapidly growing sector where conservative estimates indicate annual average growth rates in the field of search engine markets of more than 20 % and globally and according to Jupiter Research, it is expected that the PPC market alone will account for USD14 billion in 2006. With its very fine accounts, new products and a business plan indicating growth rates in the range of 30-40 % for 2006, Notabene.net A/S is in a strong position. In keeping with its expectations and ambitions, it is the aim of Notabene.net A/S to have its shares quoted in the official list on First North:

- To attract new capital, if required, in connection with future expansions and acquisitions.

- To fix a price for Notabene.net A/S enabling the company to use the market place as a tool for the acquisition of 1-2 enterprises over the next 18 months for the purpose of extending the business areas of the company and improving its income/results.

- Notabene.net A/S will create a more visible company profile in relation to affiliate partners/collaborative partners, customers and prospective acquisition candidates/items.

”During the recent year, we have considered various opportunities for Notabene.net to be included in stock lists in Denmark as well as abroad and have now decided that First North under the Copenhagen Stock Exchange A/S is a good place to start for Notabene.net and a good tool for our future growth strategy”, says Notabene.net CEO, Brian Mertz Pedersen.

Capitrader.dk – Sale of new shares via new Internet-based stock exchange software system!

Notabene.net A/S has concluded a cooperation agreement with G P Børsmæglerselskab A/S, which is owned by the listed company, Capinordic A/S. G P Børsmæglerselskab A/S is to handle Notabene.net’s issue via Capitrader.dk, which is a new Internet-based software system enabling Internet-based issues/subscriptions of shares to be conducted in a manner enabling customers to perform stock exchange introductions, capital increases and pre-subscriptions via the Internet.

G P Børsmæglerselskab A/S is to function as share issuing institute, handle spread requirements and perform work in connection with registration of shares in the Central Securities Depository (VP). Furthermore, Notabene.net has concluded an agreement with GP Børsmæglerselskab A/S in order to become market maker in the share once it is included in the stock list for quotation.

G P Børsmæglerselskab A/S is prepared to deliver a total solution to enterprises, desiring to be included in stock lists or to make capital increases at lower prices than otherwise charged via the normal procedure at Danish banks and other corporate finance houses.

Notabene.net A/S has chosen the firm of accountants, Horwath Revisorerne (http://www.revisor.com/), including Søren Jonassen, State Authorised Public Accountant, as approved advisor in connection with the quotation. Søren Jonassen has wide experience in both national and international stock exchange matters and serves already as the auditor of the company.

Notabene.net A/S expects to be listed on First North in the second quarter of 2006 and on that occasion to offer new shares for subscription in the range of DKK 10 million.

Since Notabene.net A/S in cooperation with G P Børsmæglerselskab A/S offer the new issue of shares via the Internet, it is already now possible to register to the list online, enabling you to receive an e-mail as the subscription of new shares starts according to the principle: first come, first served.

Subscription via http://www.capitrader.dk/tilmeld.asp

For further particulars on Notabene.net, visit: http://www.notabene.net/notabene-historie and on First North, visit: www.firstnorth.dk.

For further information, contact:

Notabene.net A/S G P Børsmæglerselskab A/S 
Nørre Voldgade 82 Kongevejen 118
DK-1358 CopenhagenK DK-2840 Gl. Holte
Attn.: Brian Mertz Pedersen, CEO Attn.: Søren Hansen, Managing Director
Telephone: +45 7027 8089 Telephone: +45 3313 3111
Fax: +45 7027 8086 Fax: +45 3332 3193
Web: www.notabene.net Web: www.gpb.dk

About Notabene.net A/S:

Notabene.net A/S is a Danish online media agency specialising in online marketing­ – with special focus and competence in the field of Search Engine Marketing.

Notabene.net A/S provides value creating solutions resulting in increased turnover, sales and customer recruitment.Notabene.net A/S has been in business since 1998 and has a staff of 25 persons.

About G P Børsmæglerselskab A/S:

G P Børsmæglerselskab A/S was established in 1987 and and has a staff of 12 persons. The company’s primary scope of business is trade and consultancy, especially within the Danish share market. In addition, GP offers a wide range of products for financial services in the field of administration of property and Corporate Finance.

Since its establishment, G P Børsmæglerselskab A/S has been a member of the Copenhagen Stock Exchange A/S, and since 1995 and until OMX’s acquisition of Copenhagen Stock Exchange A/S in 2004 also part owner of Copenhagen Stock Exchange A/S. Furthermore, since 2000 G P Børsmæglerselskab A/S has also been part owner of the Central Securities Depository, where G P Børsmæglerselskab A/S functions as Central Securities Depository Institute, including the right to keep accounts of Central Securities Depository accounts and to issue securities. G P Børsmæglerselskab A/S is a member of the Guarantee Fund for Contributors and Investors. In December 2005, G P Børsmæglerselskab A/S was acquired by the listed financial services company, Capinordic A/S.

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Press Contact: Rasmus Sørensen
Company Name: NOTABENE.NET A/S
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: +4570278089
Website: http://english.notabene.net/composite-435.htm

Detection Tool For Click Fraud

 

Click Fraud Detection Tool

Click Fraud Detection Tools increase ROI for pay per click clients.

Pottsville, PA (PRWEB) April 18, 2006 -- Click Fraud is a serious matter, in fact many pay per click clients actually factor in a fraud rate of 20% when allocating their budget. We know this because in some industries this horrific click fraud rate is the norm.

It makes it even more unacceptible when we request a refund when we know it's click fraud by the simple fact that that a click every 12 min and 30 seconds each 12 min and 30 seconds is not a 'normal human click pattern'.

We decided to fight back, but not using the normal pattern of complaining, we decided to find hard evidence.

Internally we built a BETA click fraud detection tool located at ( http://www.tabooclick.com ) and ran some of our clients though the system. The system detects click fraud using several methods. The first and most simple is just by detecting multiple clicks from the same computer, however the tool does not stop there. Tabooclick also does a series of browser checks and other type of pattern checks to see if it's a real human clicking on the ad, or just a spam click fraud bot.

Generally click fraud can be broken down into three distinct groups.

The type of click fraud that an individual clicks on a competitors ad then clears cache and does it again and again. Though this can be a problem, it's by no means the worst.

Automated Click Fraud is the real problem. It's when someone sets up a script that starts clicking on competitors ads to drive down the ROI for pay per click clients. This is a problem when it's your competitor driving down your ROI.

The worst of them all is similar to the automated click fraud, but this could be considered 'click fraud for profit'. It's when a criminal signs up to place pay per click ads on their site and the runs this script though their site. This is the worst of the worst for the fact that not only are they driving up your Pay per click charges, but they are getting paid to do such.

Tabooclick.com does catch the vast majority of this type of fraud, however the system does not stop fraud from taking place, instead it provides you with a report that gives you hard physical evidence to back up your claims to the search engines when requesting a refund. We are actually somewhat shocked that a small firm in Pottsville, Pa figured out how to detect click fraud for the most part, but the search engines didn't.

When we setup the tool for our clients we had to keep refining the process to catch click fraud while keeping legit visitors from having any problems.

We are confident enough to allow others to test the product as long as everyone understands that this product is in BETA meaning that there still are some bugs in the system that could theoretically wipe out any pay per click that is run though the system. So we STRONGLY suggest that use this only for keywords that are rife with fraud and with a budget that you can afford to lose. We are working to refine the product and we need feedback, but we don't need lawsuits so please take heed to the warning that the system is in VERY extreme BETA and please expect some issues to pop up while using the product.

If successful, the report provided should force the search engines to issue you a refund or at least raise red flags for you to see.

As it stands now, tabooclick.com can detect automated click fraud and multiple clicks.

The service is 100% free during the testing period and it owned by Yooter InterActive Marketing ( http://www.yooter.com )

Press Contact: Roger Wehbe
Company Name: YOOTER INTERACTIVE MARKETING
Phone: 570-622-9121
Website: http://www.tabooclick.com

Pixel Website Real Estate Agent Prolongs The Fad

 

Real Estate Agent Pixel Website Similar To Million Dollar Home Page

Take your pick -- Haute Living Magazine is now offering limited spots on one of the ‘haute-st’ new web sites for real estate agents and property seekers called Pickyourrealestateagent.com

Miami, FL  - April 17, 2006 -- Take your pick -- Haute Living Magazine is now offering limited spots on one of the ‘haute-st’ new web sites for real estate agents and property seekers called Pickyourrealestateagent.com

With more than $47,000 pixels sold already in fewer than 90 days, Haute Living’s ‘Pick Your Real Estate Agent” venture is picking off the nation’s finest real estate agents for prominent advertising on what will be the premier site for home seekers nationwide.

“While most other websites are growing in popularity by eliminating the real estate agent from the home search and buying process entirely, Pickyourrealestateagent.com is building relationships with the best real estate agents in the country to actively promote them by specialized regions,” said Seth Semilof, successful co-publisher of Haute Living magazine and Pickyourrealestateagent.com co- creator.

Real estate agents who get in on the action now at Pickyourrealestateagent.com secure their spot on the site indefinitely and spots are limited by region forever. Traffic to the site is growing as word spreads on this unique site that promotes real estate agents nationwide prominently and by state. Visit the site to see what how other realtors in 25 states have already ‘picked off’ their region and secured their spot on the newest site for property seekers looking for the best real estate agent by region. www.pickyourrealestateagent.com.

“Eliminating the real estate agent from the buying and selling process is the latest trend in real estate on the Internet. Sites like Google, Zillow and Craigslist are gearing up to compete for online buyers and are growing in popularity. Pickyourrealestateagent.com celebrates the value of the real estate agent and offers immediate access to specialized realtors all over the U.S.,” said entrepreneurial Haute Living co-publisher Kamal Hotchandani and co-creator of Pickyourrealestateagent.com

As the site grows in popularity and secures real estate agents nationwide, full scale advertising and marketing will begin on the site, growing its daily hits by consumers and spreading the word on the newest place in cyberspace for property seekers from all over the U.S. Real Estate Agents who have already secured spots on the site are investing in the next generation of the home and property purchase process -- a 24/7 meeting place that links realtors to their customers based on their specialty and needs.

Picking off the Competition (About www.pickyourrealestateagent.com) While competitors seek to eliminate real estate agents from the home buying process one by one, www.pickyourrealestateagent.com celebrates and promotes them by offering pixel purchase advertising on its website based on regional specialties. Successful Haute Living magazine publisher’s Kamal Hotchandani and Seth Semilof created this innovative web page to benefit real estate agents Nationwide and property purchasers nationwide by bringing them together by state of specialty/need, but limits advertising by state to eliminate excessive competition and organization. Pick your own region before it’s sold out at: Pickyourrealestateagent.com

Press Contact: Seth Semilof
Company Name: HAUTE LIVING INC.
Phone: 305.961.9956
Website: www.pickyourrealestateagent.com

When Webmasters Swarm

 

WebmasterWorld's PubCon Las Vegas Conference Dates Announced for November 14 – 17, Las Vegas Convention Center, USA

WebmasterWorld's Search Engine & Internet Marketing Conference, PubCon, has announced the dates for its Las Vegas Conference, November 14 – 17, 2006. The event is supported by the Industry's leading businesses as speakers, exhibitors, and sponsors.

Austin, TX (PRWEB) April 13, 2006 -- WebmasterWorld's Search Engine & Internet Marketing Conference, PubCon, has announced the dates for its Las Vegas Conference, November 14 – 17, 2006. The event is supported by the Industry's leading businesses as speakers, exhibitors, and sponsors.

Brett Tabke, CEO of WebmasterWorld said, "With so many high-interest topics we'll be returning to our three-day conference format, along with the classic PubCon networking event. It's great to bring together the leading industry speakers and sponsors from the top tier search engines, affiliate managers, SEO and SEM agencies, and related businesses to connect with attendees and to help them develop business relationships. And to do that in Las Vegas, too, fantastic!"

WebmasterWorld's conferences and sessions are for anyone involved in the Search Engine Industry, the Online Advertising Industry, Affiliates, Webmasters, and any business with an Internet presence.

Registration opens from June 2006: http://www.pubcon.com

About WebmasterWorld:
WebmasterWorld is the leading source for Search Engine and Internet marketing news, best practices and educational events. Founded by Brett Tabke, an early '80s innovator in running BBS (Bulletin Board Systems), the WebmasterWorld Forum began in 1996 and is now the largest community of online marketing professionals with more than 2 million posts and more than 100 discussion topics. WebmasterWorld Conference and PubCon events are for thought leaders in search engine and Internet marketing professionals to gather to share best practices in the, design, development, promotion and marketing of their businesses and brands.

For more information about the conference, contact Brett Tabke at 512-231-8107 or brett at webmasterworld.com.

In the UK, contact Neil Marshall Tel: (+44) 118 988 0288 or engine at webmasterworld.com.

For more details about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities contact Strategic Marketing Director Joseph Morin at 512-497-6856 or joe at webmasterworld.com

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Press Contact: Neil Marshall
Company Name: WEBMASTERWORLD
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 0118 988 0288
Website: http://www.pubcon.com

Death Of Search: Sorry, No Results Found...

Socially Searching For The Watercooler

 

by David Berkowitz, Tuesday, April 11, 2006
LONG LIVE PERSONALIZED SEARCH; PERSONALIZED search is dead. The same can be said of social search and vertical search. All three are melding, and a search giant has an opportunity to bring this hybrid technology to the masses.

 

Let's start with the personalization corner of the triangle. I use all the major portals' personalization services, and I'm toying around with some new entrants into the space, such as Findory for personalized news, Windows Live, and Claria's PersonalWeb. These sites almost always direct me to content I would not have found otherwise. Personalization is thus an always-on complement to word of mouth marketing. The technology becomes a more efficient and perhaps even smarter version of that friend or nephew of yours who keeps sending you all the best links.

 

All of this makes me wonder about the prospects for social search. Here, that nephew and a number of your peers are connected through some network, and all of your search results are affected by what others in the network search for. Thus, networks of fishing buddies, jazz musicians, beer aficionados, and shoe lovers will all find different search results coming up for the query "bass."

 

Yahoo has integrated social search components into its My Web 2.0, a tagging and bookmarking tool. My Web users conducting searches will often find links atop the natural results to relevant pages that other My Web users bookmarked. While this may allow some lower-ranking pages to rise to the top, the results aren't necessarily more relevant this way. The people who are doing all this tagging don't necessarily have anything to do with you and your interests.

 

Eurekster has refined its version of social search into the concept of "swickis," in which a blogger or site owner can offer a topic-specific search engine that matches its results to the site content and other searches. The value proposition, however, is strongest for the publisher, as consumers, in the short term, are still conditioned to turn to actual search engines for their searches.

 

To share one final example, Friendster, powered by Eurekster and Yahoo Search, allows users to see what people in their networks are searching for. Yet this is confined to searches within Friendster, and Friendster isn't a search engine. At most, you use Friendster to search for your friends. As for my friends, they're desperate. Three of the top four searches in my network are "true love quiz," "handsome men," and "how to win an ex back." The other one? "Halloween costume." Either my friends really hate paying retail, or Friendster gave up on updating this six months ago. So who's in the best position to do social search right? Social search will go mainstream when it's incorporated into a top-tier search engine's main results. Consider how it would play out with Google, as an example.

 

For Google, social search would involve tying a few pieces together of what it's already doing. Google already personalizes results for registered users based on their previous searches. It could further personalize search results based on groups of registered users-- namely, those on a user's Google Talk list. Now, following this line of logic, assume that this group of registered users is clustered largely around one or two common themes, such as technologists in the Pacific Northwest or Bible Belt NASCAR fans or Binghamton University college students. With personalized search results based on a presumably like-minded community of users, it all starts to resemble vertical search, a concept Eurekster acknowledges about its swickis.

 

To recap, personalized search becomes social search. Social search becomes vertical search. All of this with the goal of making search results more relevant.

 

Yet how much relevance will users be able to stomach? How much will users crave hyper-targeted media at the expense of the communal experience? As personal as the technology gets, the watercooler effect isn't going away. However, people may redefine the watercooler. Instead of caring what 30 million people are reading or watching or listening to, people will start caring about, say, the 150 people in their first degree and the few thousand others one degree further out.

 

If this environment takes hold, with the watercooler evolving into the nexus of who you're in contact with and are likely to come in contact with, then the stage is set perfectly for the emergence of personal-social-vertical search. The biggest question that remains is whether the technology will arise to support the cultural shift, or whether the shift will occur thanks entirely to the technology making it possible.

 

David Berkowitz is director of strategic planning at 360i. You can reach him at dberkowitz@360i.com.

 

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Vendor Invites Interactive Marketing Industry to AdTech

 

Susan Bratton and Rovion Invite Interactive Marketing Industry to AdTech

Converging broadcast and broadband, online video spokesperson technology enables AdTech Content Chair to personally invite visitors to attend the conference.

Owings Mills, MD (PRWEB) April 12, 2006 -- Rovion Inc., the original creator and leading provider of online video spokespersons, has partnered with dmg world media’s ad:tech expositions to promote the company’s upcoming San Francisco conference by using Rovion’s proprietary inPerson technology.

inPerson videos starring ad:tech Executive Chair Susan Bratton will be running on the AdTech website, where Ms. Bratton informs visitors of the upcoming conference, and invites them to register for the two and a half day conference or as an expo only attendee. ad:tech will host its largest exposition to-date centered on the new theme “Connecting Globally: Markets in Motion” April 26 - 28, 2006 at San Francisco’s Moscone Center North.

“People come to ad:tech to learn about new technologies and trends in interactive marketing, so it makes perfect sense for us to partner with this innovative group on this promotion,” said Rovion CEO Len Ostroff. “A personal invitation from the conference’s organizer is hard to beat in terms of adding a personal touch to a website. We think this added layer of interactivity will boost ad:tech’s already unbeatable attendance.”

“We were quite impressed with the Rovion technology and it is a great fit for the ad:tech website,” said Paul Beckley, Show Director. “The inPerson videos are effective without being intrusive and we’re excited to be using this new technology to attract attendees to yet another great conference.”

This promotion follows a successful trial of the Rovion technology by ad:tech sister company iMedia Communications, which employed inPerson to promote the company’s editorial offerings and upcoming conferences earlier this year. During that promotion, 49% of iMedia site visitors watched the entire inPerson video, 3.07 clicked through for more information or to sign up and an astounding 35.74% interacted with the ad. Rovion’s inPerson product suite is a proprietary technology that operates much like the “green screen” technology used for special effects in both motion pictures and television, including virtually every TV weathercast in the US. Rovion brings this magical sensation to life on the Web, enabling its clients to present this unique, innovative and engaging technology directly to their existing and potential customers.

About Rovion
Rovion Inc., headquartered in Owings Mills, MD, is the leading provider of borderless video streaming solutions for web publishers, media organizations, advertisers, and marketers. Rovion's patent-pending inPerson™ technology has revolutionized the relationship between broadcast and broadband, enabling websites to “come alive” with compelling ”out of the box” video messages leading to increased response rates, recognition, retention and revenues.

Rovion’s inPerson™ clients include hundreds of organizations including 1-800-Flowers.com, Arts & Entertainment Television, Barnes and Noble, Best Western Hotels, Comcast, Discovery Store, HBO, Hickory Farms, LasVegas.com, NASCAR.com, NBA, Quicken Loans, Reynolds and Reynolds, Roush Racing, Sears, TV Guide and the WWE. Radio and Broadcast clients include ABC, Clear Channel, Emmis, Granite, Gray, Infinity, RadioOne, Raycom, Scripps, Sinclair, Susquehanna, and Young.

About ad:tech
ad:tech expositions, LLC is the leading organizer of conferences and exhibitions for the interactive marketing community worldwide. ad:tech produces the world’s largest interactive marketing events held in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, London, Shanghai, Sydney and Paris. ad:tech is produced by dmg world media; based out of the company’s headquarters in Larkspur, California. For listings of exhibitors, speakers, events and upcoming conference offerings, visit www.ad-tech.com.

About dmg world media
An international exhibition and publishing company, dmg world media produces over 300 market-leading trade exhibitions, consumer shows and fairs each year and publishes 45 related magazines, newspapers, directories and market reports. dmg world media employs 800 people and maintains a worldwide presence through 38 offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, the United Arab Emirates, China, Australia and New Zealand. dmg world media is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT), one of the largest and most successful media companies in the United Kingdom. Additional information on dmg world media can be found at www.dmgworldmedia.com.

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Undercover Marketing Tactics

 

Advertisers Draw Fire for Using Undercover Marketing Tactics

As advertising has become advertising ad nauseam, and we are forever being pitched to, marketed to, and appealed to by someone trying to sell us something more advertisers are looking at new ways to deliver their message to you. This has resulted in a mix of marketing tactics that are drawing fire. Some are new versions of old techniques and some are very new. Consider that many advertisers are already paying your friends or in some cases even hiring actors to strategically engage you in their product- with or without your knowledge.

(PRWEB) December 4, 2005 -- As advertising has become advertising ad nauseam, and we are forever being pitched to, marketed to, and appealed to by someone trying to sell us something more advertisers are looking at new ways to deliver their message to you. This has resulted in a mix of marketing tactics that are drawing fire. Some are new versions of old techniques and some are very new. Consider that many advertisers are already paying your friends or in some cases even hiring actors to strategically engage you in their product- with or without your knowledge.

If the current trends hold true it’s almost certain that you’ll be the target of “undercover” or “referral marketing” as more companies use undercover marketing and more of your friends will start trying to make a few extra bucks referring people to the products that offer them commissions for making those referrals.

Undercover Marketing

Whether you like it or not, undercover marketing is here to stay. Whether you know it or not, it may already be a part of your life.

Consider this. The last time a friendly tourist asked you to take their picture with an impressive new camera or an attractive woman at the bar said you could buy her a drink; they both may have been “working”. These are examples of what is being called Undercover Marketing. In these examples the company paid people to pose as tourists or bar patrons respectively. The “tourists” job was to show as many people as possible all the features of a new camera that Sony coming out with. The models were paid to look good of course, but you won’t see them holding anything but a Sky Vodka. Not when their “working” anyway.

One of the larger companies in this industry is Big Phat Promotions. They’ve drawn both protest and attention for their unique marketing practices that they now employ in 30 cities across the United States and Canada. The company defends their tactics as "spontaneous" and "virile" approaches to product promotion. Critics however, argue that paying actors to target consumers in these settings is unethical.

Even over seas the New South Wales government has enacted legislation preventing tobacco companies from using similar undercover marketing practices.

Adam Salacuse, CEO and President of Alt Terrain, LLC, a Boston-based agency specializing in alternative promotion services, stresses undercover campaigns should only be used in conjunction with larger, more traditional advertising campaigns. "It is always best to be honest with people and if used properly, alternative marketing can be a unique and relevant experience that the consumer will always remember."

Gary McCarron, Asst. Communications Professor at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, says the public is already immune to most mainstream advertising and new research indicates that advertising that doesn't seem like advertising, is the new way to reach our jaded minds.

McCarron warns that if advertising becomes so sneaky that it is unrecognizable from the everyday experiences of defenseless consumers, it will damage corporate credibility and the resulting state of distrust could have an extremely negative effect on social interaction.

Referral or Network Marketing
Do the words MLM, Network Marketing or multi-level-marketing ring a bell? These words all describe companies that pay you commissions for referring people to their products.

MLM or Network Marketing is back. The MLM Direct Selling Associate now reports that nearly 75% of all Americans have now used or been presented with a product from a Network Marketing company. The most well known, International, Network Marketing Companies are Amway (now Quixtar), Mary Kay and Life Force International.

The allure of Network Marketing or MLM to consumers is the massive amounts of money that some in the industry claim to make. These companies pay you a commission on all the products you sell. They also pay you commissions on the products that anyone you refer to the company, sells. If the people you refer refer others, you earn commissions on the purchases of those people too.

Sound like a pyramid? There’s a difference. Really. Network Marketing has exploded in the last 20 years since Amway fought their landmark case making and distinguishing the MLM or multi-level commission structure as legal and separate from a illegal pyramid structures.

MLM or Network Marketing companies offer you and your friends of course, commissions for referring people to their products. These companies now sell every kind of product you can imagine.

Marketing expert Chris Tinney is the founder of Best MLM Business (www.BestMLMBusiness.com) and MLM Forums (www.MLMForums.com) and eBusiness Bonanza (http://ebusinessbonanza.com) says many in his industry used undercover marketing in the past but have found parts of it turned the public off, “Too many people have memories of going somewhere with a friend only to be surprised to find themselves front and center at an opportunity meeting for some kind of home based business.”

He says Network Marketing still teaches people to go into social settings to pitch their products, however, they’ve learned it works much better if you’re up front about whom you are and what you’re doing. Tinney claims that if a marketer has to lie they’ve already made a mistake in choosing the social setting. He says this is the most important step. Once in that setting he says to be upfront about the product you represent.

Tinney claims that by being in places where people are predisposed to want your products and being “upfront” about it, that they'll approach the marketer and initiate the interaction. He claims this is much different than what the public perceives as undercover marketing.

As competition to reach consumers increase undercover and referral based marketing is sure to become more and more a part of our lives. The challenge will be for marketers to use these tactics in such a way that the don’t alienate the very consumers they’re hoping to win over.

To learn more about MLM and Network Marketing visit http://www.MLMGorilla.com/movie

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Companies Empty Pockets For Blog, Podcast, RSS Advertising

 

New PQ Media Research: Blog, Podcast, RSS Advertising Grow Fastest Among Alternative Media, Surging 198% in 2005, and Forecast to Grow 145% in 2006 Study Finds Podcast Advertising Will Be Larger Than Blog Market by 2010

Combined U.S. spending on blog, podcast and RSS advertising bolted 198.4% to $20.4 million in 2005, and is expected to grow another 144.9% to $49.8 million in 2006, according to exclusive research released today by PQ Media, a custom media research firm.

Stamford, Conn., April 11, 2006 – Combined spending on blog, podcast and RSS advertising bolted 198.4% to $20.4 million in 2005, and is expected to grow another 144.9% to $49.8 million in 2006, according to exclusive research released today by PQ Media, a custom media research firm. But podcast advertising, nonexistent until 2004, is expected to be a larger market than blog advertising by 2010, according to Blog, Podcast and RSS Advertising Outlook, the first of five installments in PQ Media’s Alternative Media Research series. This groundbreaking series, the culmination of more than six months of primary research, is the first source to define, size and structure the burgeoning alternative media sector.

Blog advertising accounted for 81.4%, or $16.6 million, of total 2005 spending on blog, podcast and RSS advertising, collectively known as user-generated online media. But the blog segment will comprise only 39.7%, or $300.4 million, of overall expenditures in 2010. Podcast advertising, meanwhile, reached $3.1 million in 2005, and is projected to grow at a compound annual rate of 154.4% to $327.0 million in 2010, when it will be a larger market than blog advertising. RSS advertising, non-existent until mid-2005, generated $650,000 in 2005.

“Blog, podcast and RSS advertising are being driven by some of the same factors boosting the growth of the overall alternative media sector: continued audience fragmentation, the perceived ineffectiveness of traditional advertising, and the elusive but coveted 18-to-34-year-old demographic,” said Patrick Quinn, president of PQ Media. “Blog, podcast and RSS advertising have demonstrated an ability to reach younger demographics as well as influentials, and the media tend to be highly engaging. These are attractive trends to brand marketers that are focused on return on investment.”

The relatively small size of these markets is an indication of the newness of the media, the lack of standard metrics and various technology issues, Quinn added. “As advertising networks become more effective, user engagement escalates, and the industry works through its technology and measurement challenges, we expect user-generated media to grow at triple-digit rates over the next five years,” said Quinn.

Technology, auto and media brands are the most active in user-generated media advertising, accounting for more than half of total advertising spending in 2005, with the food & beverage and apparel categories rounding out the top five. The technology, auto and media categories will continue to generate more than half of all advertising in 2010.

Total spending on user-generated online media is forecast to grow at a compound annual rate of 106.1% from 2005 to 2010, reaching $757.0 million in 2010, according to Blog, Podcast and RSS Advertising Outlook. By comparison, the overall alternative media industry including, among others, markets such as branded entertainment, digital out-of-home advertising, mobile marketing and video-on-demand marketing, is projected to grow at a compound annual rate of 14.8% in the five-year period to $253.7 billion in 2010.

PQ Media’s Alternative Media Research Series will also include reports covering the overall alternative advertising and marketing industry, including all 22 alternative media segments, and the first report to size and forecast the global market for branded entertainment, among others. These publications are available solely through PQ Media’s website at www.pqmedia.com. An executive summary of Blog, Podcast and RSS Advertising Outlook is available online at http://www.pqmedia.com/blog-podcast-rss-advertising.html.

PQ Media is the world’s leading provider of alternative advertising and marketing research. The firm also delivers exclusive data and information on traditional media, including advertising, marketing services, consumer and business media, and media usage. Founded in 2002, PQ Media has two major practice areas through which we provide custom and syndicated research to brand marketers, media buyers, media companies and financial institutions. PQ Media is located at Two Stamford Landing, Suite 100, Stamford, CT 06902. Phone is 203-921-0368; Fax, 203- 921-0367; E-mail, email protected from spam bots.

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New Trends Often Miss The Point, At First

Teenage Search Angst

 

by Sara Holoubek, Monday, April 10, 2006
IN THE LATE 90S, I was working on a campaign to make Compaq hip. The firm attempted to buy itself coolness by sponsoring Sting's world tour and setting up a flashy set of interactive functionality on www.Sting.compaq.com (If you're curious, I'm sure that WaybackMachine has some version or another.)

 

Just about every month, a higher-up would bring the collective team into a conference room and say, "So what have you come up with for broadband? We need to pitch a broadband initiative." Excited by the promise of what big pipes could allow, we would develop some very cool ideas, and then eventually, every time, conclude that, uh, no one really had broadband access yet.

 

This is the same teenage angst we are feeling in the search engine marketing industry today, where the technology that's available is far ahead of consumer adoption. We are stuck in the awkward period between proposing a revolutionary idea and doing what is right for the brand.

 

Rebel without a cause. Tired of addressing clicks and spiders, media coverage has shifted focus to mobile and video search, despite the slow consumer adoption rate. One SEM employee told me, "Everyone writes about it, but no clients are paying for it." And who blames them? It is somewhat unfair to expect a brand to underwrite a particular agency's R&D.

 

For the record, I believe that search will expand far beyond the interface we know today. I am so anxious to see wireless and video become reality that I just can't stand it. That being said, it is tiring to hear about fabulous new teams and technologies without any real client case studies. I would be much happier if firms said, "We have just launched an R&D team to explore, with some of our forward-thinking clients, how new search applications will evolve over time."

 

Unfortunately, the press releases inevitably focus on who is the first, the biggest, the flashiest, the jazziest in mobile and video search.

 

Just be yourself. Friend and techie colleague Keith Marran made it clear that being first was not always best when he told me, "Good applications are never about the technology, they are about filling a need in peoples' lives." This sentiment was echoed by usability guru Mark Hurst at last week's NYC Tech Meetup. Hurst reminded the technologically advanced audience to wield the craft wisely, to build useful products, as opposed to whiz-bang flashy thingies. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. "Technology is supposed to make our lives easier," he said.

 

One rule of thumb is to examine your own tech behavior. For example, one SEM sales rep said, "I look at my own mobile habits, and advertising does not fit in well." Knowing that you are in the upper 1 percent of the online population, if you or your kids are not early adopters, you can bet that 99 percent of the online world is not there yet.

 

It just takes time. Technology is fast, and we love that. Yet speed can kill when you are responsible for a brand's marketing dollars. We need to find a balance as the technology, the agencies and the brands come together and commit dollars to building the future.

 

Bryan Carlton Byrd, of New Breed Wireless, has an admirably soft sell. He told me calmly a few years back, "If you are not part of the wireless New Breed today, that's OK. Someday you will be, and that may take time." He was right.

 

Sara Holoubek is a free agent serving the interactive advertising industry and its investors. She can be reached at saraholoubek@gmail.com.

 

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[Editor's comments: It's often scary how newsletters come in and address things that I just happen to be working with, looking for, or thinking about...! In this case, it's wireless, or specificly, WAP. Just yesterday I was doing some research, because I realized that if a client's project could be adapted to WAP, it would be a pretty killer user of their content. In looking for information, I found quite a bit, but it seems that in the US at least, WAP's been whupped. It just has not caught on from what I can see, but I admit I only own a fake cel phone so I can use it in emergencies. Yes, it's fake. The emergency would be if I'm in public and everyone has a phone. I can pull my fake one out and not look like a real unwired freak...!. Yup, and there are more of us than you think. You know those cel phone vocal blasters everyone hates? Most of them are like me (but not me). They over compansate, not just by having a fake phone, but also letting everyone know how important they really are that they have one just like everyone else.

 

Anyway, I just realized that wap could really catch on big-time if it were widely adopted and here's why: Since you can't have bloated pages, you have to distill down to the important information and simple menu choces. There are times that if I had a choice to regular browsing and WAP browsing that I would love to have the little simple menus and concise screens of information that I think WAP must have (No phone, remember...?).

 

Anyway, I went to wap.google.com and then fired up a WAP browser on my PC and captured what the page looks like. Talk about making things more simple....! True, this format may be a little too simple for general use, but you can see what is attractive about this, It loads quick and there is little room for any ads to be displaced, although I would not expect to be free of them forever. (hris ]

New Version of Content Syndication Tools for Webmasters and Bloggers

 

Business Corp. Launched a New Version of StepWebZ.com, the Online Premier Provider of Content Syndication Tools for Webmasters and Bloggers

StepWebz provide Webmasters and Bloggers with a full range of fully-customizable, easy-to-use but yet professional Web tools (The StepTools) that let them improve their website and blog content, interactivity and stickiness in just a few minutes.

(PRWEB) April 10, 2006 -- Coldbrook Business Corp. launched a new version of StepWebZ.com, the online premier provider of content syndication tools for webmasters and bloggers.

StepWebz provide Webmasters and Bloggers with a full range of fully-customizable, easy-to-use but yet professional Web tools (The StepTools) that let them improve their website and blog content, interactivity and stickiness in just a few minutes.

The new version of StepWebZ.com can be summed up in four words: Get more for less.

“Our aim has not changed. We still want to provide professional, user-friendly and innovative Web tools that Webmasters and Bloggers can use to bring their site or blog to life and improve the online experience of their audience but we have changed our approach and added a crucial element: Webmasters and Bloggers can now earn money using our tools.” say StepWebZ directors.

Webmasters and Bloggers can now monetize their traffic thanks to StepWebZ sophisticated contextual advertising solution: the Orange LinkZ. The latter display dynamic advertising inside the StepWebZ tools by combining information from content news sources with advertisements from Google and Amazon. Visit http://www.stepwebz.com/orange_linkz.asp for more information on the Orange Linkz.

StepWebZ visitors can now read real-time aggregated content from thousands of the most reliable news sources directly on the StepWebZ site and then syndicate news, blogs, fun stuff, and shopping guides on their own site or blog using a wide array of fully customizable tools including news tickers, news boxes, news links and news patches. Other tools such as forums, rating boxes, polls, surveys and RSS tools are also available.

StepWebZ also allows Web publishers to monetize their content. Content providers can distribute and monetize their content with StepWebZ white label content syndication solutions. Blogging platforms and site builders can propose StepWebZ tools to their members and earn high commissions. Bloggers can use StepWebZ buttons to syndicate and monetize their RSS feeds. Visit http://www.stepwebz.com/solutions.asp for more information about our solutions.    

Check out http://www.stepwebz.com to find out more about the new StepWebZ site and the Orange LinkZ.

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FW: 100 Keyword Dot-Com Domain Names to Sell for $100 Each

 

100 Keyword Dot-Com Domain Names to Sell for $100 Each

Domain name liquidator BRANDomains announces new sale.

Sacramento, Calif.  - April 10, 2006 -- Domain name liquidator BRANDomains.com announces a special domain name liquidation sale. The portfolio includes over 100 dot-com domain names and other domain name extensions, including several one-word dot-com domain names. All domain names are offered for $100 each via BRANDomains.com.

The rich portfolio includes many popular domain name and search keyword categories, including IPO, stock, investment, movie, photo, book, auto, weather, music, search, ticket, job, sports, fitness, poker, New York and employment domain names.

Sports
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adventure sports guide
arena sports bar
football pulse
sports fan gear
supreme sports picks

Fitness
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body energized
fitness toolbox

New York
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experience new york
nyc job hunt

Poker
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pokermania
poker visors

IPO
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IPO contact
IPO hunters
IPO prices

Stock and Investment
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Stock User
Quote Lines
Quote trax
Stock Fest
TradEquity

Movie
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Relic Movie
Movie Types

Photo
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Photo Hound
Photo EZ

Book
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Nu Book
Financing Books
Barter Book
Book Upload
New Age Book

Auto
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On Time Auto
Acme Autos
Tire Lookup
Parts Truck
Tire Vendor

Beef
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Nebraska Prime
Nebraska Steaks

Weather
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Map Weather
Weather Models

Music
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Reno Music
Music Lair

Search
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Electro Search
Secondary Search
Find Topic

Job and Employment
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Hire Ideals
Hire Revenue
Skill Indicator
NYC Job Hunt

The portfolio includes several one-word, dot-com domain names, including: Caribi, Parthians, Piraque, Polycentrism, Spiralling, Stirk, Beverageous, Cargaecia, Mononym, Matronym, Tetralogy, Recockulous.

In addition, there are many popular “brandable” and two-word domain names, including: Greek Services, Dine Detroit, Gear Tips, Lawn Quote, Notebook Light, Searing Hot, Xtra Xtra, Author DVD, Facial Imagery, Active Interest.

Finally, the portfolio includes many domain name industry related terms.

To purchase any of these domain names via secure escrow service, please visit http://www.BRANDomains.com.

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 Actual list of domains with some possible site ideas:

acmeautos.com
activeinterest.org
adswop.com                        - Italian advertising
adventuresportsguide.com   
agencyrep.com
alternaticket.com
arenasportsbar.com
authordvd.com
barterasp.com
barterbook.com
barterlogic.com
beanscoffeestop.com
beverageous.com
bluebeaches.com
bodyenergized.com
bookupload.com
cardsorama.com   
cargaecia.com
caribi.com
cryospheric.com
dinedetroit.com
electrosearch.com
empireworldtowers.com
environomical.com
eventmixers.com
experiencenewyork.com
facialimagery.com
faxnewsletter.com
financingbooks.com
findtopic.com
fitnesstoolbox.com
footballpulse.com
gardenname.com
getamex.com            - Hispanic employment agency
giftcertifichecks.com
greekservices.com
hireideals.com
hirerevenue.com
ideaaddict.com
illegalop.com
imagename.com
imagesque.com
industryip.com
ipocontact.com
ipohunters.com
ipoprices.com
joydown.com
lawnquote.com
maptimes.com
marketadviser.com
matronym.com
meiran.org
memosearch.com
mononym.com
movietypes.com
musiclair.com
nebraskaprime.com
nebraskasteaks.com
netbranded.com
newagebook.com
notebooklight.com
nubook.com
nycjobhunt.com
oneweekwebsite.com
ontimeauto.com
outsideparty.com
parthians.com
partstruck.com    - Personal injury site
photoez.com
photohound.com
piraque.com
pokerbookstore.org
pokermania.org
pokervisors.com
polycentrism.com
quotetrax.com
reapplication.com
relicmovie.com
renomusic.com
scientificpricing.com
searinghot.com
secondarysearch.com
secondbusiness.com
secondhandbrands.com
shoephile.com
simulationnews.com
skillindicator.com
spiralling.com
sportsfangear.com
stirk.com
stockfest.com
stockuser.com
supremesportspicks.com
sushiparties.com
swissarmygear.com
synchromic.com
tahoetrails.com
tetralogy.com
tirelookup.com
tirevendor.com
tradequity.com
trafficstarter.com
treepicker.com
webhotelrooms.com
webpowermarketing.com
workndog.com
xtraxtra.com

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MySpace Web Sites Offered At Insane Prices

 

MySpace Editor Surge: Rich Young Webmasters

The MySpace phenomenon has allowed Webmasters to net over $1,000,000 per year in less than four months.

(PRWEB) April 7, 2006 -- MySpace, a social networking phenomenon, has opened up many opportunities for Webmasters as young as 18 years old. Alexa, a Web site traffic analyzer has consistently ranked MySpace in the top ten worldwide ranking. This volume has caused the demand for MySpace profile editor Web sites to explode.

Young Webmasters have taken this opportunity to monetize that traffic and open up revenue channels on a whole new level. Zobbler.com, a Web site of only three months of age, is up for sale on BuySellWebsite.com for $785,000. MySpaceSupport.com, six months old, was previously listed for over $1,000,000. These Web sites earn money through advertising mediums such as Google Adsense and Yahoo Publisher Network each time a user clicks on an ad.

While it seems like these sites are popping up left and right, the amount of users seeking such resources is much greater and can yield high traffic and revenue income for Web masters. "I had my site up for just a few days and I was already receiving thousands of hits. It's simply a way for me to make some extra cash, but the money coming in is much more than I expected" says MySpaceGrill.com owner - 21 years old.

Todays young Webmasters are tomorrow's innovators. Something as simple as a profile editor Web site has allowed these youngsters a solid income flow that can be used for future Web sites and ventures, but how long will this last? It is only time before MySpace itself offers such a service which could cause the ultimate demise to the hundreds of MySpace profile editor sites.

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Zoom Information, People Search Engine Finds COO

 

ZoomInfo Names New Chief Operating Officer: Bryan Burdick, Former Monster CMO and Lyos SVP

Job board and Internet search veteran provides new insight as ZoomInfo accelerates growth.

Waltham, MA (PRWEB) April 6, 2006 -- Zoom Information, Inc., the search engine for discovering people, companies and relationships, today announced the appointment of Bryan Burdick (www.zoominfo.com/bryanburdick), online recruiting and Internet search veteran, as its new chief operating officer. Burdick will lead the sales, marketing and product departments at ZoomInfo, reporting directly into Jonathan Stern, founder and CEO.

“ZoomInfo has grown remarkably in the last five years, and our growth is accelerating. ZoomInfo is now recognized as the leading source of passive candidates for recruiting, the leading search engine for business people search and continues to be a well-respected innovator of contextual search technologies,” said Jonathan Stern, founder and CEO of Zoom Information. “Bryan Burdick is a proven leader in our key focus areas, and will provide inestimable value helping us grow from a single vertical search engine into a broad multi-channel search and advertising vehicle.”

“Job boards and the entire search landscape are undergoing an upheaval that is transforming the way content is generated and monetized, and I believe ZoomInfo is positioned to gain in existing markets and expand into many new ones as a result,” said Bryan Burdick, COO of Zoom Information. “I have tremendous respect for what Jonathan and his team have accomplished and am thrilled to be able to contribute to ZoomInfo’s future success.”

Burdick comes to Zoom Information from three years at Monster Worldwide where he held positions including CMO of Monster’s TMP AdComms Division and senior vice president of Monster.com core segments. At Monster Burdick launched several new products, and helped deliver 40% annual growth in key business segments. Prior to Monster, Burdick was SVP at Lycos, leading the Global Portal Services unit responsible for all Internet search, content management and ad serving businesses. At Lycos Burdick launched eight new subscription businesses and grew revenue and realized double digit net operating margin growth each year. Burdick has also held senior leadership positions at InfoSpace and Reuters America. He is a summa cum laude graduate of the Wharton School of Business.

“ZoomInfo has a unique ability to mine the Web to create real business value for its customers and users; they are one of the very few examples of a pioneering company that is already making money with thousands of happy customers,” said Burdick. “The opportunity is unlimited, and I’m excited to be a part of this team.”

About Zoom Information, Inc.

Zoom Information Inc.'s core search product, ZoomInfo, is a summarization search engine that creates individual summaries of people including work history, education, current position and other business affiliations. It features summaries of more than more than 29 million people and two million companies. ZoomInfo finds, understands, extracts and saves actionable information about people on the Web. The patented search technology continually scans millions of Web sites, press releases, electronic news services, SEC filings and other online sources. Then, it intelligently compiles concise summaries about individuals and companies.

ZoomInfo helps streamline recruiting efforts, compile sales leads, enhance competitive intelligence efforts, and more for hundreds of companies. Its customers range from small firms to nearly 30% of the Fortune 100, including Blockbuster, Microsoft, Oracle, PepsiAmericas, Pfizer, Raytheon, Staples and Yahoo!.

Zoom Information is privately held and based in Waltham, Massachusetts. For more information, visit http://about.zoominfo.com or call toll-free: 1-866-904-ZOOM (9666)

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Press Contact: Brian Payea
Company Name: Zoom Information Inc.
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 781-693-1573
Website: www.zoominfo.com

3,267th Student Lunches Pixel Ad Site to become a Millionaire

 

Indian B-school Management Student to become a Millionaire

A Management Student of Ravishankar University, Raipur (India) is determined to become a millionaire by the end of this year. He has launched www.indianpixeladvert.com a pixel advertising website.

Raipur, India (PRWEB) April 5, 2006 -- The Indian management schools are booming with high salaries nowadays. The B-schools students are also following the suit. Inspired by the success of the website started by a student in the UK.

Mr. Naveen George has also started a website with same features selling pixels. Apart from big corporations, this site is focusing on small developing companies as well. Naveen from a small town in Kerala is in the 1st year of his Management studies at Ravishankar University, Raipur.

“The site is very simple to understand. I’m selling each pixel for Rs. 15 for a period of 5 years. The site consists of 10,000 blocks and each block is divided into 100 pixels. Anyone who wish to purchase has various payment options”, says Naveen

The idea can be described as simple but is a strong way of advertising. Today India is one of the growing market allover the world and the online trades reaching millions. The pixel advertising is becoming more and more necessary.

The benefits for the company purchasing are they get advertised as the site gets advertised. They get more traffic than they get today. Lots of media attention will add to the advertising. Paper/Banner advertising costs a fortune compared to this pixel site and moreover they don’t put the advertisement for 5 years.

Naveen says "I have new innovative ideas and would like them to put in practice”. Though this is a very tough prospect for Naveen, he is positive and is confident to come out with good result.

He has also announced prizes of Rs 50000 for 5 lucky advertisers who will be selected by the lotto system once the site is sold out.

A tough nut to crack in India though. Our wishes to Naveen to prove that it can be done again.

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Press Contact: Naveen George
Company Name: INDIANPIXELADVERT.COM
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 0091-9826847502
Website: http://www.indianpixeladvert.com

Cost-Per-Action Advertising Network Increses Staff By One

 

Jeff Maulden, Formerly of Dailey & Associates, Joins REVShare Ad Sales Team As Company Growth Continues

REVShare, television’s largest Cost-per-Action advertising network with over 1000 media properties, today named Jeff Maulden as a new member of the Ad Sales Team. Maulden was recruited from Dailey & Associates in Los Angeles where he was management account supervisor. Dailey is a major advertising agency and part of the InterPublic Group, a global marketing communications and marketing services company. Maulden will be focusing on maximizing ad sales delivery to the REVShare 1000+ Network by developing new accounts, creating strategic agency alliances and other alternative advertising agendas.

Temecula, CA (PRWEB) April 6, 2006 -- REVShare, television’s largest Cost-per-Action advertising network with over 1000 media properties, today named Jeff Maulden as a new member of the Ad Sales Team. Maulden was recruited from Dailey & Associates in Los Angeles where he was management account supervisor. Dailey is a major advertising agency and part of the InterPublic Group, a global marketing communications and marketing services company. Maulden will be focusing on maximizing ad sales delivery to the REVShare 1000+ Network by developing new accounts, creating strategic agency alliances and other alternative advertising agendas.

“With over 9 years of marketing, strategic planning, client management, Internet and business communications experience on the agency side, Jeff is a bona fide advertising pro, and consistently demonstrates stellar strategic thinking and fiduciary accountabilities with every project he undertakes,” said Joseph Gray, CEO and Founder of REVShare.
“He clearly understands the importance of television advertising and branding, and how it can play a pivotal role both in meeting a client’s immediate goals and in helping them achieve long-term success,” Gray added.

Prior to joining REVShare Jeff was a business development and client services account director for five years, focusing primarily in the travel, leisure and sports industries. From 2001-2005, he was vice president account director at Kaiser Marketing, based in Los Angeles, handling the Norwegian Cruise Line account. From there, he went on to supervise the MacGregor Golf account at Dailey & Associates before recently joining REVShare. Maulden has provided his management and advertising expertise on a variety of accounts including MacGregor Golf, Norwegian Cruise Line and Southern California Edison.

Jeff has a B.A. in Communications, with an emphasis in Broadcast and Advertising, from Washington State University. He is also a graduate of the prestigious Grey Worldwide Account Training Program, where he learned the world of advertising inside and out by spending time in every department from broadcast production to billing. Jeff can be reached at 800-819-9945, ext. 425.

About REVShare:
REVShare has specialized in Cost-per-Action television advertising since 1989. The company has relationships with more than 1,000 local market television stations, cable systems, syndicators and networks, which are willing to provide television time on a results basis. With a customer-oriented team, proven client results, marketing know-how and state-of-the art technology REVShare continues to lead the industry in the evolution of television advertising models for the next generation of convergence and interactivity. Early adopters of REVShare’s model will have exclusive access to a technology-driven metrics approach that will work with evolving new media opportunities such as video over fiber, interactive television, ad-supported video-on-demand and Internet video.

For more information on REVShare, please contact Alain Jourdier, vice president, marketing and communications: 1-800-819-9945, ext. 485.

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Press Contact: Alain Jourdier
Company Name: MARKETINGDRIVEN.COM
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 800-819-9945
Website: www.revshare.com

Another Pixel Ad Site Variation, More Overpriced Little Ads

 

Building the Future of Search, One Ad at a Time

Your search engine listing is an ad for your site, now you have total control over what it looks like.

Brisbane, QLD (PRWEB) April 5, 2006 -- The search engine business is dominated by large companies making big profits providing a solution to web users everyday. But nothing is perfect, not even when you have millions of users and billions of dollars.

Zooadoo.com owner Jeff Barker thinks he can do it better or at the very least, different “There are specific things I don’t like about search online, so I thought I’d have a go at creating something better.” While the 40 year old father of two admits he doesn’t have a lot of web or marketing skills, he does seem to be convinced that he can create something of value for website owners and web users.

“Your search engine listing is an ad for your site, but you don’t have much control over what that ad looks like.” Barker wants to offer website owners more choice, limit the results down to one page, get rid of the potential for pay-per-click fraud and change the ‘look’ of search by making it more visual.

Zooadoo charges website owners up front for space, letting them choose the size, shape and content of their ‘search ad’ which makes it more visual for the web user. "We all make decisions based on what we see, not just what we read. If a website owner can use photos, graphics, text, size, shape and description, then that allows them to be more creative about how they appeal to web users."

“I’m not trying to take on the big guns of search, I’m just one guy, but if I can create something that helps bring website owners and web users together, then that’s a good thing for everyone.”

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Press Contact: Jeff Barker
Company Name:
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Phone: 61 7 33417550
Website: www.zooadoo.com

Online Legal Service Provider Caves To NP Complaint About Keyword Marketing

 

LegalMatch and Pine Tree Legal Assistance Amicably Agree to Settlement

LegalMatch, a national provider of online legal services, and Pine Tree Legal Assistance, a nonprofit company that provides legal services for Maine's poor, have reached an amicable settlement in a legal dispute that LegalMatch calls, “More of a misunderstanding than a lawsuit.”

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) April 5, 2006 -- LegalMatch, a national provider of online legal services, and Pine Tree Legal Assistance, a nonprofit company that provides legal services for Maine's poor, have reached an amicable settlement in a legal dispute that LegalMatch calls, “More of a misunderstanding than a lawsuit.”

According to the original suit, (US District Court, District of Maine, Case # 06-CV-45-P-H), advertisements from California-based LegalMatch appeared when a computer user typed "Pine Tree Legal Assistance" into Web search engines including Yahoo!, MSN, and Google. The suit, filed on February 28, 2006 in U.S. District Court on behalf of Pine Tree Legal Assistance, has now been settled with no monies changing hands.

According to Don Keane, Vice President of Marketing for LegalMatch, “We [LegalMatch are working with the nation’s major search engines, including Google, Yahoo, and MSN, to make sure non-profits are not part of our multi-million dollar search engine marketing program. We have the greatest respect for non-profit agencies that service people’s legal needs,” says Keane. LegalMatch is a free online legal matching service based in San Francisco, California, and Pine Tree Legal Assistance is a non-profit provider of free legal services to people in need and serving the State of Maine.

About LegalMatch
Established in 1999, with a formal site-launch in 2000, LegalMatch is a leading national provider of online legal services. Corporate offices are located in San Francisco and Los Angeles. For more information regarding the company, please contact Don Keane, Vice-President of Marketing at (415) 946-0855.

About Pine Tree Legal Assistance Service
Pine Tree Legal Assistance is a nonprofit corporation with 501(c)(3) status established in 1966 by private attorneys in Maine to meet the need for legal assistance by low-income residents. Over the past 35 years, Pine Tree has become a recognized part of the justice system in Maine, providing help to over 350,000 Maine people since its doors first opened.

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Press Contact: Donald Keane
Company Name: LEGALMATCH
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Phone: 415-946-0855
Website:

Marketing and Online Advertising?

Online Advertising & Marketing
 
Press Release by: Philro Webdesign 
04-03-2006 - (openPR) - Besteedt u veel tijd aan het proberen te begrijpen van de bijzonderheden van
online reclame en handel. Philro Webdesign kan het het u gemakkelijker maken. Werk met ons samen om uw succesvolle campagnes om te zetten naar een 'virtuele' versie. Weten wat wel én wat niet werkt op internet. Dat is onze kracht. Naast vormgeving speelt techniek hierbij een belangrijke rol. Beide specialismen zijn wij eigen.

Het naar uw wensen vervaardigen van een optimale internetpresentatie, rekening houdend met de ongeschreven regels van het internet.

Wij adviseren u omtrent de HTML - en ontwerp mogelijkheden.

Daarnaast zijn wij in staat uw huisstijl perfect te laten terugkomen in uw website, waardoor u over een uitstekend marketinginstrument beschikt, volledig afgestemd op uw doelgroep(en).

Bent u niet bekend met de mogelijkheden van internet? Wij vertellen u graag tot in detail wat het allemaal inhoudt.
Philro Webdesign richt zich voornamelijk op het ontwerpen en 'surf-klaar' maken van internetpresentaties en webhosting.

Wij hebben ons de laatste jaren gespecialiseerd in het behalen van hoge posities in zoekmachines. Door het toepassen van speciaal ontwikkelde techniek in combinatie met de juiste Software, zorgen wij ervoor dat bedrijven optimaal vindbaar worden in de belangrijkste Nederlandse en internationale zoekmachines en directories op het internet.

Krijgt uw site de aandacht en bezoekers aantallen die het verdient ?

Door u website aan te melden en te optimaliseren kunt u het aantal bezoekers aan uw site drastisch verhogen. Het net blijft zich maar uitbreiden, en daarmee het aantal zoekmachines. Met meer dan 400 miljoen pagina's op het web zou uw pagina opgenomen moeten zijn bij zoveel mogelijk zoekmachines. Met onze hulp kunt u boven de massa uitsteken.

 

Wij kunnen al een website voor u ontwerpen vanaf € 350,= excl. btw

 

Meer informatie http://www.philrowebdesign.nl
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Secrets to Getting A Thinner Wallet

 

Secrets to Getting Targeted Traffic To Your Website

John Reese – a veteran marketer who had generated more than 1.57 Billion Web Site Visitors to his sites since he started marketing online, now shares all secrets with actual results.

Orlando, Florida (PRWEB) November 9, 2005 -- After six months of implementing what the new Marketing Course “Traffic Secrets” has taught, owners entrepreneurs from 52 countries now gathered to show the world real Proofs.

They now shared detailed information about how the course changed their business forever – many include screenshots of their web site traffic logs and even merchant account statements to give you Proof of what they accomplished. Altogether, there were over 100 fully documented success stories.

For more success stories and information, Go to : http://www.alotcash.com/

“Traffic Secrets” covers these following:

How to build and geometrically grow the number of highly targeted leads and prospects coming to your website that translate into cash and profits...

How to leverage your lead generation to gain more consistency in the number of prospects you get, and create more stability and growth in your business...

How to build so much momentum in the flow of visitors coming to your business that taking your website down is the only way to stop it...

How to easily discover which sources of leads are really making you money (and quickly trash the ones that are sucking your time and profits)...

How to get as much as 4-5 times more leads for the same advertising dollars, and squeeze every ounce of profit out of every visitor you generate...

How to tap many "hidden," super-abundant sources of good quality leads (as many as several hundreds of thousands) for absolutely 100% zero cost...

How to dump, once and for all, all the dumb, costly and ineffective methods that only create one-time spurts of junk traffic that will never buy from you...

How to create and follow a complete "attack plan," especially if you're currently relying on only 1-2 sources for generating your leads — because they can change and dry up overnight (they often do)...

How to get your hands on proven, time-tested lead generation strategies that really WORK — and not "sounds good" regurgitated "theory" that everyone and their dog has seen, read or heard before...

For more success stories and information, Go to : http://www.alotcash.com/

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1) If this person knows so much and makes so much money, why are they selling what they know to you? If this stuff really works, then they don't need to sell it and must be trying to help out the little guy also make a lot of money. They want to help us, right?

2) If what they say works and they want to help us, why are they charging almost $1,000 for it? I think it's so we will take the offer "more seriously", I mean, if they are charging that much it must be worth it, right?

My advice is not to fall of this or any other "long form" type of offer unless you really do your homework and check them out, ask for references, and make sure you understand what you are getting.

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Internet Marketing Firm Sees Spending Explosion, Still Has Time To Issue Press Release

 

MindComet Reports Record Sales in Q1, Sees Explosion of Spending on Online Advertising and Interactive Services

Demand for email marketing, SEO, eWareness and Internet marketing services at record levels for MindComet as marketers recognize the value of a strong Internet presence.

ORLANDO, FL (PRWEB) April 4, 2006 –- MindComet, The Relationship Agency, announced record sales growth of nearly 100 percent over Q1 of the previous year. The increase has been fueled by the acquisition of new clients as well as increased spending by current client partners. MindComet has already booked sales throughout 2006 equivalent to the revenue generated in all of 2005.

The company has formed relationships with several new clients in recent months including GMC, White Castle, USA Mobility, TNT and Armstrong. In addition to new clients, MindComet has also expanded its engagements with current clients such as StudentCity.com, FOX, Speed Channel, Tyco Healthcare and Living Independently.

“Business is booming,” states MindComet President and Chief Executive Officer Ted Murphy. "Demand for interactive services wasn't this strong in the dotcom era. We have had to double the size of our interactive strategy team twice in the past 12 months to keep up with the market for our services. Companies are realizing the value Internet marketing can provide when coupled with a strong strategy."

Sales of strategic consulting and managed services have been particularly strong in Q1. "The interest in our Managed Email Communications ('MEC') service has been phenomenal," said Murphy. MEC now accounts for nearly 15 percent of MindComet's revenue, up from 8 percent in 2005. Quarterly sales of other managed services including eWareness, Media Management and SEO are up over 50 percent.

“The need for an effective Internet strategy is stronger than ever,” stated MindComet Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing Paul Lewis. “Marketing managers have come to realize just how important the Internet is and the unique opportunity it provides. If our double- to triple-digit growth every quarter for the past seven years is any indicator of the market space’s future, I believe spending on online advertising and interactive services will continue to trend upward at a significant rate.”

About MindComet
MindComet is the premier provider of Internet marketing and email marketing solutions, assisting clients in optimizing their customer relationships. Headquartered in Orlando Florida, the company operates offices in New York, Atlanta and Los Angeles serving many Fortune 1000 clients. Their global client base includes General Motors, Tyco, Electronic Arts, Earthlink, FOX and other clients that understand the importance of a strong Internet presence. For more information, visit MindComet’s Web site at http://www.mindcomet.com or subscribe to the corporate Internet marketing podcast at http://www.internetmarketingvoodoo.com.

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Press Contact: Nicole Caplinger
Company Name: MINDCOMET CORPORATION
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 407.838.1010-352
Website: http://www.mindcomet.com

Software"Watermarks Protect Text Content

 

SECRETLY PROTECT WEBSITE TEXT WITH HIDDEN WATERMARKS

Melbourne, Australia – October 18, 2005 - DataMystic announces Web Copyrighter 1.0, its first-of-a-kind application for invisibly watermarking web text.

Digital watermarking for IMAGES has been around for some time, but until now, no solution had been available for TEXT.

Web Copyrighter embeds hidden information into any web page, Blog, RSS feed, XML file or Unicode text. The hidden text can only be revealed using the software, and is invaluable in proving the rightful owner of any published work, including magazines, newspapers, company reports, case studies and more.

Every minute of every day, web site authors, journalists and publishing houses risk losing attribution and compensation for their online work, as automated bots scan the web for popular content and copy it to new sites. The reason? Google AdWords revenue.

"Online Copyright theft is on the rise." says Simon Carter, CEO of DataMystic. "Popular sites like MarketingSherpa.com have to battle constantly to protect the intellectual property their sites are based on. With Web Copyrighter, an author can quickly prove their ownership of copyrighted material and take action against the offender."

Web Copyrighter provides encoding tools, a reveal tool, and a wizard to apply the codes to your website.

About DataMystic

Founded in 1990, DataMystic has its headquarters in Melbourne, Australia, and has over 2000 customers in 62 countries. Its charter is to provide IT professionals with time saving data analysis tools. In addition to TextPipe, DataMystic offers:

• DataPipe, a utility that makes it easy to search and replace information in live databases;
• ResumePipe; a utility that saves Human Resources professionals time and money while processing applicants' resumes;
• WordPipe, an application that lets you search and replace data across multiple Word documents in a single operation;
• DetachPipe, a program to detach and delete attachments from large email accounts;
• DirSize, a program that helps you identify the programs that are using an inordinate amount of disk space;
• and other productivity software for Windows.

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Direct download link: http://www.datamystic.com/webcopyrighter-pr.exe
Product page: http://www.datamystic.com/webcopyrighter.html