Online Workshops to be taught by top SEO/SEM consultants, authors and recognized leaders.

Scotts Valley, CA April 16, 2008 — Internet marketing training provider Market Motive has teamed with Search Engine Strategies to provide online classes for training in search marketing, web analytics, and web conversion techniques.

The workshops are live and interactive, delivered via video screen sharing and live telephone conference. Limited class sizes ensure attendees have time to ask for clarification or deeper explanations. Tuition for each class is $395 and registration opens today at www.marketmotive.com/online-workshops

“Search Engine Strategies has always delivered first-rate conferences and workshops,” said Market Motive CEO Michael Stebbins, “Market Motive leads in online instruction, with many of the same speakers, so this combination brings high quality training to a larger audience.”

Internet marketing expert Andy Beal recently reviewed Market Motive online training. “Market Motive’s media-consulting combination is effective and teaches online marketing in a way that works for the beginner or the experienced practitioner,” said Beal, “I’m impressed, and the guys behind this are the best in the business.”

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Now in its second year the UK Search Engine Marketing Report is produced by E-consultancy in association with Search Engine Marketing agency Neutralize.

Cornwall, UK April 18, 2008 — The survey which forms the basis of the report was completed earlier in the year by over 1000 respondents from both agencies and companies with first-hand experience of search engine marketing.

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Official launch of the new Internet business opportunity designed for the masses. There has not been available at this high of a level an ease of use automated marketing powerhouse system that also has virtual assistants, live trained reps who can handle any or all prospects for the owner.

Los Angeles, CA January 24, 2008 — “GRN Team Builder has now gone live,” announced Steve Carlton, president of Vibe Response. GRN Team Builder (www.bizteambuilder.com) is a revolutionary Internet system built for ease of use for the general masses; all with the power of an automated, simple marketing system designed for the mainstream.

With the state of the economy and all the uncertainty in the day to day workplace, more and more people are looking at online opportunities. And here is a new system that holds the home based business owner by the hand right to success. “It makes this fun, fast moving business more simple to quickly earn and learn. And ads in common sense,” Carlton says.

It makes available both cutting- edge Web 2.0 features, as well as the tried and true methods of corporate America. Trained sales reps immediately contact any or all prospects to address questions or give a site tour for the system owner. Or, allow the automated system to handle it all.

The sophisticated technology of the members back office has the most extensive and elite Training Center available in the home business industry today with:

- Interactive Video based Quick Start Guide for Quick cash flow
- Interactive Video Based Advanced step-by-step Training Guide
- Customer Support by phone and email

To run a highly profitable business, support must be a top priority for customers and members. GRN Team Builder (www.bizteambuilder.com) was conceived and designed as a support platform, a Total Sales Solution that includes:
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Innovative online marketing provider ends open beta period and releases more than 2,000 customizable designs to the general public.

Scottsdale, AZ January 18, 2008 — BizCard.com (www.bizcard.com), an up and coming online marketing provider, announces its official rollout today. With a catalog of over two thousand customizable, high-quality designs, BizCard.com makes it easy for anyone from entrepreneurs, start ups and small business owners to develop professional looking, full color marketing collateral at an affordable price.

Until now, the website and its advanced application had been operating in open beta and gathering feedback from users to assist in an effort to further development of its online document creation tools.

BizCard’s powerful proprietary technology allows customers to create unique marketing collateral either from one of the company’s prepared designs, a customer’s own artwork, or a combination of both. Customers can create:

- Business cards
- Postcards
- Invitations
- Announcements
- Thank You Cards
- Note Cards
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clickfind™ was launched late 2007 and besides it being a good search engine and business directory, it also incorporates “State of the Art” Search Engine Optimisation (S.E.O.) functionality and technology.

Brisbane, Queensland January 17, 2008 — clickfind™ was launched late 2007 and besides it being a good search engine and business directory, it also incorporates “State of the Art” Search Engine Optimisation (S.E.O.) functionality and technology.

Here are some of the features that set this search engine apart both in Australia and overseas:
• With the push of a button a user can have their business listing uploaded to Google Maps
• Google Ads will automatically be published with the client’s business name as a keyword phrase as a part of their monthly fee
• All products and services on clickfind (owned by the user) are allowed to be exported to RSS, which allows them to syndicate their products easily
• Professional copywriters may be hired at a small investment to help clients write their listings, making sure they get quality listings, but at the same time have a listing that works with SEO
• Anchor text is allowed on their listing description and is encouraged, as it has long been recognized a strong factor in ranking well with search engines
• Members can publish their listing directly from clickfind to Google base (once Google Base is available in Australia)
• As well as listing business info, members can list up to 500 products and services, which dramatically increases SEO performance

A powerful business directory
clickfind™ business listings are far more useful than those in other directories and search engines. As well as essential info like business name, description and contact details, clickfind™ listings can include full details of products and services. We’re not just talking about a simple list — a business can add a separate page with description for up to 500 products or services.

This approach is extremely useful for customers, but it also has great value for business owners. Adding product and service information dramatically increases the chance of a business being found when a customer is looking for a relevant product or service, either on clickfind™ or elsewhere. It also means a business can treat their clickfind™ listing as a self-contained website, or use it to drive traffic to their existing website.

Useful and fair search results
The search engine has been carefully developed to ensure results match what people search for. When a user searches for “apples” we’ll make sure they find apples and not lemons, unlike some of the other search engines. Results are also targeted geographically, so people can find businesses near them.

We do not sell advertising spots or sponsored listings. The order of business listings is based on relevancy. This means we keep things fair for businesses and produce meaningful results for people searching for products or services. Whether a business was listed a year ago or today, it doesn’t matter — geographic location and keyword relevancy is all that counts.
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PromotionWorld Honors the SEO Firm for “Effectiveness, Skilled Staff, and Superior Customer Service”

Atlanta, GA January 17, 2008 — Medium Blue Search Engine Marketing, the premier Atlanta search engine marketing company, has been recognized as the number one organic search engine optimization firm in the world for 2007 by PromotionWorld. Competing against national and international firms, Medium Blue was the only SEO firm on PromotionWorld’s entire top ten list headquartered in the Southeast United States. This is the second year in a row that Medium Blue has been honored in this manner by PromotionWorld and the eighth time the SEO firm has been named number one in a monthly or yearly PromotionWorld list since 2005.

“Following our strongest year yet, we are pleased to once again be honored by prestigious, unbiased resource PromotionWorld and to be named the number one organic SEO firm in the world,” said Scott Buresh, CEO of Medium Blue Search Engine Marketing. “As always, our goals for the new year are to maintain controlled growth while also maintaining our reputation for excellent results and superior client service in this ever-changing industry.”

Among its many accomplishments in 2007, Medium Blue Search Engine Marketing was honored with a National Vendor of the Year award by client Panel Systems Unlimited. The SEO firm also helped client OneSource to win a prestigious AMY award from the American Marketing Association. In addition, Medium Blue Search Engine Marketing added a number of high-profile clients to its roster, including The Maids Home Services and golf community Currahee Club, while it continued its campaigns with high-profile clients such as DS Waters, Inviro Medical Devices, and Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. The SEO firm also advanced its “Promotion through Education” campaign with the Technology Association of Georgia – a program in which Medium Blue’s team of experts search engine optimize informative articles from TAG members – and published an informative whitepaper, “Adding Search to Your Marketing Mix,” to rave reviews.

“For the second year in a row, we felt that Medium Blue deserved recognition as one of the outstanding firms in its field,” said Darren Tabor, CEO of DevStart, PromotionWorld’s parent company. “In 2007, Medium Blue continued to demonstrate its ability to keep clients satisfied and to constantly surpass itself in terms of the organic search engine results it was able to achieve.”
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Leading software developer Mutatum Solutions Ltd. is pleased to announce the addition of Poker Crusher™ – a sought-after online poker tool that provides real-time stats on over a million opponents’ strengths, weaknesses and betting patterns – to its highly successful Super Poker Affiliates program.

Curaçao, Netherland Antilles January 15, 2008 – Leading software developer Mutatum Solutions Ltd. is pleased to announce the addition of Poker Crusher™ (www.pokercrusher.com), its latest groundbreaking online poker tool, to its highly successful Super Poker Affiliates program (www.superpokeraffiliates.com/).

Poker Crusher™, a database-driven tool that gives real-time stats on virtually any opponents’ strengths, weaknesses and betting patterns as you play, joins a proven, revenue-producing lineup that includes #1-selling poker odds calculator, Texas Calculatem™.

“We know our affiliates will be as impressed as we are with both the technical sophistication and usability of Poker Crusher,” says Christian Rudolf, Affiliate Manager, “and with what it brings to the bottom line every month.

“It’s a strong product, and the feedback from users has been equally strong – they love the scope of the database, they love the interface, and they love the clear advantage it gives them at the tables.

“It’s a natural extension of our existing product range, and its distinct appeal virtually sells itself.”
For those unfamiliar with Super Poker Affiliates, it’s a program based on a strong catalog of in-demand poker software tools – including the aforementioned Texas Calculatem™, two next-generation odds calculators, a revolutionary new player tracking and table-finding tool and two popular Hold’em coaching programs.
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Conference and Expo events scheduled for Xiamen and Shanghai in 2008.

Redding, CT/Xiamen, China January 16, 2008 — Search Marketing Expo (SMX) events will be produced in Xiamen and Shanghai as the result of an agreement between SMX parent Third Door Media, Inc. and China’s leading producer of events for internet and search marketing professionals, Timev Media.

“Regardless of the source, the consensus is that internet and search marketing is growing and will continue to grow very rapidly in China,” said Chris Elwell, Third Door Media President. “We’re privileged to be associated with Inway Ni and the experienced team at Timev Media, which has produced search marketing events in China since 2004,” Elwell added.

“With 162 million internet users and 32% annual growth, China represents great opportunity for the global internet and search marketing community,” said Timev Media Vice President Inway Ni. “We’re very excited to working with the experienced Third Door Media team, including search marketing experts Danny Sullivan and Chris Sherman, to bring the renowned Search Marketing Expo — SMX event brand to China. Together, we are confident we will provide valuable search marketing content in Chinese and other languages and markets,” Inway added.

Two 2008 Search Marketing Expo events in China are scheduled. The first will be held April 18-19 in Xiamen, to be followed in October with an event in Shanghai.

About Search Marketing Expo and Third Door Media

Search Marketing Expo – SMX events are produced by Third Door Media, Inc. Third Door Media’s mission is to empower internet and search marketing professionals by providing trusted content and community services they need to be successful. Search Marketing Expo events include:
SMX West – February 26-28, Santa Clara, CA
SMX Munich – April 8-9, Germany
SMX Sydney – April 10-11, Australia
SMX Xiamen – April 18-19, China
SMX Social Media – April 22-23, Long Beach, CA
SMX Madrid – May 20-21, Spain
SMX Advanced – June 3-4, Seattle, WA
SMX East – October 6-8, New York, NY

Third Door Media also publishes Search Engine Land, an award winning news site for search marketers. The company also produces Search Marketing Now, a lead-generation marketing solution for suppliers of SEM-related products and services, and Sphinn.com, a social media and social network site where online, search, and internet marketers share news stories, participate in subject-specific discussion forums, build networks and stay connected to hot topics in internet marketing.

About Timev Media

Timev Media’s experienced event team has produced internet and search marketing conferences and expositions since 2004. Timev Media’s events cover most cities in Asia including Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, and Tokyo. The company also publishes the Timev Internet Marketing portal (www.timev.com), with update news and information for internet marketers in China, in addition to internet marketing research reports.

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The Campaign Manger v3.0 from GOMOTEXT.COM has been released. It is extremely affordable and can be licensed as a hosted platform. It supports all the major SMS Aggregators in North America. Some of the key features of the campaign manager are: SOAP/HTTP API, SMS Autoresponder, Message Forwarding, Mobile Lists, Coupons, Voting, Txt2Win, SMS Blasts, SMS Gateway

Dallas, TX January 16, 2008 — Gomotext.com, a leading provider of mobile messaging and marketing solutions, today announced that they have enhanced their coverage to cover more than 200 countries across the globe.

“We have made it easy for our clients to launch International Mobile Marketing Campaigns by offering enhanced coverage in addition to simple and affordable solutions for International Markets”, say Roni Dhar, CEO Gomotext.com.

In addition Gomotext recently released version 3.0 of their Mobile Marketing Campaign Manager, a complete mobile marketing platform that can be used for launching Standard and Premium rate mobile marketing campaigns like Text2Win, Sweepstakes, polls, Coupons, SMS Blasts and much more.

The Campaign Manger from Gomotext.com is extremely affordable and can be licensed as a hosted platform. It supports all the major SMS Aggregators in North America. Some of the key features of the campaign manager are:
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Myriad choices for Web Analytics remain, especially in Europe and UK

Silver Spring, Md January 15, 2008 — CMS Watch, a vendor-independent analyst firm that evaluates content technologies, today rejected the snowball of hype suggesting that Google Analytics and Omniture are the only remaining solid choices for Web Analytics. For mid-sized and larger enterprises in particular, and buyers in the UK and Europe, there are many established vendors who can provide advanced analytics functionality.

This analysis stems from the 2008 edition of the Web Analytics Report, released today by CMS Watch, which evaluates 15 major Web Analytics suppliers based on extensive vendor research, interviews with customers across a range of industry sectors, and hands-on testing of solutions.

“The web analytics marketplace has seen some instability and consolidation — such as ClickTracks and SageMetrics being acquired by larger entities, and Omniture’s imminent acquisition of Visual Sciences — and this has led some to believe that web analytics has become a two-party system,” said Phil Kemelor, lead analyst for the report. “But don’t believe the hype that Google Analytics and Omniture are your only choices, because that’s hardly the case.”

While Omniture is the largest pure-play web analytics firm and Google has brand cachet, CMS Watch research finds that enterprises can select from a broad selection of established vendors that work well in diverse scenarios and can scale as web site traffic grows. Moreover, Microsoft is planning to enter this space later in 2008. “Especially with Microsoft’s looming entrance, the Web Analytics marketplace is far from limited,” Kemelor added.
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