New Sales and Promotional Tool Will Generate Traffic and Sales for Wild West(R) Resellers

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Wild West Domains(R), Inc., an ICANN-accredited registrar and sister company of GoDaddy.com(R) (the world's # 1 registrar worldwide), today announced the establishment of affiliate programs, which will provide additional revenue generating opportunities for its 20,000+ resellers, as well as participating affiliate web sites.

With an affiliate program, resellers initially select one or more affiliate "providers", who then arrange for other web sites to become "affiliates" for a particular reseller. The affiliate provider then codes specific links which are placed on affiliate web sites. When visitors at the affiliate web site click the link that takes them to the reseller's online storefront, and then make a purchase, the reseller generates sales -- and the affiliate earns a commission on the sale.

"We felt it was important to provide our resellers with affiliate programs, as they are an important sales and promotional tool used by many of the most prominent stores on the web," said Barb Rechterman, Executive Vice President, Wild West Domains(R). "We are constantly looking to provide our resellers with additional revenue streams, either through the introduction of new products and services, or new programs, such as the Google(R) AdWords program -- and now the affiliate program. Not only can resellers augment their revenue, but best of all, they do not need any special technical or
financial expertise in order to participate," Rechterman added.

"I was thrilled when Wild West Domains announced yet another sales and promotional tool to help me promote my business," said Karl Heinrich R., Chief Operating Officer of http://www.domainrightnow.com. "Since signing up with one of the participating affiliate providers, I've seen a definite increase in sales. And best of all, I was able to get started without any complicated forms or waiting time," he added.

Wild West Domains(R) resellers can participate in a variety of affiliate programs, including those offered by Commission Junction, Click Bank, Link Share, Kolimbo, Performics, and Share A Sale. To learn more about Wild West Domains' affiliate programs visit http://www.wildwestdomains.com/affiliate.

About Wild West Domains, Inc.
Founded in December 2001, Wild West Domains, Inc. is an ICANN-accredited registrar and all-inclusive reseller provider. As a part of The Go Daddy Group, Inc. family of companies, Wild West Domains offers an array of competitively priced products and services to facilitate entry into the high-growth reseller market for individuals, businesses, ISPs, hosting firms, web designers and developers, system integrators and more.

WebMama.com is recognized as a force in the advertising industry and in Silicon Valley by the San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal and the San Francisco Business Times. CEO Barbara ‘webmama’ Coll Takes Search Engine Marketing Company to the Next Level.


(PRWEB) September 8, 2005 -- Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal has recognized WebMama.com Inc. [http://www.webmama.com] as the 27th Largest Women-owned Business in Silicon Valley. The Business Journal has also selected WebMama.com Inc. as one of the FAST50 – the list of the 50 fastest growing privately held companies in Silicon Valley. The San Francisco Business Times just announced WebMama.com's place in the Top 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the entire Bay Area.

Barbara Coll is CEO and founder [bio – http://www.webmama.com/webmama-about/team.htm], and the driving force behind WebMama.com Inc.’s success. She is a founder, past President/Chairperson, and current Board member of SEMPO [Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization – http://www.sempo.org]. She was recently appointed to the Ad-Tech Advisory Board [http://www.ad-tech.com/advisory-board.asp] and is a regular speaker and moderator at the key industry event – Search Engine Strategies [http://www.searchenginestrategies.com]. Barbara Coll will be speaking at Ad-Tech London, Ad-Tech New York, eComXpo, and Search Engine Strategies Chicago over the next few months.

About WebMama.com, Inc.:
WebMama.com Inc. is a search engine marketing company specializing in strategic planning and implementation of high return-on-investment search/contextual marketing campaigns for large B2B and B2C companies. The company team members are experts in the fast-moving advertising space of Pay-per-Click (PPC) and Search Engine Optimization (SEO). The company was founded in 1996 by Barbara C. Coll.

Search engine marketing specialists Elixir Systems today announced a new client relationship with Superior Tattoo Equipment Co, a company which produces the most comprehensive wide-ranging product line in the tattoo industry. Elixir will provide search engine marketing services to increase Superior Tattoo Equipment's search related business.

Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) September 8, 2005 -- Search engine marketing experts Elixir Systems, a leading provider of online marketing services including search engine optimization, paid search and online public relations, today announced an agreement with Superior Tattoo Equipment Co., a leader in the supply of tattoo products, to provide search engine marketing services to increase their online business.

Superior Tattoo Equipment Company produces the most comprehensive wide-ranging product line in the tattoo industry. The company has been in business for 14 years and has built its reputation on a history of unparalleled craftsmanship, quality materials and components.....and the steadfast commitment of its workforce. Superior's products routinely deliver the most desirable attributes of performance and value at affordable prices. With worldwide sales activity encompassing some 50 countries the business continues to evolve.

"Superior Tattoo is an international company with customers from around the world. They are building a worldwide reputation for quality and reliability as well as price," said Fionn Downhill, CEO of Elixir Systems. "Our job will be to help them develop their web presence through an integrated search strategy. This goal is to help them to develop their business and achieve world-wide recognition as the leading supplier of tattoo products."

Elixir Systems are leaders in the field of search engine marketing and offer customized search strategies built around search engine optimization, paid search and online PR. As no two businesses are the same the key to building a search strategy involves finding the right combination of these services. Elixir' is dedicated towards strong, long term business partnerships and to delivering the highest possible levels of service. They aim to achieve long term results that have a true impact on their clients' business success. Their Insights into Search Engine Marketing for Business Blog has a wealth of information relating to search engine marketing for businesses.

Superior Tattoo Equipment Co. is a worldwide producer of tattoo equipment and piercing supplies. They also offer expert knowledge and advice to the tattoo industry. Their product line includes tattoo equipment, tattoo machines, tattoo outfits, Prizm colors (ink), power supplies, tubes, grips & needles, sterilizers/cleaners, medical sanitation, frames/parts, piercing supplies, permanent cosmetics, and flash. For more information call 1-888-758-1818 or visit http://www.superiortattoo.com

About Elixir Systems:
Elixir Systems is a full service, professional search engine marketing agency that specializes in strategies to increase online business for their clients. Their experts develop strategies built around search engine optimization, paid search marketing and online public relations to help clients develop online business opportunities. They are members of the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) and the Search Marketing Association of North America (SMA-NA). Elixir Systems has offices in Scottsdale, Arizona. For more information, visit http://www.elixirsystems.com, or their Search Blog http://seoblog.elixirsystems.com or call 480-889-5393.

London 8th September; Sigmer Technologies, providers of bespoke software solutions and extensive website expertise, today announced the launch of their new website which has already achieved ROI, largely due to incorporating a usability study during the redevelopment of the site. Sigmer’s new website showcases the business benefits of usability and information architecture as an integral part of the web development process. The new site supports W3C Accessibility Priority Level 3, the highest level. Sigmer developed the site utilising its experience in designing highly accessible websites for clients such as The International Save the Children Alliance.

“Due to the high level of accessibility (which also makes it far easier for the search engines to find and digest each site page) and the optimisation of content, its pages have already been indexed and ranked by Google and other major search engines.” said Rosie Freshwater, Director of Leapfrogg Internet Marketing, search engine marketing specialists. “Sigmer’s new site has gained immediate high rankings for relevant terms which have already driven increased amounts of qualified traffic to the site. The successful search engine optimisation (SEO) of the site, attributable to Sigmer’s expertise in usability, design and accessibility, demonstrates an obvious core business benefit for any customer outsourcing to Sigmer for website design and development and content management.”

User profiling was paramount to Sigmer’s development of the new site. In the initial stages, Sigmer identified the core users of their site and then created detailed user profiles for them. The information gathered from these user profiles was then used to inform the development of the information architecture, design and functionality of the website. The four user types that Sigmer identified were: a senior level marketer, a technical director/manager, a managing director, and a journalist. Detailed use profiles were then created, which included each user being assigned a name, a company, a purpose for visiting the site, specific tasks to achieve, and personality traits that would influence their interaction with the website. All decisions were made from the perspective of the appropriate user profile, thus ensuring that the website’s information content and structure is geared solely toward helping users to fulfil their tasks.

Information architecture was a key factor in the development process. By assessing the different user requirements, Sigmer was able to group information by relevance to a user’s specific needs, and to then decide which pages to optimise.

This grouping of information by relevance ensures that the site is “sticky”, with users landing on a page, sticking there because it is relevant to their needs, and then going on to browse the website through related links and click-throughs. Sigmer’s design and development team continuously assumed the user profile identities throughout the design process, so that at each step in the process information was grouped where it would be consistently relevant to the users.

For example, a technical manager might be looking for information on website content management and will land on a page with relevant information on this topic, with clearly labelled related links and click-throughs to further pages containing detailed technical information.

A marketing manager however, also searching for website content management information, will land on the same page but will be offered the option of following other clearly labelled related links and click-throughs that are relevant to their interests. Both users’ tasks are fulfilled and each are led to pages containing information related to their needs.

The good quality leads that Sigmer has received within just two weeks prove that Sigmer has already received a ROI. “Usability research has found that just a little investment in usability can show a big ROI. Typically, a benefit-to-cost ration of between 30 to 50 should be expected.” said Nigel Gill, Account Director of Sigmer Technologies. “Of the multiple enquiries received so far, several came from major organisations that are leaders in their fields and were made by people who perfectly fit the user profiles Sigmer created at the initial stage, for example, senior managers and technical engineers. This demonstrates how important it is for companies that claim to be customer focused to invest in usability and recognise its undoubted ROI.”

The new website is managed with Scribe, Sigmer’s own content management system. Scribe enables Sigmer to manage all areas of the site including those that search engines pay attention to, such as visible page content, linking between pages, meta tags and title tags. As well as the benefits that Scribe brings to the SEO capabilities, it also supports the attainment of accessibility Priority Level 3 would not be to the detriment of the site’s design quality.

About Sigmer Technologies
Sigmer Technologies was founded in 1999 and is based at the University of Sussex. The company’s carefully balanced team of specialist programmers, designers and consultants has attracted a number of high profile clients, including: British Sky Broadcasting; The International Save the Children Alliance; Memorex; Leapfrogg Internet Marketing; and South East England Development Agency. By combining traditional computer technology with advanced cutting edge innovation, Sigmer provides a full range of programming, web design and Internet and IT based services individually tailored to meet clients’ needs. More information about the company can be found at www.sigmer.com.

World-leading SEO copywriting studio, Divine Write, today announced that its long-awaited 48 page SEO eBook, ‘SEO Secrets’, is now available for download free of charge from http://www.divinewrite.com/seosecrets.htm.

According to Divine Write director and renowned SEO copywriter, Glenn Murray, the SEO eBook contains everything a business owner or marketing manager would need to obtain a high search engine ranking. “The ‘SEO Secrets’ eBook distills all of my search engine knowledge. Virtually everything I know about SEO is in there. And because I’m not from a technical background, it’s all in plain English,” says Glenn.

And with a search engine presence like that of Divine Write, the SEO eBook is bound to contain some valuable insights. The Divine Write website is currently ranked no.5 in the world for “copywriter” on Google, and no.1 for most of its other keyword phrases. According to Mr. Murray, “all of the hard-won knowledge needed to get us a high ranking is in this eBook."

Mr. Murray describes the eBook as harnessing over 12 years experience in copywriting and user documentation (online help and manuals), culminating in an eBook that is written to address the needs of the reader. He says that it is written from the layperson’s perspective, and they’re full of real, usable content.

Says Mr. Murray: "Most businesses – large and small – are finding it difficult to rank on the search engines. Part of the problem is that SEO companies are jealously guarding their knowledge for fear of losing revenue. As a result, most free content is just hype." Mr. Murray says that he is happy to give the SEO eBook away because he is interested in long term business relationships. "When people read the eBook, they’ll see that we know what we’re talking about and that we’re not interested in misleading clients. We feel that this increases our chances of securing long-term business.”

For further information, please contact Glenn Murray, SEO copywriter, on Sydney Australia +612 4334 6222, mailto:glenn@divinewrite.com, or visit http://www.divinewrite.com.

Innovative Search Technology Research, Web Site Development Resources and Search Engine Optimization Solutions


Reno, NV, September 07, 2005 --(PR.COM)-- GreenBUILT Research & Development: www.GreenBUILT-Research.com
is a private research organization dedicated to serving two distinct purposes:

-Publicly accessible online information resource for search engine research, Internet marketing information and website development resources.

-To develop and provide truly unique and affordable search engine optimization solutions as a result of our innovative research and exciting findings.

The key to good rankings is an exceptional website. GreenBUILT R&D seeks to provide you with all of the tools and information you need to make your web site highly competitive, customer focused and optimized for major search engines.

S.I.R.E. SEO: www.GreenBUILT-Research.com/services/sireseo.html
S.I.R.E is an acronym for Search Index Reverse Engineering and is the name of our extensive database of reverse engineered search engine technologies. The S.I.R.E. database is used to develop the most reliable and effective optimization campaigns available. By simulating ranking algorithms from the major search engines we can develop highly optimized sites with incredible precision. This revolutionary approach to SEO eliminates the need for guesswork and allows us to offer truly affordable optimization solutions.

New AdRelevance Sponsored Search Link Service Offers In-Depth Perspective into Online Advertising Mix Across Industries

NEW YORK, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nielsen//NetRatings, a global leader in Internet media and market research, today reported that search sponsored links, led by eBay, Shopping.com Inc. and InterActiveCorp, comprised 34 percent, or nearly 13 billion, of online advertising impressions, according to its new AdRelevance Sponsored Search Link service. The Sponsored Search Link service is an enhancement that incorporates search advertising insight into the industry's leading online advertising intelligence service.

"We rely on Nielsen//NetRatings AdRelevance to provide a comprehensive view of the online advertising landscape, and find the search term capabilities extremely helpful in providing in-depth insight into how key competitors have targeted top search terms, providing essential tools for our benchmarking," said Rick Wainschel, vice president of marketing research, Kelley Blue Book.

The AdRelevance enhancement provides an in-depth view into the online advertising mix, enabling market share comparisons between display and sponsored link campaigns, search terms purchased by industry or advertiser, and coverage of branded ad platform technologies. Paired with Nielsen//NetRatings MegaPanel products, AdRelevance enables an entrenched view into the online marketplace.

eBay Places Lion's Share of Sponsored Links
According to the latest AdRelevance sponsored links report, eBay ranked No. 1 in sponsored links placements, which featured more than 15,000 companies, during the week ending August 21. EBay placed nearly 400 million sponsored link impressions, equating to three percent of total placements that week (see Table 1).

Shopping.com Inc. ranked second, placing 138 million sponsored link impressions to garner more than one percent of total sponsored links. InterActiveCorp, MyCashNow.com and Yahoo! rounded out the top five companies, each comprising less than one percent of sponsored link impressions for the week.

Table 1: Top 5 Companies Ranked by Sponsored Link Impressions, Week ending August 21, 2005

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Industry Impressions (000)
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eBay, Inc. 378,525
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Shopping.com, Inc. 138,307
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InterActiveCorp 97,969
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MyCashNow.com 93,751
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Yahoo! Inc. 90,544
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Source: Nielsen//NetRatings AdRelevance, September 2005

Retail and Web Media Industries Placed Nearly Half of All Sponsored Links
Retail Goods and Services and Web Media tied as leading industries, placing the greatest share of sponsored links at 22 and 21 percent, respectively (see Table 2). EBay led the Retail Goods and Services industry, while Shopping.com helped spur the Web Media industry's placement of sponsored links.

Financial Services, Travel and Business-to-Business industries rounded out the top five rankings, as LowerMyBills.com Inc., Orbitz and Intelius respectively placed the majority of sponsored links impressions for the week ending August 21.

Table 2: Top 5 Industries Ranked by Total Sponsored Link Placements, Week ending August 21, 2005

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Industry Sponsored Link Share of Impressions
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Retail Goods & Services 22%
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Web Media 21%
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Financial Services 6%
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Travel 5%
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Business to Business 3%
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Source: Nielsen//NetRatings AdRelevance, September 2005

Reorting Enhancements to AdRelevance
The new Sponsored Search Link service enables advertisers, agencies, publishers and search engine marketers to gain a complete competitive view into the online marketing mix, allowing for market share comparisons between image-based and paid search advertising. The new capabilities include the coverage of branded ad platform technologies that support online ad delivery, updated ad technology categories and IAB-defined ad sizes. Ad platforms integrated into the service feature rich media formats, as well as the top four sponsored search platforms for Google, Yahoo!, MSN and Ask Jeeves.

"The new service enables advertisers, publishers and agencies the ability to obtain essential insight into non-organic search and estimate share of voice by advertiser," said Michael Saxon, vice president, media products, Nielsen//NetRatings. "In this highly competitive advertising industry, ad planners need timely, in-depth intelligence to effectively develop successful online ad campaigns."

Advertisers, agencies and marketers can now access reports that enable them to:

-- Benchmark key advertisers in paid search industry
-- Rank companies by the largest share of voice within the search industry
-- Identify advertisers on a given search engine platform and locate
sponsored link ad placements
-- Define an advertiser's current online/offline media mix
-- Classify keywords purchased by industry or advertiser

Availability of Nielsen//NetRatings AdRelevance
Nielsen//NetRatings AdRelevance is now available. Please contact a local Nielsen//NetRatings sales representative at http://www.netratings.com/contact.jsp for more information about the service.

About Nielsen//NetRatings
NetRatings, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTRT) delivers leading Internet media and market research solutions, marketed globally under the Nielsen//NetRatings brand. With high quality, technology-driven products and services, Nielsen//NetRatings is the global standard for Internet audience measurement and premier source for online advertising intelligence, enabling clients to make informed business decisions regarding their Internet and digital
strategies. The Nielsen//NetRatings portfolio includes panel-based and site-centric Internet audience measurement services, online advertising intelligence, user lifestyle and demographic data, e-commerce and transaction metrics, and custom data, research and analysis. For more information, please visit http://www.nielsen-netratings.com.

Local search and local news via customizable start page give users easy access to business listings, maps and headlines tailored for every U.S. locality - down to the zip code

ATLANTA, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tired of digging through countless pages of search results to find the phone number for a favorite local restaurant or get the latest hometown high school basketball score? EarthLink (Nasdaq: ELNK), the nation's next generation Internet service provider, today announced that its customizable myEarthLink Start Page (my.earthlink.net) now gives users access to local search and local news. The new services provide news headlines tailored for every U.S. city, along with search results that help users quickly locate businesses in a specific geographic area.

Powered by Google(TM) (http://www.google.com), the new myEarthLink Local Search tool combines an analysis of Web content with Yellow Pages data to provide the most comprehensive local search experience available. Google has been the preferred search provider on EarthLink's start page since 2002. myEarthLink's Local News tool is powered by Topix.net (http://www.topix.net), which monitors over 10,000 news sources including newspapers, magazines, radio, television and Web logs.

"Receiving local news at the zip code level and finding local search results are the latest examples of how we are helping myEarthLink users personalize their Internet experience," said Tom Andrus, EarthLink's vice president of web properties. "With Google and Topix.net, myEarthLink is making time spent on the web more productive and relevant."

"EarthLink recognizes that locally-focused news and other features are becoming an increasingly important part of the consumer Web experience," said Rich Skrenta, chief executive officer, Topix.net. "This partnership connects myEarthLink users to a rich array of local news resources, while furthering our drive to link additional users to online outlets such as newspaper, radio and television Web sites."

myEarthLink's Local Search is distinct from web searches where users must explicitly add a geographic modifier such as city, state, zip code or specific street address to search terms locally. With myEarthLink Local Search, users can easily see all the relevant businesses found based on the search query and get phone numbers, web and physical addresses, and maps.

myEarthLink's Local News has been provided by default to every registered myEarthLink user, leveraging zip codes maintained in EarthLink's data base. In addition, users are able to track local headlines for up to five cities at a time. Unlike competitive offerings, myEarthLink Local News does not lump 80 zip codes around a metropolitan area into a single "locale." Instead, users receive news specific to their exact city or town.

To register for a myEarthLink account, visit my.earthlink.net; or to learn more, view the tutorial at http://my.earthlink.net/channel/TUTORIAL.

About EarthLink
"EarthLink. We revolve around you(TM)." As the nation's next generation Internet service provider, Atlanta-based EarthLink has earned an award-winning reputation for outstanding customer service and its suite of online products and services. Serving over five million subscribers, EarthLink offers what every user should expect from their Internet experience: high-quality connectivity, minimal online intrusions, and customizable features. Whether it's dial-up, high-speed, web hosting, wireless voice and data services, or "EarthLink Extras" like home networking, security or voice over IP, EarthLink provides the tools that best let individuals use and enjoy the Internet on their own terms. Learn more about EarthLink by calling (800) EARTHLINK or visiting EarthLink's Web site at http://www.earthlink.net.

Website services provider GlobalWebBrands (www.globalwebbrands.com) today announced that it has re-structured its pricing plans and portfolio of services to better serve its small-business clients. Paring its number of website hosting plans back down to two, the company feels it is better positioned with the latest series of changes, which includes a return to its older, simpler website design.

“Our primary goal is to have a simpler, more personal touch when we are interacting with our clients,” stated GlobalWebBrands President Daniel J. Briere. “It seems like so many website hosts go for the glitz and gimmicks, and we would really like to stay away from all of that and just keep things plain and simple, easy to understand. Over the summer we experimented with new service offerings and pricing structures, but our clients have told us that they prefer our old way of doing business.”

GlobalWebBrands re-introduced the website it used until May of this year and cut back on services it had added in recent months, including domain name registration and website templates, to focus on its core services of website hosting, website design, and search engine optimization. In addition, the company simplified its pricing structure and the options available for its website design services, electing to remove the website maintenance fee completely for its website design clients.

GlobalWebBrands has also entered into a partnership with search engine optimization leader SubmitNet (http://www.submitnet.net) to provide search engine optimization services for just forty-seven dollars every three months. The first three months of service are available as a free trial. The new search engine optimization services are less expensive than, and have replaced, the SEO services previously offered by GlobalWebBrands.

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About GlobalWebBrands
GlobalWebBrands was founded in August 2004 with the mission to put the World Wide Web to better use for millions of people and businesses around the world, by providing reliable, easy-to-use, and secure technologies and services. The company offers website hosting, website design, and search engine optimization services, enabling homes and small businesses to develop their very own websites quickly, easily, and affordably. Learn more about GlobalWebBrands at www.globalwebbrands.com.

About SubmitNet
SubmitNet is a leading Search Engine Optimization firm that specializes in technology driven, innovative Web site submission and analysis tools. Avidly serving the small and medium sized Web businesses, SubmitNet offers private label marketing programs that greatly improve a Web site’s positioning and search engine ranking. Their unique business model fortifies the web site builder with powerful, effective, user-friendly optimization tools that are efficiently implemented by the marketers and web designers alike. SubmitNet becomes the support mechanism that raises each web site to a higher level of robustness while at the same time addressing scalability in meeting even the most aggressive web business budget. For more information, contact 503-914-5000 or visit our Web site at www.submitnet.net.

Former President and CEO of AltaVisa to Lead Board for The Traveler's Search Engine

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- SideStep, Inc., the traveler's search engine, today announced that its board of directors has elected Jim Barnett as chairman. Barnett has served on the board since March of 2004.

Barnett is CEO and Chairman of Turn Inc., a next-generation Internet advertising network. He served most recently as the President of Overture's Web Search Division, including AltaVista and Fast. Jim joined Overture via its acquisition of AltaVista, where he was President and CEO. In this role, Jim led the company's highly successful turnaround and sale to Overture.

"SideStep has proven to be a big success with both consumers and travel marketers looking to reach them," said Barnett, "and the board is excited both by the company's results to-date and by its prospects for continued growth. I'm looking forward to spearheading the efforts of the board as we help SideStep lead the expansion of the vibrant new category it has created."

"Jim has had outstanding experience growing and managing prominent companies in the search sector," said Russ Lemelin, SideStep's interim CEO. "His guidance since joining SideStep's board of directors has been invaluable, and we feel fortunate to have Jim further strengthen his ties to SideStep as our board chairman."

Before joining AltaVista, Barnett was President of MyFamily.com, the parent company of Ancestry.com and Rootsweb.com, the leading genealogy search services. He was also President and CEO of ThirdAge Media, which was acquired by MyFamily.com. Prior to that, Jim was President and CEO of Infogrammes North America, a leading global publisher of video games and entertainment software. He also spent five years as Chairman, President and CEO of Accolade Inc, Infogrammes' predecessor company.

In addition to his work with SideStep, Jim currently serves on the board of directors of ValueVision Media and the management board of Stanford Graduate School of Business. He holds BA, MBA and JD degrees from Stanford University.

About SideStep
SideStep -- the traveler's search engine -- brings compelling offers from numerous travel providers to more than 4.7 million consumers each month. The company has forged alliances with leading travel marketers such as JetBlue Airways, Continental Airlines, Hyatt Corporation, Best Western, National Leisure Group and Thrifty Car Rental. SideStep has been named one of TIME Magazine's "50 Coolest Web Sites" and declared "Best of the Web" by Forbes. The company is privately held and has raised more than $17M in funding from Trident Capital and individual investors. For more information, visit http://www.sidestep.com.

Cube Management announced two additions to its Sales & Marketing recruiting team:

Debbie Zurow has joined the firm as Senior Director of Business Development, responsible for leading the company’s sales efforts. Debbie has 10 years of experience in the recruiting and professional staffing industry, and most recently was with Accountants, Inc.

Troy Crist has joined Cube as a Sales & Marketing Recruiter, focusing on local and national recruiting and contract professionals. He has 6 years of experience in recruiting technology sales and marketing professionals for companies like IBM, Cisco, Symantec, Netsuite, Katera Technologies, and many others.
“With these key staff additions, we are making a real commitment to growing our sales and marketing recruiting business here at Cube,” said Wayne Cozad, Managing Partner. “As the economy continues to grow, many companies are searching for both direct hire and contract sales and marketing professionals, but they’ve been hurt in the past by making the wrong hires. Since sales and marketing is all we focus on, we’ve developed deep experience and a proven process that greatly reduces this risk, while consistently delivering top talent. Our strategy is to become the leading direct hire and contract recruiting firm in the Northwest, which is focused exclusively on sales and marketing.”

In recent months, the company has completed several successful recruiting assignments for leading companies in the Portland metro area. Positions filled both locally and nationally include: VP of Sales & Marketing, VP of Sales, Director of Business Development, several Area Sales Managers and Telesales Representatives, Product Marketing and Marketing Communications professionals.

About Cube Management
Cube Management provides sales acceleration services to emerging growth and mid-market companies in the technology, manufacturing, healthcare and business service sectors. The team at Cube Management works across the entire spectrum of marketing, sales and business development to provide customized solutions that drive revenue and profit growth. Cube Management combines Strategy, Process & People to produce winning results. More information is available at http://www.cubemanagement.com .

And the best part? He’s giving away his cutting edge tool to interested parties for just one dollar.

“I’m sharing one of my most brutally effective tools,” said highly respected traffic and SEO master Keith Baxter.

Baxter explained the background behind his tool in laymen’s terms to help all levels on reach out on the Internet today.

Nutshell Tech Demo:
WordPress, Blogging & WordPressMania
by Keith Baxter

WordPress, known as a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability* is a free download. And it’s widely used across the Internet as a communications tool for blogging.

Here’s the deal:

As many of you already know, Wordpress is quite possibly the most powerful blogging software on the market. Combine Wordpress, Google Adsense and free content - and you’re destined to make some cash. At least a little bit.

SO…1 + 1 + 1 = 3 or $x Revenue Generated (RG)

The reasoning is simple. Blogs are like crack cocaine for search engines. They constantly search out the fresh content that blogs deliver and rapidly index your blogs as fast as you can create them. Next thing you know, your sites are rocketing upwards on the search engine listing pages.

But it doesn’t end there. Throw a few Adsense ads on your blogs, and the money really starts to add up. Of course, Adsense is a numbers game - the guy with 100 Adsense ads will probably make more cash than the guy with just one ad.

$x RG < 100( $x) RG

Which is exactly why I developed my latest tool. You see, with Wordpress software, it takes about 30-45 minutes to create just one blog. But with WordPressMania, you can create as many as 1,000 blogs in seconds.

$x RG x 1,000 per sec = 1,000 ($x) RG

“Imagine how much more money you could be making once you unleash 1,000 blog pages,” said Baxter. “Your traffic rankings will skyrocket… and your Adsense revenue could very easily explode to five-figures a month.”

WordPressMania is it’s a script built in PHP and is simple to install on your server. It allows you to create as many Wordpress blogs as you desire.

“On the download page, you’ll find complete instructions for uploading the script to your server,” explained Baxter. “If you can cut and paste, you’ll have no trouble with the script.”

SEO Master History

Keith Baxter is directly responsible for the successes of three of the
hottest search engine manipulation programs on the market… Ranking Power, Niche Monster, and Traffic Monkey. He founded one of the most respected traffic and SEO how-to mastermind groups still active on the Internet today, featured at www.nothingheldback.com . And he’s a regular "Top Affiliate" for many programs offered through Commission Junction and Linkshare.

When Baxter was in Washington, DC recently at Internet marketing guru Yanik Silver’s Underground Internet Marketing Seminar, he won an award for ‘Best Marketing Idea’. He also operates a ‘Members Only’ site called StealthTrafficSecrets.com where he shares tried and tested tips with news briefs and video newsletters for a rock-bottom monthly member fee. And he hosts weekly video presentations that follow along with the book, “48 Laws of Power” by Robert Greene, all at no cost to participants.


“I receive the same question day after day, ‘Keith, how do I dominate the search engines?’ It’s really not hard and there are no magic pills involved,” explained Baxter. “It just requires research and the ability to analyze it. I can help.”

For more information, visit http://www.wordpressmania.com or contact Keith through his site at http://www.stealthtrafficsecrets.com.

* From WordPress at wordpress.org.

September 7, 2005 -- A new blog covers the world of search focusing beyond the US and giving access for marketers to search engine and internet news from every corner of the globe – presented in the English language.

Named ‘Multilingual Search’ - http://www.multilingual-search.com, the blog was launched by Andy Atkins-Krüger in beta in April and has since built a team of editors around the world covering Europe and Asia. It is now out of beta and reporting daily on stories about the world’s leading and emerging regional search engines. It already features original interviews with key search executives from Yandex of Russia, Seekport of Germany and Eniro from Sweden as well as with Ask Jeeves on their European expansion plans.

Explains Atkins-Krüger, “We felt there was a gap in the information available to search marketers who are targeting the non-English speaking world in particular. Very quickly we discovered there was a lot going on which was under-reported. Using local search marketers – we can get the news worldwide as it happens. The blog user can choose to view posts by country which is something marketers asked us for to facilitate their planning and research efforts.”

The blog offers not only the usual RSS 2 and Atom feeds – but country by country feeds for those with a particular geographic focus in mind.

New editors are joining the blog daily and the team of editors already includes some well known names in search marketing including renowned pay per click leader AussieWebmaster, experienced webmaster world moderator Rasmus Sørensen and Alan Webb who runs the leading German search forum and blog ‘Abakus’.

The Multilingual Search project is a collaborative effort with editors receiving a share of the Adsense income used to fund the blog’s development.

Adds Atkins-Krüger, “We are actively talking to potential new editors throughout the globe and expect to ‘have it covered’ in the near future.”

The full team of editors comprises:-
Andy Atkins-Krüger – Managing Editor (UK, France, Netherlands, Belgium, worldwide)
Marina Zaliznyak – Spain, Portugal, Ukraine
Sante J. Achille – Italy
AussieWebmaster – Worldwide
Nick Wilsdon - Russia
Rasmus Sørensen – Sweden, Norway, Denmark
Nikos Kapsomenakis - Greece
Georgi Georgiev – Bulgaria
Alan Webb – Germany
Sushil Deorah - India

http://www.multilingual-search.com is published by http://www.webcertain.com.

American Honda Motor Co., Inc. President and CEO Koichi Kondo today presented the company's Premier Partner Award to Intrapromote, LLC of Cleveland, Ohio for excellence in search engine optimization (SEO) for American Honda's family of Web sites. Intrapromote has worked with Honda since 2003 and oversees SEO programs for sites ranging from Acura and Honda Cars to Honda's Financial Services and Power Equipment sites. Intrapromote was one of 15 award recipients selected from 51 suppliers nominated by American Honda associates nationwide.

The Premier Partner Awards were established in 1998 to recognize suppliers who embrace American Honda's philosophy of exceeding customer expectations. The award winners represent excellence in a variety of industries including automobile batteries, railway transportation, information technology services, marketing services and much more.

"Honda's global success is directly related to our core philosophy of delivering the highest possible value to our customers through quality products and customer service," said Gary Kessler, American Honda's senior vice president of human resources and administration. "Today we acknowledge select suppliers who share in our philosophy and thank them for their dedication to American Honda's quality commitment."

Honda is one of the world's leading producers of mobility products including its diverse line-up of automobiles, motorcycles and ATVs, power products, marine engines and personal watercraft. Honda is the world's preeminent engine-maker, with annual worldwide production of more than 19 million engines. On a global basis, Honda has more than 130 manufacturing facilities in 29 nations.

Honda began operations in North America in 1959 with the establishment of American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Honda's first overseas subsidiary. Honda began assembling motorcycles in America in 1979, with U.S. automobile manufacturing starting in 1982. Honda now employs more than 26,000 Americans in the design, manufacture and marketing of its products in America. Honda currently builds products in 12 manufacturing plants in North America, with three major R&D centers in the U.S.

Intrapromote is a privately held search engine optimization company headquartered in the Midwest with offices across the U.S. Sparked by disenchantment with conventional marketing methodologies and a desire to rewrite traditional Internet promotion, Intrapromote was created in 1999 as a consortium of experts in search engine optimization, online and offline marketing, programming, and publishing. Visit http://www.intrapromote.com.

This week, FoodieView (foodieview.com) launched an innovative search engine which allows users to find recipes from dozens of cooking websites. FoodieView presents the recipes sorted by rating to help pick out the best recipes. FoodieView also provides a free recipe box to store favorite recipes for easy later retrieval.

(PRWEB) September 8, 2005 -- This week, FoodieView (http://www.foodieview.com) launched an innovative search engine which allows users to find recipes from dozens of food websites. FoodieView presents the recipes sorted by rating to help pick out the best recipes. With a simple mouse click, users can narrow down the flood of results by ingredient, cuisine, special diets, or popular celebrity chefs like Martha Stewart or Emeril Lagasse. FoodieView also provides a free recipe box to store favorite recipes for easy later retrieval.

"Searching for recipes on the web can be a pain," said Howie Wang, creator of FoodieView. "You usually end up going to several websites to research one dish. Then you have to figure out how to get around on each website. If you're using a general purpose search engine, it might not even take you to a recipe page; it might be a review of a cookbook. Then if you want to save a recipe, you have to register, and then login at each site. We're trying to solve all these problem with FoodieView by creating a simple, one-stop place for people to find recipes."

Serving Up Quality, and Quantity
The number of results for a search can be dizzying, but FoodieView helps visitors wade through all the recipes with an easy-to-use interface. A search for "chicken recipes" returns thousands of results, too many to view at one time, but a user could narrow down the results by clicking on a link on the FoodieView page for Italian recipes. The user can zero in even further by selecting other categories, low carb recipes, for example. Many of the recipes are rated so visitors can quickly see the most promising recipes at the top of the results.

One of the clever tips provided by a user was to use FoodieView to clean out your refrigerator. Just type in the ingredients that you happen to have on hand, and see what recipes turn up. The results often lead to interesting dishes that may not have come to mind otherwise.

While recipe sites abound on the internet, finding authentic, well-tested recipes can be challenging. The sources for FoodieView's search include the major cooking websites, such as Epicurious, AllRecipes, Recipezaar, and Food Network, as well as small, but invaluable sites, like authentic ethnic food websites and food blogs. "We handpick the sites that we include to provide the best experience for the user," said Wang. "Our goal is to be both the most comprehensive and the highest quality recipe collection on the web."

Search engine marketing firm passes comprehensive requirements set by Google.

Bethpage, NY (PRWEB) September 7, 2005 -- Prime Visibility, a leading Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and full-service Internet marketing firm received recognition as a Qualified Google Advertising Professionals Company. To achieve this distinction a company must manage many large pay-per-click accounts and demonstrate complete mastery of the Google AdWords system over a period of time.

"Prime Visibility has met the qualification of employing at least five individuals who are Qualified Google Advertising Professionals, Founder and CEO of Prime Visibility, Andrew S. Hazen says, "Our team of Internet Marketing Specialists has a combined 60+ years of experience in areas of online marketing, copywriting, communications and business," Hazen explains, "and we are pleased that with the creation of the Google Advertising Professionals program, we've gained the means to showcase our knowledge and expertise."

The Google Advertising Professionals program was designed for professionals who currently manage or want to manage multiple AdWords client accounts to help them become more successful ad managers. The qualification program includes a comprehensive exam that each individual must complete before receiving recognition. The program ensures a level of performance and proficiency with managing large Google AdWords accounts.

Hazen adds, "With our proven ability to meet out clients' challenging goals, we were confident that our core team would pass the Google AdWords comprehensive exam, but we are not going to stop there – our entire staff will participate in becoming certified to go well above the minimum requirements needed to become a Qualified Google Advertising Professionals Company."

Prime Visibility LLC is a leading, full-service search engine marketing [SEM firm committed to increasing traffic, sales and ROI for its clients. Over seven [7 years of providing individually tailored services including Natural Search Engine Optimization, Paid Inclusion, Pay-Per-Click and Conversion Tracking solutions.

For additional information please visit www.PrimeVisibility.com or call toll-free
(866) PrimeV1 (744-6381).

Veteran blogger Jeneane Sessum demonstrates the benefits of business blogging in "To Blog or Not to Blog."

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB via PR Web Direct) September 8, 2005 -- The Content Factor, a group of communications professionals that create original content on behalf of their clients, announces the release of a new white paper, "To Blog or Not to Blog," that discusses the risks and opportunities involved in corporate blogging. Written by Content Factor Partner and veteran blogger Jeneane Sessum, the white paper presents various ways organizations can participate in business blogging – from blog monitoring to full-fledged blogging – and offers best practices for businesses entering the "blogosphere."

"'To Blog or Not to Blog' provides well-written and well-sourced guidance for companies that haven't yet come to grips with blogging — but need to," said blogger Doc Searls, Co-Author of the Cluetrain Manifesto, who blogs at http://doc.weblogs.com.

Because many companies have entered the world of blogging with a thud, or have been pulled reluctantly into the blogosphere by controversy generated among bloggers, business leaders have an increased need for information about the medium, as well as strategies for successfully monitoring blogs and communicating effectively with bloggers.

"'To Blog or Not to Blog' answers some of the most common questions corporations have about blogging," said Paul McKeon, President of The Content Factor. "Businesses want to know: 'Do we have to engage the blogosphere? How should we participate? Should we let our employees blog? How do we retain control in such a dynamic medium?' Jeneane Sessum answers these questions and gives readers the benefit of her years of experience as a noted blogger and Internet enthusiast."

About The Content Factor
The Content Factor is a highly focused team of senior communications professionals that creates messaging platforms and original content on behalf of client organizations. With special domain expertise in technology, financial services, and health care, the company brings a strategic, sensible approach to copywriting and content development. It regularly develops the content for and writes white papers, Web sites, executive briefings, brochures, articles, books, and much more. The Content Factor also has a core competency in online journalism and blogging, and is helping its clients evaluate opportunities in this emerging space.

To receive a copy of the corporate blogging white paper "To Blog or Not to Blog" visit http://www.contentfactor.com/landing/200508/. For more information on The Content Factor, call 770-512-8217, or visit www.contentfactor.com.

MonsterCommerce announces the redesign and launch of MonsterSmallBusiness.com, a site hosting articles on effectively building, designing and marketing an e-commerce Website.

BELLEVILLE, IL (PRWEB) September 8, 2005 -- In an effort to provide added value for its rapidly growing client-base, MonsterCommerce announced a redesign and re-positioning of the MonsterSmallBusiness Resource Center, available at http://www.monstersmallbusiness.com. The new site hosts articles about starting, building and growing an e-commerce site and provides features such as free, downloadable website graphics, web marketing tools, latest industry news and an e-commerce message board.



By providing information and guidance in a variety of subject areas regarding online selling, the launch of MonsterSmallBusiness.com fits in line with the company’s goal to provide a one-stop, turnkey solution for small businesses to sell products and services online.

The content is written and edited by MonsterCommerce staff members. MonsterCommerce has offered shopping cart services, domain registration, hosting solutions, merchant accounts, online marketing and web design services for years, dating back to the company’s inception in 1998.

“Because MonsterCommerce holds client support as one of our top priorities, we are always hearing about the questions and concerns of e-commerce site owners,” said MonsterSmallBusiness.com web content editor Erin Eschen. “This is a way for us to address many of their information needs in one place.”

In May, a report released by the Department of Commerce stated that U.S. internet retail sales rose 23.8% in the past year, reaching $19.8 billion in the first quarter of 2005 alone.

As e-commerce grows rapidly, MonsterCommerce continues to look for fresh and innovative ways to provide more useful tools and resources that will help online business owners become more successful with online selling.

The revamp of this site comes on the heels of a complete redesign and restructuring of other websites that promote MonsterCommerce services, including http://www.monstercommerce.com, http://www.monsterwebpromotion.com and http://www.monsterwebdesign.com.

Gibbon, Founder and Director of integrated public relations consultancy Elemental PR (elementalpr.co.uk) will manage WebtraffIQ's B2B communications and marketing. Elemental PR will continue to manage WebtraffIQ's public relations account, and the position will not affect Gibbon’s role at Elemental PR.

London, UK (PRWEB) September 8, 2005 -- Web analytics agency WebtraffIQ http://www.webtraffiq.com has appointed Tim Gibbon as its Marketing and Communications Director.

Gibbon, Founder and Director of integrated public relations consultancy Elemental PR http://www.elementalpr.co.uk will manage WebtraffIQ's B2B communications and marketing. Elemental PR will continue to manage WebtraffIQ's public relations account, and the position will not affect Gibbon's role at Elemental PR.

Marcos Richardson, European Director at WebtraffIQ comments, "We have been working with Tim and Elemental PR since 2002, and have built a great relationship with him and the consultancy. He knows our business and sector extremely well, so it was a natural choice to bring him in to assist us with WebtraffIQ's development."

"Tim possesses in-depth knowledge of our product and services, and has always been involved with the development of the suite of bespoke analytics products. By bringing in Tim's areas of expertise we ensure that WebtraffIQ is communicating with its partners, clients and media in the most effective way possible, continuing to keep communications on-brand," adds Kevin Hutchinson, CTO at WebtraffIQ.

"Although the knowledge and understanding of web analytics in the UK is growing, there is still a long way to go in educating business owners that if this marketing technology is not employed across their organisation, they are missing the opportunity to learn more about the audiences (whether they are B2B, B2C or P2P) that interact with them. I am keen to raise the profile of WebtraffIQ, but also of web analytics to a wider audience with the main offenders, including the communications and PR sectors which should really know better," comments Tim Gibbon, Communications Director at WebtraffIQ.

"Connecting WebtraffIQ to new areas of business has been important with recent introductions from Tim to theatrical (movie) releases such as Ong-Bak http://www.ong-bak.co.uk, new relationships with creative services portal and search engine Creativematch http://www.creativematch.co.uk and the UK's popular digital marketing discussion forum Chinwag http://www.chinwag.com. We look forward to more doors opening and further strengthening our experience in the creative and design, entertainment, lifestyle and FMCG sectors with Tim's help," concludes Richardson.

Notes to editors

This press release in available in PDF, plain text and Word formats. Photographs are available of the WebtraffIQ team.

The media spokespeople for WebtraffIQ are Marcos Richardson, European Director, Kevin Hutchinson, Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and Tim Gibbon, Communications Director.

About WebtraffIQ
http://www.webtraffiq.com

WebtraffIQ is a real-time visitor tracking and reporting analysis product and service for business web sites and e-commerce enterprises. The system has undertaken a four-year research and development-testing period and is used by over 400 individual web sites.

WebtraffIQ provides a campaign tracking service which enables clients to see how various online and offline marketing techniques are working, in effect creating a rich picture of a web site's activities.

WebtraffIQ's clients include: Business Link (Kent), City & Guilds, Eyetracker, Mando Group, Perceptor, Reuters Business Insight, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and Tiscali UK.

Wholesale Marketer™, the largest drop ship service and product sourcing solutions company online, announces the completion of an integrated partnership with MeZine.com Inc.’s proprietary web building technology, WebsiteDynamics . The integration allows CityMax merchants to sign up for monthly memberships to Wholesale Marketer’s drop shipping services and manage all aspects of selling Wholesale Marketer products within the merchant’s website.

Orem, UT (PRWEB) September 8, 2005 -- Wholesale Marketer officially announces the completion of an integrated partnership with WebsiteDynamics. The partnership was created in an effort to help solve WebsiteDynamics merchants’ product sourcing needs by providing merchants with instant access to over 90,000 wholesale products to sell in their online web stores.

The integration of Wholesale Marketer’s drop shipping services within the WebsiteDynamics’ web builder technology has made it easy for a CityMax merchant to browse through 90,000 wholesale products, select products to sell, and add them to their website. Furthermore, Wholesale Marketer’s drop shipping technology allows the purchase and fulfillment of Wholesale Marketer products to occur only after the products have sold on the merchant’s website. CityMax merchants can now have a fully-enabled e-commerce website designed with a shopping cart, catalog and products to sell within minutes.

"The obvious first step in creating an online presence is building a website, which CityMax does extremely well," said Brandon Delgrosso, Wholesale Marketer’s VP of Business Development, "One step that is continually overlooked and is the cornerstone to the success of an e-commerce website is access to an outstanding and reliable product source. That’s where Wholesale Marketer comes in."

CityMax merchants can sign up for a free 30-day trial to Wholesale Marketer through the merchant’s administrative area of their website. CityMax merchants will then receive a 33% discount on Wholesale Marketer’s monthly membership fee at the end of their trial period.

"We strive to help our clients create financially profitable, user friendly websites," says Gordy Bal, CityMax’s Director of Business Development. "By utilizing Wholesale Marketer, our clients can easily sell products and, in turn, increase online revenue with the click of a mouse."

About Wholesale Marketer:
Drop shipper Wholesale Marketer is the leader in online product sourcing with over 90,000 wholesale products. Wholesale Marketer has been an eBay® Certified Service Provider since the inception of the eBay Certified Provider program in October of 2004. Wholesale Marketer provides their members with drop shipping services. Wholesale Marketer’s technology interfaces with many different distribution partners and offers wholesale products for drop shipment directly to end consumers. Wholesale Marketer's value is created through their proprietary technology. They aggregate different distributors’ products and standardize fulfillment processes into one easy-to-use, convenient, drop shipment administration system for the benefit of their users and their partners. For more information, visit www.WholesaleMarketer.com.

About CityMax.
CityMax is a 6-year-old easy website builder owned by MeZine.com Inc. The official name of the website building technology is Website Dynamics. For more information, visit www.CityMax.com.

Elixir Systems, a privately held company in the search engine marketing industry, announced today that it has appointed a new Director of Marketing and Director of Search to address high levels of growth.

Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) September 6, 2005 –- Search engine marketing specialists Elixir Systems, a privately held company, announced today that as a result of the rapid growth of their business they have appointed James Peggie as Director of Marketing and Lance Faulkner as Director of Search. These appointments are in response to the high levels of growth and strategic re-structuring of the company.



"We have experienced 200% growth in the last 12 months, which comes with its own challenges," said Fionn Downhill, CEO of Elixir Systems. "We have re-structured the company in line with what is now required to deliver the same quality of service and results that has made us one of the leading suppliers of search engine marketing services in the industry."

As the Director of Marketing, James Peggie is responsible for the implementation and management of corporate marketing strategies. This involves promotional activities, brand strategy, public relations and corporate communications. He is also involved with developing corporate writing projects, presentations and marketing collateral. He works with clients to help them analyze their Internet presence and prepares search marketing strategies for individual projects. He is a renowned in the fields of online public relations, press release optimization and search engine reputation management. He is heavily involved in writing the Insights into Search Engine Marketing for Business Blog.

James has been involved with the Internet since 1995 when he developed an interest in search marketing strategy. Before joining the Elixir team he worked for Lynk Software, Inc, a developer of customer service and quality assurance software, in a marketing and Internet strategy position. Prior to that he owned and ran an eCommerce business. He has published articles on search marketing in numerous publications. James holds a Master of Business Administration degree.

Lance Faulkner brings a wealth of SEO experience and talent to the Elixir Systems team. He has been involved in the search marketing field for over five years and is a nationally renowned expert on natural (organic) search engine optimization and paid placement. During this time he has acquired extensive knowledge of how the major search engines function and how they determine their algorithms.

Lance provides maximum support for Elixir Systems clients and ensures that its tools, technology, and processes are continually updated to help achieve superior results. His research skills, problem solving abilities, and predictive analysis talents add extra value for Elixir System’s clients.

Prior to joining Elixir Systems Lance worked with Rhino Internet Solutions where he created and developed their successful SEO program. He has also worked for iCrossing and Fox Rent a Car in managerial positions, helping to develop and implement their search marketing strategies. Before entering the search marketing field Lance spent over 10 years in the information research field with the Army.

Lance is actively involved in furthering the field of search marketing through training and education programs he developed. He is also a highly respected industry speaker at both the local and national level. This includes the prestigious national search marketing showcase – Search Engine Strategies.

Elixir Systems are leaders in the field of search engine marketing and offer customized search strategies built around search engine optimization, paid search and online public relations. As no two businesses are the same the key to building a search strategy involves finding the right combination of these services. Elixir’ is dedicated towards strong, long term business partnerships and to delivering the highest possible levels of service. They aim to achieve long term results that have a true impact on their clients’ business success.

About Elixir Systems:
Elixir Systems is a full service, professional search engine marketing agency that specializes in strategies to increase online business for their clients. Their experts develop strategies built around search engine optimization, paid search marketing and online public relations to help clients develop online business opportunities. They are members of the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) and the Search Marketing Association of North America (SMA-NA). Elixir Systems has offices in Scottsdale, Arizona. For more information, visit http://www.elixirsystems.com, or their Blog http://searchblog.elixirsystems.com or call 480-889-5393.

World-renowned search engine marketing expert to provide daily news and views on the search engine industry and interactive advertising trends.

Raleigh, NC (PRWEB) September 8, 2005 -- Andy Beal, one of the world’s most respected search engine and interactive marketing experts, today announced the launch of Marketing Pilgrim (www.MarketingPilgrim.com). Marketing Pilgrim will provide daily news, views and analysis on a number of interactive marketing issues with a focus on search engines, blogs and RSS.

The web log ("blog") follows Beal’s phenomenal success with Search Engine Lowdown, which he grew to become one of the industry’s most trusted sources of search engine news, before he left in July of this year. Beal intends to apply the same informal - and sometimes unashamedly cynical - reporting style and will expand the focus to include other areas of internet marketing.

"After taking a break to reflect on the growth of the internet marketing industry, I’m excited to launch a new blog that I hope will offer readers an insight into the search engine industry, the growth of blogs and explore other new marketing channels," said Beal. "I chose the name "Marketing Pilgrim" as I think it perfectly describes the journey many marketers are taking, as they experiment with new internet marketing opportunities."

While the blog name may be new, Beal promises to pick-up where he left off at Search Engine Lowdown. "Readers can expect much of the same at MarketingPilgrim.com. I’ll offer my opinions, views and criticism of the latest search engine news and other online marketing trends. I can’t promise readers will always agree with my thoughts, but I can promise to always keep them thinking about how a developing story might impact their business."

Marketing Pilgrim will be updated daily at http://www.MarketingPilgrim.com and readers can subscribe to the RSS feed at http://feeds.feedburner.com/marketing-pilgrim.

About Andy Beal
Andy Beal is one of the world’s most respect search engine marketing experts. Formerly vice president of marketing for WebSourced and editor of Search Engine Lowdown, Beal has written dozens of search engine articles, spoken at many marketing conferences and is a trusted source to more than a dozen news publications. You can see Beal’s full bio at www.marketingpilgrim.com/andy-beal-online-marketing-expert.htm.

A strategic online marketing plan has been implemented to reach multi-faceted growth goals. Successful execution by Global VIP Traffic is projected to propel Patriot Motorcycles into global emerging markets and raise stock value.

(PRWEB) September 7, 2005 -- Patriot Motorcycles, a leading global corporation specializing in the distribution and service of Yamoto products, embarks on a multi-level internet marketing campaign through Global VIP Traffic today.

With the web bearing more influence over consumer purchases than TV and print ads, according to DoubleClick’s third Touchpoints study, company websites rank among the top four for further learning towards an eventual purchase. Recognizing this, Patriot Motorcycles Corporation has implemented a strategic online advertising campaign over the next 12 months. Through Global VIP Traffic, it will incorporate a wide range of internet marketing strategies and optimize each path individually. These will include:

* Search engine PPC optimization and management for maximized ROI.
* A banner campaign displaying Patriot Motorcycles’ logo across a vast network of recreational vehicle enthusiast websites for maximum brand awareness. This exposure is estimated to be viewed by over 60 million targeted users a month.
* Multiple geo-targeted keyword search campaigns for the increase of dealership and expansion of distributorship in existing and emerging markets.
* Highly targeted opt-in email campaigns focusing on several market segments including dirt bike dealers .
* Timely press releases reporting the statistics and milestones in the campaigns progress for the duration.
* Patriot Motorcycles’ website will be keyword-targeted and optimized to be hand submitted to all search engines to expecting higher natural listings within the first page or top ten.

“Patriot Motorcycles has a very effective management team and a very responsive line of dirt bike dealers,” says Steve Paled, President and CEO of Global VIP Traffic. “I am very confident that this campaign will yield tremendous results. Based on recent major events in the infrastructure of Patriot Motorcycles, and coupled with our expertise, I’m expecting that the value of their stock will jump dramatically over the next 12 months.”

Sales and marketing director Joe Perez of Global VIP Traffic states, “We are very excited and appreciate the confidence that Patriot Motorcycles has expressed in our ability to reach these goals. Our mission is to generate 5 million unique visitors to the patriotmotorcycles.com website within the next year. Ultimately, we will provide a higher number of distributors of recreational vehicles, increased sales of dirt bikes and ATV’s, and an expressed level of public confidence with increased value in the Patriot Motorcycles Corporation stock (PMCY.PK).”

About Patriot Motorcycles Corporation
Patriot Motorcycles (PMCY) is the exclusive world wide distributor of the Yamoto line of Dirt Bikes and All Terrain Vehicles (ATV's) manufactured in China. The company and its management are firmly committed to building the Yamoto by Patriot (TM) brand, to building a significant and substantial Domestic and International dealer organization and to distributing the finest products that consistently out-price the competition (by as much as 50%). Patriot is also the first and only company to offer a Five Year Guarantee based on after-sale use of its co-branded zMAX(R) Micro-Lubricant. Additional Patriot branded products and accessories are also being evaluated. Yamoto by Patriot (TM) -- poised to become the first great Chinese-manufactured brand.

If you're getting ready to launch a website or re-launch your website, then there are some things that you can do to make the whole process go smoother. I've looked through my notes of various things that shouldn't be overlooked.

If you're going to re-launch an existing website, there's absolutely no need to re-submit your website to the search engines as long as your site's web pages are getting crawled on a regular basis. That certainly is the key--make sure your website is getting crawled and your pages are getting indexed. If your site is already getting indexed well then I would continue to update your web pages on a regular basis and add new pages as necessary (if you're not doing that already).

If you're going to be using any off-line marketing to promote your website then I would make sure that you own all the misspellings of your domain name--and make sure they redirect using a 301 Permenant Redirect just in case people get confused by what they read or hear and type in the wrong domain name.

I would start writing articles and content that can be used to help promote the site and products--then get them ready to submit to various online publications when you start the re-launch. This would include having a list of quotes from your company's owners and executives so you can have them ready for articles and reporters/journalists that may start contacting you. Don't forget to have several press releases written--start compiling a list of contacts at various media outlets so you can easily send out the press releases and phone them.

Make sure your web host is prepared for the extra traffic the site might receive. I've seen too many sites who launched their site or re-launched their site--and then in a day or two their site went down because there was too much of a load on the server. Or the web hosting company wasn't expecting the sudden surge in web traffic.

Have a specific list of executives at your company who are able to do radio and television interviews--make sure they're prepared to talk to the press.

This is certainly just a few of the things that can be done before you launch your website. There are definitely more items to take care of, and I will detail those in a follow-up article.