NEW YORK, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IAC/InterActiveCorp
(Nasdaq: IACI) reported Q3 results today.

Q3 SUMMARY RESULTS
$ in millions (except per share amounts)

Q3 2005 Q3 2004 Growth
Revenue $1,483.3 $957.3 55%

Operating Income Before Amortization $156.3 $76.9 103%
Adjusted Net Income $114.6 $70.4 63%
Adjusted EPS $0.32 $0.19 69%

Operating Income $21.3 $16.8 27%
Net Income $68.1 $89.5 -24%
GAAP Diluted EPS $0.19 $0.24 -20%

Overall Highlights

-- IAC performed strongly with growth from each of its principal sectors.

-- Operating Income Before Amortization margins increased by 250 basis
points versus the prior year period.

-- IAC repurchased 18.1 million shares of its common stock between July 1
and October 28, 2005, at an average price of $25.36.

-- Operating income was impacted by a non-cash compensation charge of $67
million related to the Expedia spin-off (please see page 7 for more
information).

Sector Highlights

-- Retailing benefited from the inclusion of Cornerstone Brands and
improved top-line results at HSN, though gross margins declined
slightly. Online demand was strong and now represents 23% of IAC's
U.S. Retailing business.

-- Services was driven by significant growth at LendingTree, particularly
from closing loans in its own name along with double-digit growth from
the Lending exchange, strong domestic concert and sporting event ticket
sales, and international expansion in Ticketing.

-- Media & Advertising now includes Ask Jeeves which increased its share
of U.S. search queries to 6.4% in September (source: comScore) and the
decision to reduce the number of sponsored search results on Ask's U.S.
site is tracking favorably. Citysearch strengthened its position in
local online pay-for-performance advertising and delivered its second
consecutive quarter of profitable growth. Unique users at Citysearch
increased 168% to record levels.

-- Membership & Subscriptions was led by record results at Personals,
which increased worldwide subscribers by 19% and recently launched
Chemistry.com, a new premium relationship service. Vacations had soft
top-line growth but strong bottom-line performance and launched an
online travel and lifestyle membership club.

IAC acquired Ask Jeeves on July 19, and spun-off Expedia to shareholders
and effected a 1-for-2 reverse stock split on August 9. Accordingly, results
for Ask Jeeves are included from the date of acquisition, and results for
Expedia prior to the spin-off are treated as discontinued operations. Please
see page 10 for GAAP financial statements, and page 16 for definitions of non-
GAAP measures.

SECTOR RESULTS
Sector results for the third quarter ended September 30 were as follows ($ in
millions):

Q3 2005 Q3 2004 Growth
REVENUE
Retailing $749.5 509.1 47%
Services 486.2 306.3 59%
Media & Advertising 83.5 7.9 958%
Membership & Subscriptions 162.8 138.9 17%
Emerging Businesses 9.6 1.7 466%
Other (8.3) (6.6) -26%
Total $1,483.3 $957.3 55%


OPERATING INCOME BEFORE AMORTIZATION
Retailing $54.0 $40.2 34%
Services 86.0 45.1 91%
Media & Advertising 9.3 (2.4) NM
Membership & Subscriptions 36.1 16.7 116%
Emerging Businesses (2.4) 0.0 NM
Corporate (26.6) (22.8) -17%
Total $156.3 $76.9 103%


OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)
Retailing $38.0 $26.6 43%
Services 69.6 31.1 124%
Media & Advertising (0.9) (12.1) 93%
Membership & Subscriptions 27.4 6.8 302%
Emerging Businesses (2.4) (0.2) -1244%
Corporate (110.4) (35.5) -211%
Total $21.3 $16.8 27%

Please see discussion of financial and operating results beginning on page
3, and reconciliations to the comparable GAAP measures and further segment
detail beginning on page 13.

DISCUSSION OF FINANCIAL AND OPERATING RESULTS

RETAILING:
Q3 2005 Q3 2004 Growth
Revenue $ in millions
U.S. $664.3 $437.1 52%
International 85.2 72.0 18%
$749.5 $509.1 47%
Operating Income Before Amortization
U.S. $56.7 $43.1 31%
International (2.8) (2.9) 6%
$54.0 $40.2 34%
Operating Income (Loss)
U.S. $41.1 $29.9 37%
International (3.1) (3.3) 6%
$38.0 $26.6 43%

Retailing results were driven primarily by the inclusion of Cornerstone
Brands, which was acquired in April 2005 and accordingly is not reflected in
the prior year results. U.S. Retailing also includes HSN, which modestly
improved its revenue growth as compared to the second quarter. While still in
the early stages, the integration of Cornerstone Brands is underway with a
number of products now being tested on HSN and HSN.com in anticipation of
increased cross-selling in 2006.
U.S. Retailing revenue benefited from a 35% increase in units shipped,
principally reflecting Cornerstone Brands as well as strong growth at HSN.com.
Profits grew at a slower pace than revenue due to the inclusion of Cornerstone
Brands (catalogs have relatively higher operating expenses) and lower gross
profit margins at HSN resulting primarily from increased clearance sales and
markdowns. Prior year results were adversely impacted by the Florida
hurricanes, which resulted in programming disruptions and increased costs, due
to mandatory evacuations. As compared to its prior year period, Cornerstone
Brands grew revenue at a double-digit rate.
International Retailing grew revenue by 18%, while profits grew more
slowly due principally to gross margin declines. Foreign exchange had little
impact on the results during the quarter.


SERVICES

Q3 2005 Q3 2004 Growth
Revenue $ in millions
Ticketing $227.5 $182.0 25%
Lending 142.8 39.9 258%
Real Estate 16.3 8.1 102%
Teleservices 87.4 74.5 17%
Home Services 12.2 1.9 550%
$486.2 $306.3 59%
Operating Income Before Amortization
Ticketing $49.9 $32.4 54%
Lending 30.6 7.7 298%
Real Estate (2.4) (1.2) -102%
Teleservices 4.4 5.9 -26%
Home Services 3.5 0.2 1508%
$86.0 $45.1 91%
Operating Income (Loss)
Ticketing $42.8 $25.2 70%
Lending 25.3 2.6 878%
Real Estate (5.4) (2.8) -95%
Teleservices 4.4 5.9 -26%
Home Services 2.6 0.2 1091%
$69.6 $31.1 124%

Services results were driven by significant growth at LendingTree,
particularly from closing loans in its own name along with double-digit growth
from the Lending exchange, strong domestic concert and sporting event ticket
sales, and international expansion in Ticketing. The segment formerly known
as Financial Services & Real Estate is now being reported as separate
segments, Lending and Real Estate.
Worldwide ticket sales increased by 28% and the gross value of tickets
increased by 30%. Domestic Ticketing revenue increased 29%. International
Ticketing revenue grew by 16%, or 14% excluding the benefit of foreign
exchange. Ticketmaster's purchase of the remaining interest in its Australian
joint venture (in April 2005) and an acquisition in Finland (in August 2004)
contributed 20% of Ticketing's overall revenue growth. Ticketing profit
growth was attributable to higher tickets sales and increased cross-selling on
behalf of IAC businesses and other affiliates.
The significantly higher revenue and profit generated from the loans
LendingTree is closing in its own name and improved conversion of customer
traffic into revenue-generating transactions benefited Lending's results.
Refinance mortgages performed strongly and increased as a percent of revenue
from the prior year period, while revenue from purchase and home equity loans
also increased. Lending profits grew faster than revenue due primarily to
lower marketing expenses as a percentage of revenue, offset partially by lower
gross margins as a percentage of revenue due to the higher costs related to
originating, funding and closing loans.
Real Estate revenue was driven by a 34% increase in closings, primarily
due to the acquisition of iNest in October 2004, and double-digit growth in
the company's other real estate businesses. Real Estate losses increased
principally due to higher marketing expenses relating to a test advertising
campaign for RealEstate.com. RealEstate.com now makes available 1.5 million
home listings.
Home Services includes ServiceMagic which was acquired in September 2004.
ServiceMagic acquired ImproveNet in August 2005 and these two businesses have
integrated their operations. The business continues to scale its network of
service providers.

MEDIA & ADVERTISING
Q3 2005 Q3 2004 Growth
$ in millions
Revenue $83.5 $7.9 958%
Operating Income Before Amortization $9.3 $(2.4) NM
Operating Loss $(0.9) $(12.1) 93%

Media & Advertising's results largely reflect Ask Jeeves, which was
acquired in July 2005 and therefore is not included for the entire period.
Ask Jeeves' properties increased their share of U.S. search queries to 6.4% in
September (source: comScore). Ask Jeeves' decision to significantly reduce the
number of sponsored search results on its site is believed to have enhanced
the search experience for users. Sector results were also favorably impacted
by increased pay-for-performance revenue and lower operating expenses at
Citysearch, which contributed positive earnings in the quarter.
For the full quarter, as compared to its prior year period, Ask Jeeves
increased revenue by 15%. This was attributable primarily to an increase in
queries in North America. Growth rates were adversely impacted by the reduced
monetization efforts, as anticipated. Profit margins at Ask Jeeves also
declined due to increased sales and marketing expense and higher revenue share
payments to third party traffic sources.

MEMBERSHIP & SUBSCRIPTIONS
Q3 2005 Q3 2004 Growth
Revenue $ in millions
Vacations $66.1 $63.6 4%
Personals 66.0 49.7 33%
Discounts 30.8 25.6 20%
$162.8 $138.9 17%
Operating Income Before Amortization
Vacations $26.6 $22.5 18%
Personals 16.6 4.5 271%
Discounts (7.1) (10.3) 31%
$36.1 $16.7 116%
Operating Income (Loss)
Vacations $20.2 $16.2 25%
Personals 15.8 2.8 472%
Discounts (8.6) (12.1) 29%
$27.4 $6.8 302%

Membership & Subscriptions results were led by record revenue and profits
at Personals, which increased paid subscribers by 19%, attributable largely to
Match.com's successful marketing efforts in the U.S., continued international
expansion, and higher revenue per subscriber. Revenue growth at Vacations was
slower than in prior quarters due to inventory constraints reflective of high-
occupancy levels in the travel industry, as well as slightly fewer vacation
confirmations as compared to the prior year period.
Vacations revenue growth was driven by a 5% increase in members and higher
average fees. Vacations profit growth was attributable to increased revenue
and higher gross margins, partially offset by costs associated with its newly
launched online travel and lifestyle membership club. 22% of vacations were
confirmed online during the quarter, versus 20% in the prior year period.
Personals revenue growth benefited from higher average prices for
packages. International subscribers grew by 13% driven by expansion in
several markets, most notably in Scandinavia and Latin America. Personals
profit growth was attributable to higher revenue partially offset by higher
marketing expenses, start-up costs in connection with Chemistry.com, a newly
launched premium relationship service, and charges in the prior year period
related to the elimination of non-core businesses.

OTHER ITEMS
Operating Income Before Amortization was impacted by a 17% increase in
corporate and other expense to $26.6 million, including transaction expenses
related to the spin-off of $2.1 million in Q3 (and $16.1 million year-to-
date). Operating income was impacted by the increase noted above, plus
significantly higher non-cash compensation expense. The increase in non-cash
compensation was principally due to a $67 million charge (or $49 million, net
of tax) related to the treatment of vested stock options in connection with
the Expedia spin-off. To a lesser degree, non-cash compensation increased due
to the acquisitions of Cornerstone and Ask Jeeves. These increases were
partially offset by a reduction in non-cash compensation expense of $5.5
million due to the cumulative effect of a change in the Company's estimate
related to the number of stock-based awards that are expected to vest.
Other income was impacted by a $9.4 million gain reflecting changes to the
fair value during the period ended September 30, 2005 of the derivatives that
were created in the Expedia spin-off. The derivatives arise due to IAC's
obligation to deliver both IAC and Expedia shares upon the conversion of the
Ask Jeeves notes and the exercise of certain IAC warrants. Net income was
also adversely impacted by the decreased contribution of our discontinued
operations due primarily to including Expedia's results through August 9, as
compared to the entire third quarter in the prior year.
The consolidated effective tax rates for continuing operations and
adjusted net income were 17% and 32% in Q3 2005 compared to 15% and 26%,
respectively, in Q3 2004. The Q3 2005 effective tax rates were lower than the
statutory rate of 35% due principally to the recognition of a capital loss, a
non-taxable gain associated with derivatives, interest received on IRS
refunds, and net adjustments related to the reconciliation of provision
accruals to tax returns. These favorable items were partially offset by state
taxes. With respect to continuing operations, these items were further offset
by non-deductible non-cash compensation. In 2004, the effective tax rate for
continuing operations and adjusted net income was lower than the statutory
rate due to tax-exempt interest and foreign tax credits, partially offset by
state taxes and foreign losses for which no benefit was recognized.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

During 2005, $1.6 billion in cash has been used to fund common share
repurchases through October 28. IAC repurchased 18.1 million shares of common
stock from the spin-off through October 28, at an average price of $25.36.
Prior to the spin-off, IAC repurchased 26.4 million common shares at an
average price of $24.67. Additionally, in connection with the sale of its
interest in VUE in June, IAC received 28.3 million IAC common shares as part
of the consideration. The common share numbers for periods prior to the spin-
off are stated after giving effect to the reverse stock split and the average
price for repurchases prior to the spin-off has been adjusted for both the
reverse stock split and the value of the spin-off. Also, 13.1 million shares
of preferred stock for $656 million in cash were put to IAC in connection with
the spin-off.
Subsequent to September 30, 2005, there are some significant items which
will impact our net cash position of $1.4 billion. After giving effect to
these items, and adjusting for debt that is non-recourse to IAC, the Company
would have had approximately $1.3 billion in net cash and securities as of
September 30 as follows (rounding differences may exist):

Cash & Net Cash
Securities Debt (Debt)
($ in billions)

As reported as of September 30, 2005 (a) $3.1 $1.8 $1.4
LendingTree Loan's debt non-recourse
to IAC - (0.4) 0.4
Sub-total 3.1 1.4 1.8
Pro forma adjustments:
Income tax on sale of VUE
interests (12/05) (0.2) - (0.2)
Common share repurchases (10/1
- 10/28/05) (0.2) - (0.2)
Maturity of 6.75% senior notes
(11/15/05) (0.4) (0.4) -
Pro forma as of September 30, 2005 $2.3 $1.0 $1.3

(a) Includes restricted cash and cash and marketable securities in net
funds collected on behalf of Ticketing clients.


DILUTIVE SECURITIES

IAC has various tranches of dilutive securities. The table below details
these securities as well as potential dilution at various stock prices (shares
in millions).

Avg.
Strike / As of
Shares Conversion 10/28/05 Dilution at:
Share Price $25.65 $30.00 $35.00 $40.00 $45.00

Absolute Shares
as of 10/28/05 319.2 319.2 319.2 319.2 319.2 319.2

RSUs 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8
Options 41.8 $17.14 12.2 13.3 14.3 15.0 15.5
Warrants 35.3 $27.81 4.5 5.5 7.9 10.4 13.1
Convertible Notes 4.3 $14.82 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3
Other 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1

Total Treasury Method
Dilution 27.0 29.1 32.4 35.7 38.9
% Dilution 7.8% 8.4% 9.2% 10.0% 10.9%
Total Treasury Method
Diluted Shares
Outstanding 346.3 348.4 351.7 354.9 358.1

IAC has outstanding approximately 6.1 million shares of restricted stock
and restricted stock units ("RSUs"), which generally vest over five years from
date of grant, including 3.1 million issued in 2005, and 0.3 million which
will be settled in cash and therefore have no dilutive effect.

OPERATING METRICS

Q3 2005 Q3 2004 Growth
RETAILING

Retailing - U.S.
Units shipped (mm) 12.4 9.2 35%
Gross profit % 37.6% 38.2%
Return rate 16.4% 15.4%
Average price point $58.89 $51.60 14%
Internet % (a) 23% 15%
HSN total homes - end of period (mm) 88.9 85.0 5%
Catalogs mailed (mm) 92.3 18.8 391%

SERVICES

Ticketing
Number of tickets sold (mm) 28.9 22.6 28%
Gross value of tickets sold (mm) $1,432 $1,103 30%

Lending
Transmitted QF's (000s) (b) 879.4 579.6 52%
Closings - units (000s) (c) 75.8 65.9 15%
Closings - dollars ($mm) $9,934 $6,871 45%

Real Estate
Closings - units (000s) 4.0 3.0 34%
Closings - dollars ($mm) $1,068 $762 40%

MEDIA & ADVERTISING

Ask Jeeves Revenue by traffic source
(pro forma)
Proprietary 65.9% 65.7%
Network 34.1% 34.3%

MEMBERSHIP & SUBSCRIPTIONS

Vacations
Members (000s) 1,764 1,681 5%
Confirmations (000s) 202 204 -1%
Share of confirmations online 22% 20%

Personals
Paid Subscribers (000s) 1,178.9 989.8 19%

(a) Internet demand as a percent of total Retailing - U.S. demand
excluding Liquidations and Services.

(b) Customer "Qualification Forms" (QFs) transmitted to at least one
exchange lender (including LendingTree Loans) plus QFs transmitted to
at least one GetSmart lender.

(c) Loan closings consist of loans closed by exchange lenders and directly
by LendingTree Loans.


GAAP FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

IAC CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited; $ in thousands except per share amounts)

Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,
2005 2004 2005 2004

Service revenue $693,833 $415,317 $1,831,097 $1,279,796
Product sales 789,464 541,976 2,215,732 1,673,296
Net revenue 1,483,297 957,293 4,046,829 2,953,092
Cost of sales-service revenue 321,657 222,562 887,571 681,386
Cost of sales-product sales 482,493 322,649 1,352,310 1,024,155
Gross profit 679,147 412,082 1,806,948 1,247,551

Selling and marketing expense 264,378 138,891 679,681 414,755
General and administrative
expense 168,234 119,912 488,493 356,018
Other operating expense 35,134 22,839 87,585 63,260
Amortization of cable
distribution fees 17,403 18,046 51,183 53,079
Amortization of non-cash
distribution and marketing
expense - - - 1,301
Amortization of non-cash
compensation expense 84,775 13,495 113,778 47,761
Amortization of intangibles 50,176 46,605 133,933 142,636
Depreciation expense 37,730 35,514 108,141 104,651
Operating income 21,317 16,780 144,154 64,090

Other income (expense):
Interest income 20,062 45,847 115,075 134,437
Interest expense (11,108) (20,456) (51,718) (59,083)
Gain on sale of VUE (0) - 523,487 -
Equity in the income of VUE (0) 607 21,960 11,293
Equity in the income of
unconsolidated affiliates
and other 14,263 (1,354) 33,753 13,475
Total other income, net 23,217 24,644 642,557 100,122

Earnings from continuing
operations before income
taxes and minority interest 44,534 41,424 786,711 164,212
Income tax benefit (expense) (7,635) (6,215) (311,652) (53,609)
Minority interest in income
of consolidated subsidiaries (527) (672) (1,951) (1,685)
Earnings from continuing
operations 36,372 34,537 473,108 108,918
Gain on sale of Euvia, net of
tax (0) - 79,648 -
Income from discontinued
operations, net of tax 33,117 58,204 210,327 98,546
Earnings before preferred
dividends 69,489 92,741 763,083 207,464
Preferred dividends (1,412) (3,263) (7,938) (9,789)
Net earnings available to
common shareholders $68,077 $89,478 $755,145 $197,675

Earnings per share
Basic earnings per share
from continuing
operations $0.11 $0.09 $1.40 $0.28
Diluted earnings per share
from continuing
operations $0.10 $0.09 $1.33 $0.27

Basic earnings per share $0.21 $0.26 $2.27 $0.57
Diluted earnings per share $0.19 $0.24 $2.14 $0.53


IAC CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(unaudited; $ in thousands)

September 30, December 31,
2005 2004
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $909,398 $999,698
Restricted cash and cash equivalents 117,425 41,377
Marketable securities 2,103,160 2,409,745
Accounts and notes receivable, net 497,822 353,579
Loans available for sale, net 416,683 206,256
Inventories, net 428,599 240,917
Deferred income taxes 123,261 107,220
Other current assets 182,713 100,148
Assets held for sale 1,401 339,880
Current assets of discontinued operations 4,602 316,947
Total current assets 4,785,064 5,115,767

Total property, plant and equipment, net 536,876 427,257

Goodwill 7,356,999 5,361,825
Intangible assets, net 1,610,938 1,054,302
Long-term investments 86,522 1,469,020
Preferred interest exchangeable for
common stock - 1,428,530
Cable distribution fees, net 42,767 77,484
Notes receivable and advances, net
of current portion 639 615
Deferred charges and other 283,067 94,597
Non-current assets of discontinued
operations 7,473 7,369,468
TOTAL ASSETS $14,710,345 $22,398,865


LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Current maturities of long-term
obligations and short-term borrowings $817,325 $562,953
Accounts payable, trade 288,619 259,510
Accounts payable, client accounts 290,645 176,921
Accrued distribution fees 28,939 36,903
Deferred revenue 123,146 99,258
Deferred income taxes 287 -
Income tax payable 628,035 56,672
Other accrued liabilities 514,503 389,365
Liabilities held for sale - 295,773
Current liabilities of discontinued
operations 18,072 1,015,083
Total current liabilities 2,709,571 2,892,438

Long-term obligations, net of
current maturities 962,975 796,715
Other long-term liabilities 204,539 101,332
Non-current liabilities of
discontinued operations 8,319 423,521
Deferred income taxes 1,346,371 2,130,386
Common stock exchangeable for
preferred interest - 1,428,530
Minority interest 5,237 20,639


Total shareholders' equity 9,473,333 14,605,304
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS'
EQUITY $14,710,345 $22,398,865


IAC CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited; $ in thousands)

Nine Months Ended,
2005 2004
Cash flows from operating activities:
Earnings from continuing operations $473,108 $108,918
Adjustments to reconcile earnings
from continuing operations to net
cash (used in) provided by operating
activities:
Depreciation and amortization 242,074 247,287
Amortization of non-cash distribution
and marketing expense - 1,301
Amortization of non-cash compensation
expense 113,778 47,761
Amortization of cable distribution
fees 51,183 53,079
Deferred income taxes (1,054,605) 64,975
Gain on sale of VUE (523,487) -
Equity in income of unconsolidated
affiliates, including VUE (39,580) (24,024)
Non-cash interest income (29,511) (30,854)
Minority interest in income of
consolidated subsidiaries 1,951 1,685
Increase in cable distribution fees (20,067) (17,770)
Changes in current assets and liabilities:
Accounts and notes receivable (6,450) 11,372
Loans available for sale (210,376) -
Inventories (92,944) (63,228)
Prepaids and other assets (12,031) (2,516)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 548,778 (112,843)
Deferred revenue 32,308 24,310
Funds collected by Ticketmaster on
behalf of clients, net 78,666 38,639
Other, net (4,963) (2,661)
Net cash (used in) provided by
operating activities (452,168) 345,431
Cash flows provided by (used in)
investing activities:
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired (682,809) (172,371)
Capital expenditures (175,660) (120,448)
(Increase) decrease in long-term
investments and notes receivable (28,707) 26,570
Purchase of marketable securities (1,943,180) (2,726,133)
Proceeds from sale of marketable
securities 2,324,303 2,185,047
Proceeds from sale of VUE 1,882,291 -
Proceeds from sale of Euvia 183,016 -
Other, net 31,334 1,175
Net cash provided by (used in)
investing activities 1,590,588 (806,160)
Cash flows used in financing activities:
Borrowings 80,000 (0)
Increase in warehouse loans payable 205,644 -
Principal payments on long-term
obligations (38,344) (1,060)
Purchase of treasury stock (1,420,402) (429,507)
Proceeds from issuance of common
stock, including stock options 80,734 94,057
Redemption of preferred stock (655,727) -
Preferred dividends (7,938) (9,789)
Other, net (45,902) 658
Net cash used in financing activities (1,801,935) (345,641)
Net cash provided by discontinued
operations 599,771 1,021,718
Effect of exchange rates changes on
cash and cash equivalents (26,556) 9,980
Net (decrease) increase in cash and
cash equivalents (90,300) 225,328
Cash and cash equivalents at
beginning of period 999,698 759,617
Cash and cash equivalents at end of
period $909,398 $984,945


RECONCILIATIONS OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP MEASURES

IAC RECONCILIATION OF CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS TO FREE CASH FLOW
(unaudited; in millions)

Nine Months Ended September 30,
2005 2004
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities $(452.2) $345.4
Warehouse loans payable 205.6 -
Capital expenditures (175.7) (120.4)
Tax Payments related to the VUE Gain 652.8 -
Preferred dividend paid (7.9) (9.8)
Free Cash Flow $222.7 $215.2

For the nine months ended September 30, 2005, consolidated Free Cash Flow
increased by $7.5 million due primarily to higher earnings, and Ticketing
client cash, offset by higher capital expenditures, higher cash taxes paid
other than the taxes paid on the VUE gain, and higher uses of working capital.
Free Cash Flow includes an increase in warehouse loans payable in Lending,
which is offset by a use of working capital related to an increase in loans
held for sale. We exclude cash taxes paid on the gain on the sale of IAC's
interest in VUE in the determination of Free Cash Flow because the proceeds on
the sale are excluded from cash provided by operating activities. Ticketing
client cash contributed $78.7 million to the change in operating cash flows,
versus $38.6 million in the prior year.


IAC RECONCILIATION OF GAAP EPS TO ADJUSTED EPS
(unaudited; in thousands except per share amounts)

Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,
2005 2004 2005 2004

Diluted earnings per share $0.19 $0.24 $2.14 $0.53
GAAP diluted weighted average
shares outstanding 351,255 366,893 356,285 372,757
Net income $68,077 $89,478 $755,145 $197,675
Amortization of non-cash
distribution and marketing expense - - - 1,301
Amortization of non-cash
compensation 84,775 13,495 113,778 47,761
Amortization of intangibles 50,176 46,605 133,933 142,636
Gain on sale of Euvia, net of tax 0 - (79,648) -
Discontinued operations, net of tax (33,117) (58,204) (210,327) (98,546)
Gain on sale of VUE 0 - (523,487) -
Equity in the income of VUE (0) (607) (21,960) (11,293)
Net other income/expense related to
fair value adjustment on
derivatives (9,400) - (9,400) -
Impact of income taxes and minority
interest (46,358) (20,411) 133,814 (63,438)
Interest on convertible notes 412 - 412 -
Adjusted Net Income $114,565 $70,356 $292,260 $216,096

Adjusted EPS weighted average
shares outstanding 356,618 370,661 358,137 376,080

Adjusted EPS $0.32 $0.19 $0.82 $0.57

GAAP Basic weighted average shares
outstanding 326,421 346,702 332,426 348,239
Options, warrants and restricted
stock, treasury method 21,367 20,191 19,464 24,518
Conversion of convertible preferred
and convertible notes (if
applicable) 3,467 - 4,395 -
GAAP Diluted weighted average
shares outstanding 351,255 366,893 356,285 372,757

Pro forma adjustments - - - -
Options, warrants and RS, treasury
method not included in diluted
shares above - - - -
Add'l restricted shares and
convertible preferred and
convertible notes (if applicable) 5,363 3,768 1,852 3,323
Adjusted EPS shares outstanding 356,618 370,661 358,137 376,080


For adjusted EPS purposes, the impact of RSU's is based on the weighted
average amount of RSU's outstanding as compared with shares outstanding for
GAAP purposes, which includes RSU's on a treasury method basis.


IAC RECONCILIATION OF DETAILED SEGMENT RESULTS TO GAAP Q3 AND YTD
(unaudited; $ in millions; rounding differences may occur)

Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,
2005 2004 2005 2004
Revenue
Retailing:
U.S. $664.3 $437.1 $1,829.4 $1,343.0
International 85.2 72.0 280.7 244.6
Total Retailing 749.5 509.1 2,110.0 1,587.6
Services:
Ticketing 227.5 182.0 696.7 579.3
Lending 142.8 39.9 352.2 114.1
Real Estate 16.3 8.1 43.0 18.2
Teleservices 87.4 74.5 241.5 218.9
Home Services 12.2 1.9 30.5 1.9
Intra-sector Elimination - - - -
Total Services 486.2 306.3 1,363.9 932.4
Media & Advertising 83.5 7.9 104.0 20.6
Membership & Subscriptions:
Vacations 66.1 63.6 208.9 196.7
Personals 66.0 49.7 181.3 147.0
Discounts 30.8 25.6 88.5 85.9
Intra-sector elimination (0.0) - (0.8) (0.6)
Total Membership & Subscriptions 162.8 138.9 477.9 429.1
Emerging Businesses 9.6 1.7 19.6 1.9
Other (8.3) (6.6) (28.6) (18.5)
Total Revenue $1,483.3 $957.3 $4,046.8 $2,953.1

Operating Income Before Amortization
Retailing:
U.S. $56.7 $43.1 $172.2 $126.3
International (2.8) (2.9) (0.2) (1.3)
Total Retailing 54.0 40.2 172.0 125.0
Services:
Ticketing 49.9 32.4 159.6 126.0
Lending 30.6 7.7 66.7 18.6
Real Estate (2.4) (1.2) (13.8) (3.4)
Teleservices 4.4 5.9 11.0 13.3
Home Services 3.5 0.2 9.1 0.2
Total Services 86.0 45.1 232.6 154.7
Media & Advertising 9.3 (2.4) 10.2 (11.4)
Membership & Subscriptions:
Vacations 26.6 22.5 85.5 70.1
Personals 16.6 4.5 32.5 20.4
Discounts (7.1) (10.3) (31.7) (30.5)
Total Membership & Subscriptions 36.1 16.7 86.2 60.0
Emerging Businesses (2.4) 0.0 (8.3) (1.8)
Corporate Expense and other (26.6) (22.8) (100.9) (70.8)
Total Operating Income Before
Amortization $156.3 $76.9 $391.9 $255.8

Amortization of Non-Cash Items
Retailing:
U.S. $15.6 $13.2 $44.4 $39.7
International 0.3 0.3 1.0 1.0
Total Retailing 16.0 13.6 45.3 40.7
Services:
Ticketing 7.1 7.2 21.4 19.6
Lending 5.3 5.1 20.1 15.3
Real Estate 3.0 1.6 10.1 4.8
Teleservices - - - -
Home Services 0.9 - 1.4 -
Total Services 16.3 14.0 53.0 39.8
Media & Advertising 10.1 9.8 10.2 33.6
Membership & Subscriptions:
Vacations 6.3 6.3 18.9 18.9
Personals 0.9 1.7 2.8 7.0
Discounts 1.6 1.9 4.8 6.1
Total Membership & Subscriptions 8.7 9.9 26.5 32.0
Emerging Businesses 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.5
Corporate Expense and other 83.8 12.7 112.3 45.2
Total amortization of non-cash items $135.0 $60.1 $247.7 $191.7



IAC RECONCILIATION OF DETAILED SEGMENT RESULTS TO GAAP - continued
(unaudited; $ in millions; rounding differences may occur)

Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,
2005 2004 2005 2004
Operating Income (Loss)
Retailing
U.S. $41.1 $29.9 $127.8 $86.6
International (3.1) (3.3) (1.2) (2.3)
Total Retailing 38.0 26.6 126.6 84.3
Services:
Ticketing 42.8 25.2 138.1 106.4
Lending 25.3 2.6 46.6 3.3
Real Estate (5.4) (2.8) (23.9) (8.2)
Teleservices 4.4 5.9 11.0 13.3
Home Services 2.6 0.2 7.8 0.2
Total Services 69.6 31.1 179.6 114.9
Media and Advertising (0.9) (12.1) 0.0 (45.0)
Membership & Subscriptions:
Vacations 20.2 16.2 66.6 51.2
Personals 15.8 2.8 29.7 13.4
Discounts (8.6) (12.1) (36.6) (36.6)
Total Membership & Subscriptions: 27.4 6.8 59.7 28.0
Emerging Businesses (2.4) (0.2) (8.5) (2.2)
Corporate Expense and other (110.4) (35.5) (213.3) (115.9)
Total operating income 21.3 16.8 144.2 64.1
Total other income (expense), net 23.2 24.6 642.6 100.1
Earnings from cont. operations before
income taxes and min. int. 44.5 41.4 786.7 164.2
Income tax expense (7.6) (6.2) (311.7) (53.6)
Minority interest (0.5) (0.7) (2.0) (1.7)
Earnings from continuing operations 36.4 34.5 473.1 108.9
Gain on sale of Euvia, net of tax (0.0) - 79.6 -
Discontinued operations, net of tax 33.1 58.2 210.3 98.5
Earnings before preferred dividends 69.5 92.7 763.1 207.5
Preferred dividends (1.4) (3.3) (7.9) (9.8)
Net earnings available to common
shareholders $68.1 $89.5 $755.1 $197.7

Supplemental: Depreciation expense
Retailing
U.S. $10.0 $10.4 $30.5 $30.8
International 1.2 2.6 5.5 7.7
Total Retailing 11.2 13.0 35.9 38.5
Services:
Ticketing 9.2 8.6 27.5 23.7
Lending 1.5 0.7 3.9 2.1
Real Estate 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.5
Teleservices 3.9 4.3 11.4 13.7
Home Services 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.0
Total Services 15.1 13.8 44.3 40.0
Media and Advertising 4.8 0.8 6.9 2.9
Membership & Subscriptions:
Vacations 1.8 2.1 5.3 6.5
Personals 1.6 3.4 6.4 10.0
Discounts 1.2 0.8 3.4 2.6
Total Membership & Subscriptions: 4.6 6.3 15.2 19.1
Emerging Businesses 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0
Corporate Expense and other 1.9 1.5 5.6 4.2
Total depreciation expense $37.7 $35.5 $108.1 $104.7


DEFINITIONS OF NON-GAAP MEASURES

Operating Income Before Amortization is defined as operating income
excluding: (1) amortization of non-cash distribution, marketing and
compensation expense, (2) amortization of intangibles and goodwill impairment,
if applicable, (3) pro forma adjustments for significant acquisitions, if
applicable, and (4) one-time items, if applicable. We believe this measure is
useful to investors because it represents the consolidated operating results
from IAC's segments, taking into account depreciation, which we believe is an
ongoing cost of doing business, but excluding the effects of any other non-
cash expenses. Operating Income Before Amortization has certain limitations
in that it does not take into account the impact to IAC's statement of
operations of certain expenses, including non-cash compensation, non-cash
payments to partners, and acquisition-related accounting.

Adjusted Net Income generally captures all items on the statement of
operations that have been, or ultimately will be, settled in cash and is
defined as net income available to common shareholders excluding, net of tax
and minority interest, (1) amortization of non-cash distribution, marketing
and compensation expense, (2) amortization of intangibles and goodwill
impairment, if applicable, (3) pro forma adjustments for significant
acquisitions, if applicable, (4) equity income or loss from IAC's 5.44%
interest in VUE and gain on the sale of IAC's interest in VUE, (5) non-cash
income or expense reflecting changes in fair value of the derivatives created
in the Expedia spin-off as a result of both IAC and Expedia shares being
issuable upon the conversion of the Ask Jeeves notes and the exercise of
certain IAC warrants, (6) one-time items, if applicable and (7) discontinued
operations. We believe Adjusted Net Income is useful to investors because it
represents IAC's consolidated results, taking into account depreciation, which
we believe is an ongoing cost of doing business, as well as other charges
which are not allocated to the operating businesses such as interest expense,
taxes and minority interest, but excluding the effects of any other non-cash
expenses.

Adjusted EPS is defined as Adjusted Net Income divided by weighted fully
diluted shares outstanding for Adjusted EPS purposes. We include dilution
from options and warrants per the treasury stock method and include all shares
relating to restricted stock/share units ("RSU") in shares outstanding for
Adjusted EPS. This differs from the GAAP method for including RSUs, which
treats them on a treasury method basis. In addition, convertible instruments
are assumed to be converted in determining shares outstanding for Adjusted
EPS, if the effect is dilutive. Shares outstanding for Adjusted EPS purposes
are therefore higher than shares outstanding for GAAP EPS purposes. We
believe Adjusted EPS is useful to investors because it represents, on a per
share basis, IAC's consolidated results, taking into account depreciation,
which we believe is an ongoing cost of doing business, as well as other
charges which are not allocated to the operating businesses such as interest
expense, taxes and minority interest, but excluding the effects of any other
non-cash expenses. Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted EPS have the same
limitations as Operating Income Before Amortization, and in addition Adjusted
Net Income and Adjusted EPS do not account for IAC's passive former ownership
in VUE. Therefore, we think it is important to evaluate these measures along
with our consolidated statement of operations.

Free Cash Flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities,
including preferred dividends received from VUE, less capital expenditures and
preferred dividends paid by IAC. In addition, Free Cash Flow includes tax
distributions on the VUE common and preferred interests upon receipt of the
distributions by IAC. For purposes of Free Cash Flow, we also include changes
in warehouse loans payable in Lending due to the close connection that exists
with changes in loans held by sale which are included in cash provided by
operations. In addition, Free Cash Flow excludes the taxes paid on the gain on
the sale of IAC's interest in VUE due to the exclusion of the proceeds on the
sale from cash provided by operating activities. We believe Free Cash Flow is
useful to investors because it represents the cash that our operating
businesses generate, before taking into account cash movements that are non-
operational. Free Cash Flow has certain limitations in that it does not
represent the total increase or decrease in the cash balance for the period,
nor does it represent the residual cash flow for discretionary expenditures.
For example, it does not take into account stock repurchases. Therefore, we
think it is important to evaluate Free Cash Flow along with our consolidated
statement of cash flows.

We endeavor to compensate for the limitations of the non-GAAP measures
presented by also providing the comparable GAAP measures, GAAP financial
statements, and descriptions of the reconciling items and adjustments, to
derive the non-GAAP measures. For IAC's Principles of Financial Reporting, a
detailed explanation of why we believe these non-GAAP measures are useful to
investors and management, please refer to IAC's website at
http://www.iac.com/investors.htm.

OTHER INFORMATION

CONFERENCE CALL

IAC will audiocast its conference call with investors and analysts
discussing the company's Q3 financial results and certain forward-looking
information on Tuesday, November 1, 2005, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET).
The live audiocast is open to the public at http://www.iac.com/investors.htm.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND WHERE TO FIND IT

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements include statements relating to IAC's anticipated
financial performance, business prospects, new developments, pending
transactions and similar matters, and/or statements that use words such as
"anticipates," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "believes" and
similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on
management's current expectations and assumptions, which are inherently
subject to uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are
difficult to predict. Actual results could differ materially from those
contained in the forward-looking statements included in this press release for
a variety of reasons, including, among others: changes in economic conditions
generally or in any of the markets or industries in which IAC's businesses
operate, changes in senior management at IAC and/or its businesses, the rate
of growth of the Internet, the e-commerce industry and broadband access, the
rate of online migration in the various markets and industries in which IAC's
businesses operate, technological changes, regulatory changes, consumer
acceptance of new products and services, the ability of IAC to expand
successfully in international markets, and the successful integration of
acquired businesses. Certain of these and other risks and uncertainties are
discussed in IAC's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC"). Other unknown or unpredictable factors also could have a material
adverse effect on IAC's business, financial condition and results of
operations. In light of these risks and uncertainties, the forward-looking
statements discussed in this press release may not occur. Accordingly, readers
should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which
only reflect the views of IAC management as of the date of this press release.
IAC does not undertake to update these forward-looking statements.

About IAC/InterActiveCorp
IAC operates leading and diversified businesses in sectors being
transformed by the internet, online and offline... our mission is to harness
the power of interactivity to make daily life easier and more productive for
people all over the world. To view a full list of the companies of IAC please
visit our website at http://iac.com

Combined Firm Offers Industry-Leading Expertise in All Areas of Search
Engine Marketing

BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- SmartSearch Marketing, a
full-service search engine marketing firm specializing in consumer and b-to-b
markets, today announced that it has merged with Alpine Search Engine
Optimization, LLC (Alpine SEO), which is based in Fort Collins, Colo., and
which will operate under the SmartSearch Marketing banner. As part of the
merger, Barry Bowman, Alpine SEO founder and chief executive officer, will
join SmartSearch Marketing to lead their rapidly growing SEO practice.
Bowman has more than 12 years of experience in online and offline
marketing. He started his career as an assistant editor and graphic artist
for Todd AO/Editworks in Atlanta, Ga., working with clients such as Coca-Cola,
Turner Broadcasting and J. Walter Thompson. He later became the director of
Internet operations for Lithia Automotive Group in Medford, Ore., a Fortune
1000 company. His next venture was with Harry and David, a large direct
retailer of gift baskets, chocolates and other gourmet food items, where he
served as Internet new business development manager and secured long-term
business relationships with Amazon.com, MSN and AOL Shopping.
The addition of Alpine SEO's capabilities to SmartSearch is a synergistic
one that strengthens the combined entity to provide clients with a wealth of
expertise across all disciplines of search marketing. SmartSearch specializes
in paid online advertising methods, while Alpine SEO specializes in search
engine optimization, which improves customers' natural search visibility, rank
or position among online search engines.
"Barry's experience and in-depth knowledge of search engine optimization
will be invaluable to SmartSearch and its clients," said Patricia Hursh,
founder and president, SmartSearch Marketing. "By combining Alpine SEO with
our company, our portfolio of offerings has become stronger, and our breadth
of expertise has become greater."

About SmartSearch Marketing
SmartSearch Marketing is a full-service search engine marketing agency
that helps clients generate leads, acquire customers and position brands
online. The SmartSearch team serves clients throughout the United States by
integrating search engine optimization, pay-per-click advertising and Web site
conversion. SmartSearch guarantees its pre-established cost-per-lead and
cost-per-customer goals and monthly spending limits. For more information,
contact SmartSearch by phone at 303-444-3134 or toll-free 1-866-644-3134, or
visit http://www.SmartSearchMarketing.com.

WebSiteText.com, an innovative writing group comprised of talented website content writers and language translators, announces the expansion of its website content writing to include free SEO copywriting.


For Immediate Release

YARDLEY, Pa./EWORLDWIRE/Nov. 1, 2005 --- WebSiteText.com employs top-notch content writers who are extremely knowledgeable in search engine-friendly website content. All keyword phrases are researched before any writing is done. Users will receive and approve a keyword research report, and chosen keywords will be gracefully woven into the website content for maximum flow and readability. As a result, keyword spamming is never an issue and conversion rates are reportedly high.

Content doesn't end with what the visitor can read. Search engines crawl through web pages and can read a site's html code. In addition to powerful website copy, the writers at WebSiteText.com provide all META tags, including title, description, content and image ALT tags. In addition, site maps, privacy policies, terms of use, FAQ pages and company disclaimers are recommended and written for every website.

Additionally, WebSiteText.com offers multilingual website content with SEO copywriting.Translation of website content is available in Spanish, French, Russian, Japanese and most other foreign languages, and includes accuracy and excellent search engine results. At WebSiteText.com, all website translators are highly trained in the foreign language they translate.

In addition to website content, WebSiteText.com provides many writing and website services, including press releases, slogans, newsletters, brochures, layout, design, affordable websites, editing, proofreading, testing and website maintenance. Exceptional service combined with outstanding talent makes WebSiteText.com the smartest choice in today's highly competitive online market.

The best part is the guarantee. WebSiteText.com stands behind all website content writing. If users are not completely satisfied within 14 days after receiving samples, they don't pay. It's that simple. No risk, 100 percent money-back guarantee.

To learn more about WebSiteText.com, call (866) 353-TEXT.

Search engine advertising is predicted to be a 5.5 billion dollar market by 2009. Matching advertiser keywords with search user queries is the cornerstone of search marketing. This is most commonly called Pay Per Click Advertising.

With Google’s stock firmly entrenched over the $300/share mark, and Google controlling almost 40% of all search queries, it is easy to see why both advertisers and searchers are intrigued by this form of advertising.

Keyword Research Genie takes an indepth look into using Google keyword tools to acheive maximim keyword effectivenss and diversity of choosen keywords.

As with most of our products, Visibility Genie has launched two versions of the eBook. The short version is just the facts about the new Google Keyword Tool. The longer version contains introduction notes about keyword research,and also details Yahoo Search Marketing’s keyword tools. Both versions can be found on our review page: Keyword Research Genie Reviews.

Visibility Genie strives to give advertisers empowering information through simplification and indepth understanding of available tools and knowledge into the online advertising systems. AdWords Keyword Research Genie is no different in that it takes a very indepth look into every aspect of Google’s new keyword tool with simple to follow screen shots and instructions for every step of the way.

Brad Geddes, the author of Keyword Research Genie, has been writing about search engine advertising sicne 1999. He is a frequent speaker at both Webmaster World’s Pubcon and Search Engine Stratedgies conferences. The hallmark of his writing style has been demystifing the more complicated aspects of SEM and making the techniques readily available to all advertisers. Visibility Genie is dedicated to empowering advertisers with a deep understaning of search advertising and related online news.

SEOpartner.com is looking for top SEO tips to pack the pages of SEO Notebook, a community-built SEO book sponsored by SEO Partner. Please visit www.SEOpartner.com to submit SEO tips for possible inclusion in SEO Notebook. There are no entrance fees and no limits on multiple submissions. All authors will be credited in the book and receive a frame-worthy certificate noting their role as a contributing author to SEO Notebook.

(PRWEB) November 1, 2005 -- SEO Experts Unite! - SEOpartner.com is sponsoring the creation of SEO Notebook, a book of top SEO tips submitted by SEO experts worldwide. The first tips started rolling in immediately after the initial announcement on October 25th. Nearly two hundred SEO tips have been submitted with seventy-five approved for inclusion to date. SEOpartner.com will be collecting additional SEO tips from experts around the world now through November 30, 2005 at www.SEOpartner.com. Those tips selected for publication will include an author source credit containing the contributing author’s:

• Name
• Job title
• Web address
• And 50 word bio

SEO Notebook will be made available to Website business owners, Webmasters and SEO experts worldwide. The book’s sponsor, SEOpartner.com, is an SEO blog ranked #1 on Google, Yahoo! and MSN for those seeking an SEO partner. As SEO Notebook is scheduled for release on January 1, 2006, the final submission date for SEO tips to www.SEOpartner.com is November 30, 2005.

Please visit www.SEOpartner.com to submit SEO tips for possible inclusion in SEO Notebook. There are no entrance fees and no limits on multiple submissions. All authors will be credited in the book and receive a frame-worthy certificate noting their role as a contributing author to SEO Notebook.

Internet Distribution Marketing has evolved in response to the needs of the next generation of Internet Retailers searching for innovative solutions to online distribution. A Couple of Chicks’ address this trend and educates about how to market to the current and future generations who represent the mass customer base for consumer products and brands.

(PRWEB) November 1, 2005 -- A Couple of Chicks Distribution Marketing has launched combining the best elements of Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, and Web Analytics to create a unique formula to assist businesses with the new marketing medium – the World Wide Web.

In addition to the Baby Boomers there are currently 60 million “Gen Xers” and 57 million “Gen Y’s” out there. The Chicks’ have recognized that marketing to this group takes a shift in the traditional marketing paradigm.

Integrated Solutions is the answer. A Couple of Chicks take the best elements across all marketing communication channels, extract the most distinctive characteristics that translate organic (free search) and paid marketing to create a powerful online message that speaks to the correct audience. They also provide the tools to accurately measure the effectiveness of their recommendations.

“Our uncustomary approach to online distribution easily translates to any industry and seamlessly brings together the disciplines of Marketing, Management and Measurement cohesively to intensify overall revenues and profit,” says Alicia Whalen, Co-founder of A Couple of Chicks, “Keeping it simple, our business model allows us to develop and implement a comprehensive plan for our clients, customized to their needs and budget.”

“Basically, we look at the on-line Distribution Marketing of any business to suggest the best tools and resources required to be seen on the World Wide Web. We educate as to the importance of a solid on-line presence, and then suggest the tools needed to achieve it,” Whalen concludes.

Four years ago Whalen sought out the aid of a programmer and together they developed and perfected a revolutionary Web Analytic tool unlike any other currently available on the market.

Her hands on involvement in bringing a simple idea into an advanced marketable product was rewarded with “A Couple of Chicks Marketing” being granted the exclusive rights to introduce the new web analytic tool to the public. The ability to accurately track conversion rates and ROI will enable businesses to target online and offline marketing dollars to the highest yielding revenue channels.

ACOC recognizes the need to integrate Marketing, Management and Measurement and has developed a unique formula that not only marries the individual tactics; it actually works and does it with style…as only A Couple of Chicks can!

To find out more about A Couple of Chicks Marketing and the tools and services available, visit: http://www.acoupleofchicks.com/?src=pr2 or e-mail e-mail protected from spam bots

About A Couple of Chicks Marketing and Internet Strategy:
Alicia Whalen is the co-founder of "Couple of Chicks Marketing." Her experience in Marketing and Distribution includes the opening and seven years hands-on management for all Marketing, Media Relations, Print Collateral and Website Development & Distribution for a large Hospitality Management company in Niagara Falls, Canada. She has successfully managed media campaigns, budgets and promotions for such notable franchise brands as Marriott, Hilton, Starbucks, T.G.I. Friday’s, The Keg Steakhouse and Bar and Pizza Hut.

Contact Alicia at:
(905) 401-2249
www.acoupleofchicks.com

RPM Solutions of San Diego, CA has developed a new interface for the Overture Keyword Suggestion tool called the F1 Keyword List Builder. Originally designed for web masters and search engine marketing professionals, it has been made available to the general public at this Internet address http://keywords.ods.org.

What sets this keyword tool apart from other keyword tools is the ability to include several keyword phrases within a single query. Even more important is the ability to "exclude" as well as "include" phrases from the results. By repeating and refining the query, a user essentially builds a keyword formula that generates an entire keyword list. Hence the name F1 or Formula One Keyword List Builder.

The unique web based interface has been designed specifically to allow the users to build their keyword formula using the results of one query to refine the next.

The right side of the interface is used to enter the query phrases and display the results. While the left side functions as a note pad allowing users to cut and paste phrases from the current results, setting them aside for use in the next query.

The intuitive user interface combined with the increased flexibility of multiple phrase queries come together making the process of generating a comprehensive keyword list simple. The F1 Keyword List Builder quickly produces a keyword list that is sorted, free of duplicate phrases and better reflects the range of keyword phrases used by a web sites target market.

Point your web browser to http://keywords.ods.org to give the F1 Keyword List Builder a try. You’ll find sample keyword formulas and instructions on how to use the tool. The F1 Keyword List Builder is free to use and is on line now. Work is under way on a database that will allow users to save their keyword formulas and retrieve them for use at a later date.

If you have any questions or comments, contact Robert McCulloch at 858-272-2331 during normal business hours or send him an email at rpmsol@ricochet.com.

CityMax now offers Google online marketing tools, such as Froogle and Google Adsense, to help its clients gain financial momentum.

(PRWEB via PR Web Direct) November 1, 2005 -- CityMax, a leading provider of website design and development tools, announces it has signed an agreement with Google Inc. to help its clients better market themselves online.

To help small and medium-sized businesses promote their online business, CityMax, through an agreement with Google, will offer $50 Google AdWords credits to CityMax clients who sign up for AdWords, Google’s search advertising program. Under the terms of this relationship, CityMax clients can sign up for AdWords and redeem their promotional credits when they activate their AdWords accounts.

“We strive to help our clients create financially profitable, user friendly websites through the use of our Web Site Dynamics technology,” says Gordy Bal, CityMax’s Director of Business Development. “By utilizing Google’s programs, our clients can attract qualified prospects to their site and, in turn, increase online revenue with the click of a mouse.”

CityMax is also pleased to announce that clients can access Google AdSense and Froogle from within their CityMax interface. With Google AdSense, CityMax customers can sign up to have relevant ads delivered to their website and can earn advertising revenue from their website. CityMax also provides its customers with easy access to Froogle, allowing customers to have their products listed on Google’s product search engine.

CityMax caters to clients of all skill levels -- no programming or design skills are required to create a clean, professional website.

Within minutes of creating their websites, CityMax clients can easily edit text, add pictures and take advantage of powerful business features. CityMax features five tools to ensure that anyone can produce a website:

- Self-publishing Smart Pages
- Easy MSWord Style Text Editor
- Simple Point and Click Web Builder
- Instant 1-Step Design Update
- 24/7 Online Support

CityMax, owned by MeZine.com Inc., is the easiest website builder on the Internet. The official name of the website building technology is Website Dynamics. For more information, visit http://www.CityMax.com/builder/builder.htm?door=1348.

All company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.

SEOValley today unveiled a brand new corporate website design, logo and tagline as well as new interactive marketing services and solutions


Bhopal, India, October 31, 2005 --(PR.COM)-- SEOValley Solutions Private Limited, a leading Interactive Marketing company based in India offering SEO, SEM, Linking, Web Design and SEO Product Development services and solutions today unveiled a brand new corporate website design, logo and tagline as well as new interactive marketing services and solutions. The new website design, logo and tag line is available for viewing at http://www.seovalley.com/.

In addition to its new look and design, the revised website features details on new services such as SEO Copywriting, Web Solutions, SEO Product Development and Press Release service.

In addition to new website, SEOValley Solutions Private Limited, has also received a new trademarked refreshed corporate logo and tag line of ‘Upward Rankings, Onward Busine$$’. Logo has been changed to match with the rapidly growing interactive marketing business, SEOValley has witnessed from its inception. Through its new tag line, the company is hoping to convey to clients its core service and business objective to gain, maintain top rankings and thus help generate more business.

About SEOValley Solutions Private Limited: It is a reputed search engine optimization company which specializes in comprehensive search engine optimization, positioning, marketing and submissions, increasing your website's search engine exposure and drawing potential customers. SEOValley's dedicated team of experienced SE Optimizers, Linking Experts, Copywriters, Graphics Designers and Software Developers deliver Search Engine Optimization (SEO) campaigns that improves your website's online popularity. Located in India, SEOValley's Search engine optimization services encompass planning, implementation and reporting services across all search engines. Our proven ethical techniques and suite of SEO tools provide a risk-free guarantee to improve your search engine ratings and Internet marketing success.

Be your own search engine optimization expert.



[ClickPress, Mon Oct 31 2005] For immediate release

October 10, 2005

Contact: Nikita Melkin
Company: FlamingoSoft
Title: Chief Executive Officer
E-mail: press@seoadministrator.com

Use SEO Administrator to Drive More Traffic to Your Website

Optimize Your Website Rankings for Top Positions in Search Engine Results Pages to Drive More Visitors from Popular Search Engines

FlamingoSoft today announces the release of version 3.2 of its flagship product “SEO Administrator”. Designed for the Windows platforms, this application helps you to optimize your website for more visibility in most popular international search engines such as Google, Yahoo, MSN, AltaVista, to name a few. Using this SEO software, you can analyze the importance of all ranking elements of your webpage, update any of these elements and immediately see how this optimization affects your webpage ranking. All these operations can be done with a help of such tools as HTML Analyzer, Ranking Monitor, Link Popularity Checker, Log Analyzer, Keyword Suggestion Tool, all coming with “SEO Administrator”.

Polylabel.com has been using “SEO Administrator” to track its keyword positions on search engines for almost two years and this helped the company bring its website to top positions in popular search engines. “We rank in the top three on Google for several of our keyword phrases and SEO Administrator has been of great assistance in achieving and maintaining the high ranking that we have,” says Philip Cressman, vice president of Polylabel.com. “The ability to do in-depth analysis of links, competitors and positions on several search engines at the same time makes it necessary SEO software for anyone serious about doing business on the internet.”

High ranking of your webpages is achieved through several powerful tools that are included in the “SEO Administrator” package.

“HTML Analyzer”
This tool is SEO software for analyzing the HTML page content. It provides a full report on the weight and density of keywords and phrases on the webpages. This tool can be used in two ways. First of all, when creating your web pages, you can analyze the content of your website and make it more optimized for search engines. Secondly, you can scrutinize the websites of your competitors, find useful keywords and phrases and consequently optimize your website.

“Ranking Monitor”
This productive SEO tool uses your website keywords to obtain the ranking position of your website from a wide range of search engines. The list of over 30 major search engines includes Google, Yahoo, MSN, AltaVista, AllTheWeb, Lycos, HotBot and these are a few to name.

“Link Popularity Checker”
The number of inbound links to your website is a major factor in successful search engine promotion and this SEO tool analyzes these links. With Link Popularity Checker in place, you can study the dynamics of new and out-dated links.

“Log Analyzer”
This tool’s line of duty is to analyze your website log-files. It provides all-round reports of resource usage, numbers of visitors, search queries that have been used to find your website, references on your web project, visitors’ countries and other optimization critical information.

“Keyword Suggestion Tool”
Choosing the right keywords and phrases to target clients to your webpages is extremely important to help people find your website. This SEO tool uses a variety of sources to suggest keywords relevant to each webpage.

Other programs, included into the “SEO Administrator” package, are Site Indexation Tool, Page Rank Analyzer, Google Data Centers and Snippets Viewer.

“SEO Administrator” Benefits at a Glance:
• It brings more visitors. Top positions in search engines results pages make your website more visible to potential customers. This attracts more visitors and improves your sales.
• It is powerful but simple. Professionals and beginners alike have successfully used “SEO Administrator” to enhance their websites and have found it simple and intuitive.
• It leaves your competitors behind. You can use this SEO tool to compare your website against your competitor and optimize your rankings to stay ahead in search engines.

Pricing and Availability
“SEO Administrator” runs under Windows 95/98/NT/2000/2003/XP and distributed as a Standard edition, $70.00, a Professional edition, $100, and an Expert edition, $150. Additional information on the package content is available from the following link: http://www.seoadministrator.com/price.html. Registered customers are entitled to free updates and technical support. An evaluation version of the program is available as a free download at http://www.seoadministrator.com/seoadministrator.exe (10.5 Mb). Editors may obtain an editor's copy, either electronically or on CD. Just contact us at support@seoadministrator.com and you will receive all information needed.

# # #

Product page link: http://www.seoadministrator.com
Download link: http://www.seoadministrator.com/seoadministrator.exe (10.5 Mb)
E-mail: press@seoadministrator.com
Company website: http://www.seoadministrator.com

Webmasters need to begin thinking of alternatives to simply search engine optimization and sponsored links, and a different way to stay ahead of the ‘pack’ say www.servicewrap.net.

(PRWEB) November 1, 2005 -- Top 10 search engine ranking company www.servicewrap.net advise that achieving top 10 search engine ranking positions in the search engines of Yahoo and Google are, and should only ever be seen as one-strand of marketing that can be utilized to bring visitors to a website.

Webmasters should start thinking short-term as well as long-term say www.servicewrap.net.

Whilst achieving *the* most highly competitive search terms can take an extraordinary amount of time, especially in Google, there is a clear cut way to take advantage of those companies whose websites are already ranked in the top 10 of the search engines for the exact highly competitive search terms that are believed to yield the highest return.

Regardless of the type of website or market area webmasters can take advantage of this ‘alternative’ way to direct traffic from the top ranked websites by contacting the websites in question and specifically asking whether they would accept advertising on their home page or sub-pages for another website.

Many top 10 ranked sites are either resource sites, informational, directories or simply incorrectly ranked (to most eyes) and a fallen ‘victim’ to the engine’s algorithms.

Asking a website owner if they would accept an advertising link, banner, graphic etc. on their site could see a webmaster direct some of the traffic away to them, but in a market-forces fashion, with the website advertised upon gaining from the advertising expense paid for by the advertising webmaster.

Advertising on 2 out of 10 of the top 10 search engine ranked websites could see instant traffic, without having to utilize sponsored links or separate advertising.

This method of marketing, say www.servicewrap.net, can be especially useful as a supplemental advertising means whilst participating in an optimization campaign for their own website.

‘Think out Of the Box’, make contact with the top ranked websites and simply ask “How much would you charge me to advertise my website on your home page?”.

Then let the haggling begin.

www.servicewrap.net is a search engine ranking and optimization provider and can offer this free of charge request service as part of any of its campaigns. www.servicewrap.net is also proud to announce the launch of its 100% free of charge optimized article submission service provided to all of its clients.

Award recipients to be recognized at The Portable Media Expo and Podcasting Conference 2005.

Laguna Niguel, CA (PRWEB via PR Web Direct) November 1, 2005 -- The first recipients of the Podcast of the Year and Person of the Year Awards have been announced by the Portable Media Expo and Podcasting Conference Awards Committee.

Eat Feed, a podcast from creator and host Anne Bramley has received the Podcast of the Year Award. Anne’s unique content mixture of food history and seasonal cooking interviews has earned the podcast a growing and loyal listening audience. As a teenager, Anne ran a baking business out of her mother’s house and later combined her practical experience into an intellectual approach to food. In 2001, she won the Jane Grigson Trust bursary for food studies and is currently finishing her Ph.D. in English at the University of Chicago where she studies Renaissance food and drink while she writes "The Groaning Board" food column for Renaissance Magazine and chocolate reviews at Seventy Percent, a website for chocolate connoisseurs. The Eat Feed podcast can be found at www.EatFeed.com.

Doug Kaye, the creator, host and executive producer of the popular technology podcast website IT Conversations, has received the Person of the Year Award. In 2005, in an effort to produce a greater amount of quality content for his listeners, Doug brought together a diverse team of volunteer podcasters to assist in recording, editing and producing audio sessions from technology conferences and events around the country. Team ITC’s podcasts are widely recognized for excellence in both audio quality and depth of content. Doug recently launched an even more ambitious effort to recruit and train volunteer podcasters from around the world to record and produce podcasts from any spoken word event including conferences, lectures and meetings. Through the non-profit “Conversations Network,” Doug’s goal is to record and archive content globally from as many events as possible. Respected among his peers, Doug has done a tremendous amount of work to make a wide variety of quality audio content available via podcasts. IT Conversations can be found at www.ITConversations.com.

The Award recipients are chosen by an anonymous committee of podcasters, journalists and opinion leaders. For Podcast of the Year, the committee was asked to choose a podcast having several characteristics including:

a) a podcast that stays on-topic and provides unique information to a niche audience not widely available elsewhere
b) a podcast with an informative website and (optionally) quality supporting printed collateral
c) a podcast with exceptional listener loyalty

For the Person of the Year Award, the committee was asked to choose a recipient having a positive influence on the growth and popularity of podcasting in the previous 12 months.

Both recipients will be recognized for their achievements at the Portable Media Expo and Podcasting Conference 2005 Awards Reception on Friday, November 11th at 5:00pm at the Ontario Marriott. Anne Bramley will also receive a check in the amount of $1,000 as part of the Podcast of the Year Award.

For More Information Contact:
Tim Bourquin
TNC New Media, Inc.
1-949-488-2407
http://www.PortableMediaExpo.com

Pixel advertising is not just a phase. Will Lucas believes that the concept behind the Million Dollar Homepage can be refined to create “a new generation of successful ‘Pixel Ad’ websites.” He explores the issues involved and explains how he has developed an idea that is useful and that offers a good return on investment for advertisers.

(PRWEB) November 1, 2005 -- Will Lucas is a university student in the UK and has long been an Internet entrepreneur with successful websites such as PhotoGalaxy.com (http://www.photogalaxy.com). Will was impressed by the success of Alex Tew’s Million Dollar Homepage and decided to look at whether or not the concept could be refined to create a new generation of successful ‘Pixel Ad’ websites.

The Million Dollar Homepage was a global phenomenon because it was a brilliant idea and the first of its kind. It instantly spawned hundreds of imitation sites but most of these will fail because they offer nothing new and nothing useful. However, Will believes that the ‘Pixel Ad’ concept is here to stay, “it is a brilliant way to sell advertising space and because it is fresh, users are looking at the ads and, more importantly, clicking on them. In the future I can see big websites selling pixel ad blocks rather than conventional banners.”

So how does Will plan to develop the concept? “The next generation of pixel ad sites will have to offer the user something more than just novelty and amusement value, they are going to have to be useful as well.” This principle formed the basis for Will’s own pixel-selling website, Pixel Directory (http://www.pixeldir.com). His concept combines a traditional internet directory with pixel ads.

“PixelDir.com will allow visitors to browse for pixel ads that interest them”, says Will. “This will not only make PixelDir.com useful for the user, but it will also greatly improve conversion rates for our advertisers. This represents a significant improvement to the Million Dollar Homepage model as click-throughs will no longer be quite such random affair!”

Will thinks it is unlikely that he will be able to sell pixels for $1 so he has opted for a more pragmatic figure of 20 cents per pixel. To get the website going he has decided to sell the first 100,000 pixels for 5 cents each, making a 10x10 block just $5.

Will is aware that a major consideration in starting a new pixel ad website is getting enough visitors to come to the site so that the advertisers get a good return on their investment. Will has therefore come up with a strategy to spend the first $100,000 he makes, purely on promoting the website and attracting more visitors. “The more money I make”, he says, “the more I am going to spend on advertising and hopefully this will create the kind of snowball effect we have seen with Million Dollar Homepage”.

Will is in his last year of university, if PixelDir.com is successful, he would like to use the money to start up his own internet company. “At the moment I plan to get a regular job after uni. However, I would love to start up my own internet company instead. The only problem is that I don’t have enough money to do that!”

For more information visit http://www.pixeldir.com

eXubrio Group LLC will help Buffalo and Niagara area companies grow sales revenues. Initially focusing on the Buffalo and Niagara Falls, New York, markets, the agency will expand during 2006 to become a national advertising agency.

(PRWEB) October 31, 2005 -- Three companies created a new partnership called eXubrio Group LLC. The new agency will provide advertising, marketing, and sales support to businesses seeking rapid growth.

The company inherits the eXubrio, LLC, value proposition:
• Sales should deliver profitable revenue.
• Marketing should deliver sales.
• You should spend less to get there.

The companies that formed eXubrio Group LLC are:
• CenterPage Inc. – CenterPage evolved from offering pre-press services into a marketing firm with a broad range of creative and production services (www.centerpageinc.com).
• eXubrio, LLC – eXubrio has helped clients nationwide improve the impact on sales growth of their marketing activities, while reducing expense budgets (www.exubrio.com).
• Noein Inc. – Noein provides companies with IT support for their web marketing activities, ensuring that websites create qualified leads and sales growth (www.noein.com).

The new eXubrio Group agency will provide services that range from fundamental marketing strategy development through all areas of advertising, public relations, and marketing material production. Clients can expect to realize better impact on sales of their marketing activities while they control, or even reduce their marketing expenses. They will gain from the use of lean marketing techniques that bring the benefits of lean manufacturing to marketing programs.

eXubrio Group has its main office at 452 Sonwil Drive in Cheektowaga, New York. It has additional offices in Kenmore and Amherst, New York. The agency will use the eXubrio website while it develops a new web presence. For more information, visit www.exubrio.com.

Using a brand new advertising technique, we are going to attempt to get you listed in the top five position in Yahoo with your key search phrase, with absolutely no money up front....not even an application. You don't pay until we get you there. We are pretty confident!

(PRWEB) October 28, 2005 -- AdviceDiva.com has discovered a new way of marketing for online companies with full page ads. This will be a hard deal to pass up for small businesses trying to get search engine exposure. There is absolutely nothing for a company to lose. With no money down, no applications and no divulging of credit card information, AdviceDiva.com will set up an entire page on the famous site absolutely free. Visit http://www.AdviceDiva.com/ad/advertising for more information.

AdviceDiva.com is one of the most popular websites on the Internet. It keeps growing every day and because of this, all of the major search engines visit and spider the site each day. When new pages are added, they are crawled and indexed. Within a short period of time, a new web page will be listed in a top position in Yahoo under the name of that page. AdviceDiva.com has hundreds of top listed pages.

Their Master Plan: Advertisers and online companies are invited to send an article and one main key phrase which is assumed to be a popular key phrase to be listed under in Yahoo. An AdviceDiva.com web page will be created in a short period of time. This page set up is completely free. Once Yahoo picks up the page, the indexing of this page will be monitored under the main key phrase. If, and ONLY IF, it reaches a top five position in Yahoo under the key search phrase, the advertiser will be invoiced. The advertiser will be invoiced once and only once and the AdviceDiva.com advertisement page will never be taken down. If the page never makes it to a top five position, the advertiser will never be charged. AdviceDiva.com estimates that they can get most advertisers to a top 5 position very fast.

This plan is so easy, it is amazing. And to make it even more exciting, it is inexpensive. Most advertisers charge hundreds of dollars a month for an ineffective banner ad. In this proposed new marketing stratgey, there is only a one time small payment of $200, only if they get you to a top five position. With online marketing being rediculously expensive, AdviceDiva.com thought it was about time for a real marketing strategy for companies who are not on the Forbes list. And with all of the marketing scams out there, it will be great to know that there are a few worthwhile marketing selections. This is a brilliant idea that could have only been invented by the Diva herself. And there is no scam. Is their a catch? “No catch. This will actually only benefit AdviceDiva.com by adding even more content to the site. The more content we have, the more our ratings will go up. If I can get you in the third position this month, you might be in the first position next month”.

We have only two warnings. One: We expect the response to be enormous. In this case, it may take longer than they expect to set up an advertiser’s page. Also, if hundreds of pages are added at once, it may take Yahoo longer to index them. Two: There are going to be a lot of copycats. This idea is so brilliant, it hurts.

http://www.AdviceDiva.com/ad/advertising

Relenta turns familiar software product categories upside down by tightly integrating the functionality of CRM, business-class email, contact management, calendar, email marketing, autoresponder, call center, marketing and sales force automation software into one elegant web-based application.

Miami, FL (PRWEB) October 31, 2005 -- Relenta announced the release of a public beta version of Relenta 1.0, web-based email management and CRM software. This pre-release version of Relenta 1.0 is made available on a limited basis for small businesses to learn about the features and benefits of the product.

http://www.relenta.com?source=prweb

How is Relenta different?

Relenta turns familiar software product categories upside down by tightly integrating the functionality of CRM, business-class email, contact management, calendar, email marketing, autoresponder, call center, marketing and sales force automation software into one elegant web-based application.

Small businesses get things done with Relenta

Relenta is a simple, lightweight, and robust alternative to bloated software. Relenta helps you get things done quickly and effectively. Relenta product development is focused on usability and overall user experience, rather than sheer number of fancy features and cluttered interfaces.

Key features and benefits of Relenta

- Handle all incoming and outgoing email communications
- Automate sales force and customer service activities
- Manage email newsletters, subscriptions, and autoresponders
- Organize and manage customers, leads, and contacts
- Manage sales pipeline and stay on top of opportunities
- Share emails, contacts, activities, and tasks
- Improve customer service, retention, and loyalty
- Archive business communications and customer data
- Get things done

Relenta is perfect for any type of small- to medium-sized business. It is ideally suited for sales, marketing, and customer service teams in any industry:

- B2B and B2C ecommerce
- Lead generation
- Marketing, advertising, PR
- Web hosting companies
- Membership organizations
- Online and print publishers
- Professional services
- Real estate agents
- Financial and insurance

Last, but not least, Relenta is a wonderful tool for managing personal email and contacts.

What's included in Relenta 1.0 beta plan?

Relenta 1.0 beta is a fully functional pre-release version limited to 5 users, 1GB of storage, 10,000 contacts, and up to 50,000 emails per month.

What are the system requirements?

Relenta is a hosted web-based (on-demand) application, meaning there is no software to install or system requirements to worry about. All you need is a modern web browser and internet connection. Due to its efficient standards-based CSS and XHTML interface design, Relenta runs fast even on dial up.

http://www.relenta.com?source=corporatewebsitemarketing

Atlanta SEO Company Recognized for Strategic Internet Marketing Success

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) October 30, 2005 -- Prominent Placement, Inc., a leading Atlanta SEO company, received an Atlanta Marketer of the Year (AMY) Award from the American Marketing Association (AMA) for the firm’s strategic Internet marketing campaign for The Atlanta Children’s Shelter.

Presented on October 27, 2005 at the annual American Marketing Association Awards Gala in Atlanta, the AMY Awards recognize excellence and effectiveness in marketing programs created by Atlanta area agencies and businesses.



For the third year in a row, Prominent Placement achieved excellence in the Search Engine Marketing category. This category recognizes strategic Internet marketing campaigns that increase traffic and effectiveness for websites by utilizing search engine optimization, pay-per-click advertising or a combination of both. Prominent Placement is the only Atlanta SEO company to have received honors in this category for three years in a row.

The Atlanta SEO company won a Gold AMY for a search engine marketing campaign conducted for the Atlanta Children’s Shelter, a nonprofit agency whose mission is to provide loving, high-quality child development and support services for homeless families striving for self-sufficiency.

Prominent Placement’s goal was to use search engine marketing to build awareness, communicate the Atlanta Children’s Shelter brand, and drive donations. Atlanta Children’s Shelter was literally invisible to the search engines prior to the project. Prominent Placement worked with the organization to restructure their website, optimize the website for search engines, and conduct a linking campaign. “With a 272 percent increase in website traffic from search engines, and a 617 percent increase in top three rankings in the search engines, we are extremely happy with the results,” said Prominent Placement Co-principal Matt Williams.

About Atlanta SEO Company Prominent Placement:

Prominent Placement, Inc. is a full-service, award-winning Atlanta search engine marketing company founded in 2001. Nationally recognized as a leader in its field, Prominent Placement consistently demonstrates its foresight to rapidly adapt and stay ahead of an ever-evolving search marketing industry. Prominent Placement provides comprehensive programs incorporating the strategic use of organic search engine optimization, pay-per-click advertising, local search marketing, Internet Yellow Pages, press release optimization, linking, online reputation management and SEM en Español.

The company’s selective client roster spans multiple industries with numerous mid-size, growth-oriented businesses located in the Southeastern United States that value high impact results, and are well-focused, niche-oriented concerns. Prominent Placement distinguishes itself from the competition by its extensive marketing background and the ability to provide superior service through client collaboration and education.

For more information or to schedule an interview contact Matt Williams at 888.SEM.MKTR (888.736.6587) or visit us at prominentplacement.com.

A National Arbitration Forum arbitrator rules in favor of Emmitt Smith regarding the Internet domain name emmittsmith.com.

Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB via PR Web Direct) October 28, 2005 -- The National Arbitration Forum announced today that a ruling has been issued in favor of former Dallas Cowboy and all-time NFL rushing yards leader Emmitt Smith regarding the rights to emmittsmith.com.

The National Arbitration Forum received an electronic complaint on September 8, 2005 from Emmitt Smith III, represented by John A. Thomas, of Glast, Phillips & Murray, P.C., asserting legal rights to the domain name emmittsmith.com. The address was registered by the Respondent, EMMITSMITH.com c/o Whois IDentity Shield, of Vancouver, British Columbia, on May 17, 2001. It redirected Internet users to a commercial website featuring links to third-party businesses unrelated to Emmitt Smith.

National Arbitration Forum arbitrator Tyrus R. Atkinson, Jr. ruled in favor of Emmitt Smith. The arbitrator determined that Smith possesses common law rights in his name based on the fame and reputation associated with his NFL career, and that the Web address emmittsmith.com was “confusingly similar” to Smith’s name. Atkinson also found that the Respondent did not have legitimate rights to, or interest in, the disputed Web address and was using the address in bad faith presumably earning commissions for redirecting Internet traffic to third-party commercial sites.

During the course of the proceedings, the Respondent’s registration of the domain name emmittsmith.com was either deleted or expired, prompting Smith to redeem the domain name under the new Expired Domain Deletion Policy (EDDP) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). This was the first decision issued by the National Arbitration Forum utilizing the EDDP.

The National Arbitration Forum hears thousands of disputes every year that are similar to that of Emmitt Smith. The domain name dispute process is a popular alternative to lengthy and expensive trademark lawsuits.

The National Arbitration Forum website provides a copy of the decision, Emmitt J. Smith, III v. EMMITTSMITH.COM c/o Whois IDentity Shield, at:
http://www.arb-forum.com/domains/decisions/555486.htm.

For more information about National Arbitration Forum and to access its Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) newsletter, visit http://arbitration-forum.blogspot.com/

About the National Arbitration Forum
The National Arbitration Forum is one of the world's leading providers of alternative dispute resolution solutions, including arbitration and mediation, representing a distinguished panel of over 1,500 attorneys and retired judges in the U.S. and in 29 countries. Founded in 1986, the National Arbitration Forum administers more than 50,000 cases annually. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the National Arbitration Forum also has offices located in New Jersey and Los Angeles. The National Arbitration Forum also publishes an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) newsletter and blog (http://arbitration-forum.blogspot.com/). Additional information is available at the National Arbitration Forum's website at www.arbitration-forum.com.

November 3, 2005 2:00pm EST, 11:00am PST

Registration is FREE for qualified attendees. This Webinar</a> is sponsored by OneUpWeb. For more information and to sign up today visit http://www.jupiterwebevents.com/webcasts/oneupweb_nov3.html

Speakers:
Chris Sherman, Senior Editor, SearchEngineWatch.com
Lisa Wehr, CEO, Oneupweb

Online shoppers spent $23.2 billion during the 2004 holiday season, and that number is expected to grow by 25% or more this year. And since many people now begin their online shopping with a visit to a search engine, savvy merchants are turning to paid search campaigns to reach prospective buyers and increase holiday sales.

But creating campaigns for the holiday season brings a unique set of challenges. Consumers looking for holiday gifts show different behavior than other types of searchers. To be successful, paid search campaigns must take into account these differences and target searchers appropriately.

During this Webcast Chris Sherman, Senior Editor of SearchEngineWatch.com, will highlight:
- The most popular online shopping search services
- What types of searchers buy the most
- How to persuade reluctant searchers to buy

Joining Chris will be Lisa Wehr, CEO of Oneupweb, who will discuss paid search strategies and best practices your company can use today to help you reach online shoppers this holiday season. Learn how to take advantage of the consumer holiday mind set in your advertising messages, understand the influence of keyword length and even when to turn off your campaigns for effective budgeting. Several analysts are predicting record breaking online sales; take advantage by having your campaign ready to reach customers.

Registration is FREE for qualified attendees. To sign up visit http://cp.jupiterweb.com/index.php/1761_default/

Jupiter Webcasts are educational Web conferences focusing on IT and Internet related business issues. Each Webcast runs approximately 45 to 60 minutes in total, and integrates a PowerPoint presentation with audio.

After registering for the event through our Web site, if you qualify you will receive an e-mail providing instructions on how to access the presentation prior to the event.

This Webcast is sponsored by OneUpWeb. The only two-time winner of the prestigious ClickZ Best Search Engine Marketing Vendor Award, Oneupweb specializes in tailoring custom strategies that include natural search engine optimization, paid search marketing, search engine user behavior, PR optimization and marketing analytics designed to deliver superior return on investment. For more information please visit http://www.oneupweb.com

For additional information about sponsoring a Jupiter Webcast, please contact Mary Warley at webeventsales@jupitermedia.com or call 508-660-1404.