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Local Search and Direct Navigation Creates Boom for Localized Domain Names

Company launches geo-targeted domain offering to address boom in local internet search and direct navigation trends.

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) June 28, 2006 -- Recent national periodicals have profiled domain names as a crucial component for a company’s web identity and also emphasized the existing and growing value of generic, keyword-targeted, and type-in domain names equating them to premium web real estate.

The Direct Navigation Industry numbers are eye-opening. The advertising market for Direct Navigation, or “type-in traffic” (refers to Internet visitors who type an address directly into their web browser address bar, bypassing search engines), will reach $1 billion by 2007.

Google states that search results pages, as a whole, represent only 5% of the Internet. Thus, owning a keyword-targeted domain offers a business an additional advantage to search results or page rank alone. In addition, other data suggests that between 67% and up to 86% of online consumers reach websites through Direct Navigation, and are twice more likely to make a purchase than those coming from search engines.

In addition to Direct Navigation, many businesses, including major search engines, are launching strategies for the exploding online local business market estimated to reach $13 billion by 2010.

One company, Typed-In, Inc. a domain portfolio company is way ahead of the pack with its unique strategy of having amassed one of the largest portfolios of geo-targeted and keyword-specific domain names within multiple verticals in most major U.S. cities. Typed-In leases domains to local businesses and national companies with an emphasis on what they sell and service, where they sell and service it to create and/or supplement their existing presence on the web and generate the most highly targeted and qualified leads.

Typed-In portfolio domain examples, such as “cardealerscottsdale.com,” “accountingphiladelphia.com,” and “atlantaphoneservice.com” are what consumers are directly looking for, that is a non-branded local product or service, rather than the name of a specific company. Such exclusive domains are considered the purest and most targeted form of traffic.

“Direct Navigation is highly valuable web real estate that equates to a one-of-a-kind opportunity for a company’s competitive advantage,” says Jim Gossett, Co-Founder of Typed-In. “As organic listings, or page rank, and traffic from search engines vary over time, our keyword-specific domains are a crucial complement to search engine strategies. Unlike other forms of traditional media, a generic and descriptive domain name is available 24/7 to web visitors actively looking for that specific local product or service. Direct navigation takes the guesswork out of picking the most effective keywords as it is driven by the market itself, that is, the keywords end users are typing in.”

About Typed-In
Typed-In is a leader in the Direct Navigation market offering businesses invaluable web real estate with one of the largest portfolios of keyword-driven generic geo-targeted domain names within specific vertical markets. Typed-In domains are an effective complement to other print and online media strategies, and enables businesses to increase sales and marketing efficiencies by delivering them the most highly targeted and qualified leads.

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Press Contact: Kim Millen
Company Name: TYPED-IN, INC.
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Phone: 800-929-4314 - 15
Website: www.typed-in.com

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Thawte, Inc. Wins Another 15 New Partners for its Global Partner Program

Trusted services and innovative products have won Thawte, Inc., one of the most established Certification Authorities worldwide, another 15 new partners that will offer Thawte products and services to their customers. DomainBank, Domain.com, MyDomain and at least 11 other domain registrars and hosting companies have or will soon begin offering thawte digital certificates and trusted services to a customer base that has been estimated to number into the hundreds of thousands.

(PRWEB) June 26, 2006 -- Trusted services and innovative products have won Thawte, Inc., one of the most established Certification Authorities worldwide, another 15 new partners that will offer Thawte products and services to their customers.

DomainBank, Domain.com, MyDomain and at least 11 other domain registrars and hosting companies have or will soon begin offering Thawte digital certificates and trusted services to a customer base that has been estimated to number into the hundreds of thousands.

"It's phenomenal to have this many registrars and hosting companies switching to our brand," said an elated Ilse Baxter, Thawte's Director of Business Strategy, Sales and Marketing.

"It's an acknowledgment of the effort of our Sales and Marketing teams who have worked diligently to deliver solutions that serve these partners' needs. In the past few months our teams have concluded deals that have resulted in many leading global brands signing deals with us."

Over the past decade Thawte has successfully signed up over 17,000 companies to its Partner Program, making this program the largest of its kind in the world. Just a week ago the CA signed WoTrust, China's leading information security service provider.

To date, Thawte has sold over 620,000 SSL and Code Signing Certificates, issued a million Personal E-mail Certificates and enabled more than 3,000 enterprises through its SPKI Program.

"These deals are helping us realise our vision, which is to enable a global trusted digital environment that will benefit everyone.

"Through enabling the many hundreds of thousands of new customers that these deals represent, we are helping many thousands of companies win the trust and confidence of their customers and users.

"We do this by providing stringent verification and authentication process, arguably the best the industry has to offer, innovative and cost effective solution-based services, and outstanding global support," added Baxter.

Thawte's Partner Program also promises uncomplicated customer enrollment and renewal processes, flexible payment options (prepay or pay-as-you-go) and bulk-purchase options to leverage greater discounts.

In addition to DomainBank, Domain and MyDomain, other new partners joining the over 17,000-long list of companies selling Thawte products are: 000Domains, AllDomains, NameZero, RegisterNames, SignatureDomains, NamesDirect, AddressCreation, Enameco, DotRegistrar, and ZoneEdit.

About Thawte
Thawte, Inc., the Certification Authority chosen by hundreds of thousands, has been innovating and delivering trusted services for more than a decade. We enable businesses and individuals to communicate and transact securely by verifying and authenticating their identities, thus allowing them to gain the trust and confidence of millions of users. Our digital certificates are used globally to secure servers, encrypt files and communication, and validate the authenticity of applications and digital code. Through our dedication to maintaining your security we are helping to build a trusted digital future for everyone. For more information about Thawte, its products and trusted services, please visit www.thawte.com

About DomainBank
Vancouver, Washington-based DomainBank is an ICANN-accredited domain name registrar and hosting company. With approximately 80,000 active customers and over 200,000 domains under management, DomainBank is one of the fastest growing Internet solutions companies today. DomainBank provides affordable, fast and reliable management for domains, including over 30 different top-level, country-specific, third-level and special domains like .aero, .museum, .coop, .travel and .jobs. DomainBank also offers other services like e-mail, premium shared hosting, custom website design services, and security certificates. www.domainbank.com

About Domain.com
Founded in 2001, Domain.com is one of the world's leading domain registrars and web host providers. Hundreds of thousands of customers around the world trust Domain.com for their registration and hosting needs. Domain.com offers many products and services in a single, convenient online location. Easy-to-use management tools allow customers to maintain their domains, manage multiple e-mail accounts, forward site traffic, optimize search engine submissions and host multiple websites--all at an affordable cost. Domain.com is dedicated to providing the best-in-the-world products and services at a cost that real people can afford. Domain.com customers manage their Web presence in real-time, any time, from any place they have access to the Web, giving them the control and flexibility they need. Its mission is to make it easy for customers to expand their ideas and dreams of Internet businesses and leverage the Net's potential for business success. www.domain.com

About MyDomian
With over 400,000 domains under management, MyDomain is one of the Internet’s leading domain registrars and hosting companies. ICANN-accredited since 1998, MyDomain is a leading domain registration service, provider of self-service domain management tools and a premium shared hosting company.     MyDomain offers customers the ability to register and manage domains from a single convenient location on the Web. Proprietary tools make it easy for customers, especially small businesses, to maintain their e-mail addresses, domain redirection, and other features of their Web assets. MyDomain also offers high-reliability web hosting, digital security certificates, and professional website development. www.mydomain.com

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Press Contact: Cheridan Inglis
Company Name: THAWTE CONSULTING (PTY) LTD
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: +27219378976
Website: www.thawte.com

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Reasons To Buy And Sell Domain Names And How To Get Started

SearchDomainsForSale.com, a domain portfolio and services company has published an exhaustive "Why buy domains" list of reasons to invest in domain names. They also offer thousands of keyword related domains for sale and free consulting services to help get domain entrepreneurs started in business.

(PRWEB) June 22, 2006 -- Rob Sequin, owner of http://SearchDomainsForSale.com published this list after many years of buying and selling domains. "The domain sales market has exploded this year so we wanted to capture and share the many reasons that investors and entrepreneurs are actively buying and selling domains in this unique marketplace.

Why Buy Domains:

Advertising Revenue: If you will be providing content on your site, you would be considered a publisher. Publishers make money by selling name brand products and services that are related to the site's content. Commission Junction offers thousands of advertisers that want to offer products and services on your site.

Brand: Develop your new domain name to feature your brand name products or services. All domain names are unique but there are only so many good ones relevant to your interests.

Competition: Buy related domain names so your competition can't use them for their benefit and/or against you. What if they bought the domain names that you are thinking about buying? You may NEVER have the opportunity to own them ever again. And now the domains that you once liked are now being used to against you. Don't look back someday and regret not buying the domain names you want.

Content: Use your new domain name for a blog, hobby site, specialty ecommerce site, community information, photo sharing, friends and family networking and more.

Cost Effective: Your cost is primarily the purchase price of the domain name. Annual renewal fees are less than $10 per year.

Credibility: Show your visitors that you are serious about your content. Build sites or park pages on good domain names and be proud of the domain names you own. If you are opening an online business, start with a good domain name. Show your visitors/customers that you are serious about your online venture and, in a few years, the domain will probably appreciate in value even if your business does not take off.

Direct Navigation: This occurs when an end user types YourDomainName.extension into their browser directly without even searching to find your site. Many of our keyword-specific domains are enjoy Direct Navigation.

Email: Use your new domain name to host email addresses. Create and use email addresses like email protected from spam botsension or email protected from spam botsension. You will never have to change your email address again because your email provider/ISP changed.

Ecommerce: Build a storefront and sell your home made salsa or arts and crafts. Point your domain name to your eBay® seller's page and then give it out to potential customers. A domain name is much easier to put on a business card or advertisement in a newspaper or magazine than a crazy eBay® seller's list or storefront.

Express Yourself: What do you have to say? Build a political blog site, review the latest electronic gadgets or offer gardening tips. Tell the people what's good and bad in the world.

..and that's just to the letter E. Visit http://searchdomainsforsale.com/why-buy-domain-names.htm

If you would like to get started investing in domains, visit http://searchdomainsforsale.com to read more and review their domain portfolio sorted into twenty one categories and thirty domain keyword portfolios for sale.

SearchDomainsForSale.com also offers a domain buyer broker service should you find a domain you like from a different owner.

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Press Contact: Rob Sequin
Company Name: SearchDomainsForSale.com
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 508 744 6790
Website: http://SearchDomainsForSale.com

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Domain Registrar, 4DOMAINS, INC., Completes The Integration of 4 Acquisitions

Leading domain registrar and web hosting company consolidates 4 acquisitions.

Palm Desert, CA (PRWEB) June 14, 2006 -- 4Domains, Inc. announced today that they have completed the backend integration of their four hosting acquisitions of last year. The primary brands that were merged consisted of: www.4Domains.com, www.4Hosting.com, www.Defined.net, and www.Bluehill.com. The primary integration components were: billing, servers, networks, control panels, and consolidating the domain names into the company’s domain registrar. The Company is in the process of completing the website synthesis of the respective domains and expects that to be concluded within weeks.    

“We are very pleased about completing the highly successful year long integration project because this gives us a platform to better serve our current customers and more quickly scale the organization” said Chuck Steinberger, CEO of 4Domains, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SEInc. “We now can devote more of our energies to: developing new products, enhancing our services, marketing initiatives, sales and business development opportunities.”

“This milestone closes a chapter in our technology infrastructure initiative and allows us to allocate more of our development staff to build software products and tools that enhance our overall customer’s user experience” said John Palmer, CTO of 4Domains, Inc. “We are working on some exciting projects at the moment that have the potential to change the landscape of the industry.”

About 4Domains, Inc.
4Domains.com is an ICANN Accredited Domain Registrar. 4Domains.com is one of the largest profitable accredited registrars and web hosting businesses in the world. Along with its other brand of www.Bluehill.com they have been in operation since 1995. Both 4Domains.com and Bluehill.com are owned by 4Domains, Inc. 4Domains, Inc's mission is to provide a customized environment primarily to the home office and small to medium size business market by offering the opportunity to create a professional online presence through the use of tools, products, and services in an area where technical resources and disciplines are limited. 4Domains.com's product offerings include: domain name registration, bulk domain name registrations, domain transfers, domain renewals, drop names, domain auctions, web hosting, virtual private servers, VPS, reseller plans, virtual dedicated servers, dedicated servers, dedicated clusters, web design, web templates, and a free domain name with each new shared hosting package. For more information visit: www.4Domains.com.

About SEInc
SEInc is an investment holding company that is actively engaged in acquiring assets of internet properties. SEInc management team has many years of large and small acquisitions and post integration expertise with the objective of maximizing shareholder value. SEInc management has been involved in raising millions from VC’s along with other equity and debt financial strategies. SEInc will continue a course of organic and inorganic growth in the web hosting and domain name industries as well as other strategic internet property acquisitions.

Safe Harbor Statement
Any statement made in this news release (other than those of historical fact) about an action, event or development, are forward looking statements. Forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the Company’s actual results in future periods to be materially different from any future performance that may be suggested in this release. Such factors may include risk factors including but not limited to: the ability to raise necessary capital to fund future acquisitions, adequate liquidity to manage operations and debt obligations, successful integration of acquisitions, the introduction of successful new products and services, pricing and competition, reliance upon lenders, contractors and vendors, fluctuations in customer demand and commitments, and or other risk factors outside the control of the companies management team.


Press Contact: Chuck Steinberger
Company Name: 4DOMAINS, INC.
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 949-842-1977
Website: www.4Domains.com

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Search Marketing Guru Andrew Goodman to Speak at MIMA (Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association) Event

MIMA hosts Andrew Goodman, co-founder and editor of Traffick.com, founder of Page Zero Media and author of “Winning Results With Google AdWords,” for a seminar this week on the complexities and best practices of pay-per-click search marketing.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (PRWEB) June 13, 2006 -- The Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association has announced its monthly educational event entitled: “It’s Not Just You: Pay-per-click can be a real beast.” The event will discuss the complicated new realities of paid search marketing, aka pay-per-click. Goodman will share his insight for Google AdWords, Yahoo Search Marketing and MSN AdCenter advertisers and the challenges they face.

According to a recent report from Piper Jaffray, it is projected that companies will allocate over $14 billion dollars towards paid search marketing in 2006. As the competition in the marketplace increases, along with the changing complexities of running a paid search program, companies are hard pressed to find competitive advantages.

“Paid search listings now make up about 50% of all online advertising. Many companies are being lulled into running haphazard, ineffective campaigns because of the ‘self-serve’ ad placement models touted by Google and Yahoo,” warns Goodman.

“The reality is that Google’s AdWords platform is more complex than ever, introducing barriers to novice advertisers by way of ‘ad quality scores’ that take into account a range of factors, including content and quality cues that Google’s spider analyzes on your website. MSN adCenter has introduced an exciting new product, and Yahoo will begin phasing in its completely overhauled ‘Panama’ search marketing platform this fall. Novices will find it tough going.”

As part of its ongoing commitment to serving the Twin Cities interactive marketing community, MIMA offers monthly learning opportunities like the presentation from Goodman to both members and non-members.

“We are delighted at the opportunity of having such a highly regarded expert” says MIMA president, Kristina Halvorson. “Paid search is a very important component for the interactive marketing community in our region. The insight of an expert such as Goodman will be priceless to our audience.”

Event Details
“It’s Not Just You: Pay-per-click can be a real beast”

When: 5:15 pm Registration & cash bar
6 pm Presentation
7 pm Networking, food & cash bar

Where: Calhoun Beach Club
2925 Dean Parkway
Minneapolis, MN 55416-4470

Cost: $20 Members
$40 Non-Members

Learn more or register for the event at http://www.mima.org/events">http://www.mima.org/events.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Andrew Goodman, Traffick.com’s co-founder and editor, is regularly cited in Business Week and has been published in Internet Markets, The Globe and Mail and Yorkshire Post Magazine.

Andrew also founded Page Zero Media, a private consultancy that offers search engine marketing services and strategic advice to companies seeking an online presence.

Andrew is considered by many to be one of the world's foremost Google AdWords experts.
His articles and insights about internet navigation technology, online communities and the evolution of new media are now widely cited and published in books, magazines and newspapers.

His latest book, Winning Results with Google AdWords, is a complete guide to AdWords published by McGraw Hill in August 2005. It is designed to serve as a thorough introduction to pay-per-click advertising as well as an in-depth guide for power users.

ABOUT MIMA
Founded in 1998, the Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association (MIMA) is a networking and professional development forum for interactive marketing professionals. Members include professionals from all disciplines of design, media, promotions, content development, product development, publishing, marketing, usability and experience design. At MIMA, we connect, educate and partner with our members and guests to elevate the quality of interactive marketing practiced here and around the country. More information at http://www.mima.org">http://www.mima.org.

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Press Contact: Julie Vollenweider
Company Name: Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association
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snap2eyes To Offer CPC-Optimized Textpandable Ad Template For Free; Fully Customizable Ad Template Redefines Text Ad

The versatile, cost-free, and easy to use Textpandable™ ad template empowers any business or non-profit organization to create text-filled Internet ads that feature aesthetic simplicity, eye-catching animation, and functional sophistication. Users simply enter their ad copy (including up to 5,000 words of expandable text) and specify their design and color preferences from among scores of options displayed in the intuitively organized user interface containing both the customizable ad properties and the user-friendly, integrated help that explains each option. Because Textpandable ads can hold much more information than conventional text-based ads, they also lead to smarter click decisions by the Internet user, and thereby decrease frustration and wasted time for the Internet user as well as squandered CPC expenses for the advertiser.

New York, NY (PRWEB) June 9, 2006 – Online advertising company snap2eyes LLC (www.snap2eyes.com) announces the launch of its Textpandable™ ad template, an information and feature-rich, customizable, rich media ad template (see: www.textpandable.com).

The versatile, cost-free, and easy to use ad template empowers any business or non-profit organization to create text-filled Internet ads that feature aesthetic simplicity, eye-catching animation, and functional sophistication. To create an online ad based on the Textpandable ad template, advertisers require no knowledge of any rich media authoring tools, HTML coding, or other programming languages, and need not create any graphics or other visual resources. Users simply enter their ad copy and specify their design and color preferences from among the many options displayed in the intuitively organized user interface containing both the customizable ad properties and the user-friendly, integrated help that explains each option.

The Textpandable ad template is available in several standard IAB ad unit sizes and shapes, including 250x250 IMU squares, 160x600 IMU skyscrapers, and 300x600 IMU half page ads. Advertisers can also choose a non-standard size by selecting “Custom IMU.” For any size chosen, advertisers can select the color of up to 45 different graphical components of the Textpandable ad template, including the color of various lines, buttons, backgrounds, and sections. Users can also tailor nearly 60 non-color settings, such as font style, background patterns, text alignment, and total expanding text areas. The Textpandable thus offers advertisers a virtually endless array of creative possibilities with which to differentiate their brand or message, while still maintaining a clean and elegant overall ad look. More advanced users also have the ability to enter HTML and thereby further increase their creative choices.

Ads based on the Textpandable ad template are inherently interactive because they offer a mini-browsing experience within each ad. Internet users viewing the ad can actively decide when and what additional information will be displayed in the ad space, rather than passively waiting for the information to be presented by the ad itself.

Despite its graceful and spacious appearance, the Textpandable ad template can contain up to about 5,000 words of expandable ad copy. This unique and powerful feature makes it possible to embed -- in a single online ad -- a wide variety of information-packed content by or about the advertiser, including full company press releases; sample editorial content; press coverage about the advertiser, its offerings, or any related topics; political campaign platforms; relevant industry reports or articles; in-depth product or service information; or any other detailed text. The ability to incorporate lengthier bodies of expandable text is especially useful for news and information sites, ezines, blogs, and other content sites that want to tempt Internet users with a longer and more enticing sample of their editorial content.

Because the Textpandable can hold much more information than conventional text-based ads, the ad template leads to smarter click decisions by Internet users and thereby better optimizes the CPC (cost per click) pricing model for advertisers. Such a CPC-optimized ad decreases frustration and wasted time for the Internet user and lowers CPC campaign expenses for the advertiser. By contrast, ads that offer insufficient information often waste the time of the Internet user who must click on the ad to get redirected to a campaign page or web site, only to discover that the ad promotes nothing of interest to the Internet user, while needlessly increasing the advertiser’s CPC costs.

Within the space limitations of the ad unit selected, the advertiser can decide how much ad copy will appear initially (without any text expansion by the Internet user). Some advertisers may prefer to display as much as possible to ensure that certain information is communicated even if the Internet user chooses not to expand any portion of the ad. Other advertisers may prefer to keep most of the ad text initially hidden, in order to create an even cleaner, minimalist look, or to prompt curious Internet users to interact with the Textpandable for the additional information embedded within the ad. By revealing ad text only when the Internet user selects it, online advertisers can also more effectively incorporate humor and surprises that unfold in stages.

The lightweight size of the Textpandable (under 40KB) makes the ad template IAB compliant and widely deployable. Thus, the multi-purpose Textpandable can be placed anywhere, from the most basic website in need of some visual variation, to the largest ad network or portal, where brand competition and differentiation present a constant challenge.

The Textpandable is powered by the snap2eyes Rich Media Ad Factory™ (or RMAF™) Platform – a proprietary technology that creates affordable rich media ads out of customizable templates. The RMAF Platform enables advertisers to choose from a range of sophisticated online ad templates and then tailor the eye-catching animation by combining it with their ad campaign content. Once an ad template such as the Textpandable has been tailored and finalized, the user receives it in the Macromedia® Flash® File Format (SWF), along with a deployment guide.

“Because we plan to offer many more online ad templates that are customized with the RMAF, we wanted to offer the Textpandable free of charge, so that new users would always have a risk-free way to familiarize themselves with the technology,” noted Gil Lahav, Co-Founder and CEO of snap2eyes.

The Textpandable ad template is showcased on www.textpandable.com, where a simulated Textpandable ad and the corresponding user interface are displayed. The textpandable.com site requires no registration and immediately enables anyone to experiment with each customization option to see how it affects the sample Textpandable displayed nearby. Registered RMAF users will soon be able to create, customize, and receive deployable Textpandables for free, when the RMAF Platform is launched later this month.

About snap2eyes LLC:

Founded in June 2005, snap2eyes LLC is headquartered in New York City and develops proprietary, rich media technologies that lower costs for online advertisers and increase revenues for web publishers. The company offers affordable internet marketing solutions that optimize the process and results of online advertising.

The technology and business methods underlying the RMAF Platform are patent pending. snap2eyes, Rich Media Ad Factory, RMAF, and Textpandable are trademarks of snap2eyes LLC. All other companies or products listed herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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Press Contact: Gil Lahav
Company Name: snap2eyes LLC
Phone: 646-416-6276
Website: www.snap2eyes.com

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What, Texas, For Sale?

New Domain Names could make you the next overnight millionaire in Cyberspace if you are simply the first to act. www.Texas.St and 27 other State Domains are up for grabs in a live auction sponsored by LoveTheName.com.

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) June 9, 2006 -- Can you imagine owning a Web Address/Domain Name that has everything pertaining to the Great State of Texas, all under one roof? The newly approved TLD or Top Level Domain name extension called “.St” for states is now approved and accepted world wide on the Internet, and the most exciting part is almost no one in the industry even knows about it, yet. This means that some lucky person reading this today, (yes, including YOU), who acts first, will find themselves immediately launched in front of the merging trend and direction of the entire Internet industry. So far, the most money made in domain name sales always goes to the person who owns it first, or, to the one who develops the domain name into a profitable website. “This is one of those times where even if you don’t have the money personally, you want to alert anybody you can about this most rare, exclusive and once in a lifetime opportunity” according to Rever Thabiti, Sr. VP Sales & Mktg. at LoveTheName.com.

He adds, “As mergers continue to be the market trend that simplifies the way business is done only proves that everything will ultimately become easier to find whenever someone decides to simplify things as in locating everything under one roof, just ask the retail giant, Walmart.” By the way, coincidently, Walmart was founded by Sam Walton of Houston, Texas. This trend, if implemented, could establish a frame or template for the perfect ‘worldwide Texas directory’ for any enterprising Texas Lover or creative investor. Texas is also the home State of the current U.S. President and his dad.

Just consider for a moment, the vast aspects that makes a state, a State, you will understand why, all the buzz. A State has Cities, Counties, Universities, Schools, Alumni's, Highways, Rivers, Zip Codes, Maps, Tourism, Heritage, History, Sports teams, Businesses, Agriculture, Landscape, Parks and Government and don’t exclude the fact that all states are being added to the back of United States Quarters, right now. Then, include the rapidly increasing association between Real Estate and Web-Addresses and you’ll see that owning www.Texas.St (the largest State in the USA behind Alaska) could exceed the current domain name sales record of $14 million (established earlier this year) if you decide to ever resell it.

In this scenario, there is no need for a complicated business plan when you own this piece of Internet Real Estate. All Texas lovers will want to pay you to get their Texas properties, attractions, products, services or Texas Holdem listed and linked up through www.Texas.St. This trend to put everything under the one big cyberspace roof-top creates the new, fast and easier way to find anything in Texas. The fee, of course, to be listed would be up to you, the new owner. Even a small fee of $10 to be listed or $25 for a direct link could add up nicely in your bank account.

Beth Loehrke, Media Spokesperson, LoveTheName.com says, “Another thing we must realize is that this package also comes with All Email Address possibilities pertaining to Texas.St e.g. YourName @ Texas.St or AnyBusiness @ Texas.St. What an idea this could be for students attending Texas State University and we are proud to be the sponsor of this auction.” She also adds, “Nothing ever creates more million/billionaires than Real Estate and the new State Domains presents tomorrow's Real Estate, today.

LoveTheName.com is best known in the industry for stockpiling TLD’s (top-level domains) and offering them to the public on a “name your own price” basis to allow smaller investors a better chance to compete in the lucrative Domain Name aftermarket. For more info please call 720-987-5252 or visit www.LoveTheName.com.
                                                                                    
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Press Contact: Rever Thabiti
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600 Blog Portal Domain Name Portfolio for Sale on eBay

The world’s largest and most comprehensive blog portal domain name portfolio is being offered on more than 350 auctions currently underway on eBay.

Orlando, FL (PRWEB} June 5, 2006 -- The world’s largest and most comprehensive blog portal domain name portfolio is being offered on more than 350 auctions currently underway on eBay. The portfolio owned by Blog Spot Network www.blogspotnetwork.com includes business / industry blog portals, city blog portals, city news portals, real estate blog portals, and travel blog portals.

Business Blogging

Business is entering a new era of blog marketing and public relations that will forever change the way they communicate with consumers. Business blogs will also change how better informed consumers make their future buying decisions. Blogs provide all businesses with the highest possible level of personalized “business to consumer” dialogue and communication that has never been available before.

eBay recently announced that they will be offering members an “eBay blog” to more personalize the auction format, and to allow for more inner active communications with potential buyers.

A Google news search on “business blogs” will reveal many current stories on the growing popularity and the future of business blogging.

City Social / Business Blog Portals

City blogs are today’s equivalent of the local phone book on steroids. Just as the phone book has listings for local residents, city blogs will have a searchable database of all members. Once you find the person you are searching for, you will then be linked to their own personal blog. The amount of personal information that is contained on their blog will be up to them, they control the process.

Just as the local phone has a Business Yellow Pages, a city blog will have a directory of local business blogs. These businesses will pay a fee for their business blog on the city blog, just as they pay for their ad in the Yellow Pages today.

The City Blog Business Directory will provide these businesses with an advertising blog that is truly vertical, that allows for unlimited informational content and easy editing, that can include an online catalog complete with pricing and photos, a restaurant’s menu complete with streaming video of the interior and the dishes they offer, or a builder who’s blog includes downloadable floor plans and specs complete with 360 video of models. The business will be able to take questions and comments at the blog, they will announce special offers and sales, and most importantly establish a direct line of inner active communication with consumers.

The business blog directory will have an internal search engine that will make it easy to find any business, product, or service with the entry of a couple of keywords and a click of the mouse. Much easier than letting you fingers do the walking!

What’s the cost factor for all of this premier and inner active exposure? It is just a fraction of the cost of an outdated Yellow Pages ad.

Local Search

City Blog Portals uniquely provide the local search venues and advertising platforms that search engine and media companies such as Google®, Yahoo®, MSN, and AOL® are desperately trying to develop today. These internet giants need to look no further than the Blog Spot Network of city blog portals!

Internet Savvy Consumers

If your business doesn’t have a viable web presence, then it is invisible and thereby nonexistent to millions of internet savvy consumers who exclusively use the internet to research and purchase products and services. Will they find your business?

Online Advertising Rises to $12.5 Billion

The dramatic shift of advertising budgets to the internet resulted in a total of 12.5 B of online advertising in 2005. With this move to the internet, came the need for effective venues for these advertisers. City Blog Spot Portals will become the perfect venue for businesses of all sizes to effectively reach and retain the millions of consumers searching online for local products and services each and every month.

The Power of a 600 Blog Portal Network

Networks of this size enjoy the many benefits and power of inner linking 600 blog portals and the resulting ever changing massive amount of content that gets indexed with search engines producing superior positioning.

When the owners of the “Blog Spot Network Portfolio” decided to sell this one of a kind network, they were committed to keeping the entire portfolio intact to maximize its ongoing marketing power. The size of the network and its potential future is simply too large for any single owner. A network of this size needs many owners who independently but collectively maintain the power of the world’s largest future blog network.

The buyer of any Blog Spot Network Blog, must agree in writing to inner link to all other Blog Spot Blog Portals, to BlogSpotNetwork.com, and to contribute to the optimization and promotion of blogspotnetwork.com in the future. BlogSpotNetwork.com will be hub and directory for this network and wholly owned and operated by the owners of the blogs in this network. Upon the sale of the last remaining blog, Blog Spot Network will be transferred to the Blog Spot Owners Association. This “condition of sale” on this and all future sales of all blogs will insure that the tremendous benefits and power of this network will benefit one and all forever.

Contact:
Bert L. Bill, COO
Blog Spot Network
bert @ blogspotnetwork.com

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Press Contact: Ray Whitmer
Company Name: PORTAL PUBLISHERS
Phone: 228-365-8305
Website: www.blogspotnetwork.com

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More Clients Engage Oneupweb's Services for Search Engine & Online Marketing

Oneupweb Continues to Build its Online Marketing Client Base with B2B, B2C & eCommerce Retailers--Oneupweb, the trusted leader in search engine optimization and online marketing, today announced new client relationships with these nationally and internationally-known B2B, B2C and online retailers: The Lang Companies, Huntington Bank, Barco Products, Xirrus and Hobsons. Representing a variety of industry sectors, these companies have selected Oneupweb as their preferred search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) provider.

Lake Leelanau, MI (PRWEB) June 2, 2006 -- Oneupweb, the trusted leader in search engine optimization and online marketing, today announced new client relationships with these nationally and internationally-known B2B, B2C and online retailers: The Lang Companies, Huntington Bank, Barco Products, Xirrus and Hobsons. Representing a variety of industry sectors, these companies have selected Oneupweb as their preferred search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) provider.

"Programs are customized based on each client's marketing climate and business objectives. Our services go beyond maximizing pay-per-click results and getting top natural search positions in search engines (like Google, Yahoo, MSN and Ask), to helping them with their entire online branding initiative," explains Oneupweb founder and CEO Lisa Wehr. "Services for these new clients and many of our current clients include newer marketing avenues like blogging and podcasting as well as effective favorites like banner advertising, usability and online public relations."

-    The Lang Companies - Delafield, WI- The Lang Companies offer distinctive calendars, cards and gifts showcasing the artwork of many nationally recognized artists. Their signature products can be found online and through any of their U.S. or International retailers.

-    Huntington Bank - Columbus, OH- Huntington Bancshares Incorporated provides innovative personal, business and commercial financial services throughout Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.

-    Barco Products - Batavia, IL- In business since 1985, Barco is a leading provider of outdoor products, site furnishings, parking lot supplies and building maintenance goods. They offer a full-service ecommerce website as well as a comprehensive print catalog.

-    Xirrus - Westlake Village, CA- Xirrus is an award-winning Wi-Fi equipment provider delivering the next-generation in enterprise wireless LAN architectures. Xirrus is a privately-held company.

-    Hobsons - Cincinnati, OH-Hobsons brings together educational recruiters with the students they want to reach - worldwide. With publications and websites that include CollegeView.com and USeduguides.com, Hobsons' reach is unparalleled in the education industry. In conjunction with Oneupweb, Hobsons looks to make their college recruitment services even more visible to student populations.

"Search marketing will always be essential to any company's online marketing strategy," says Wehr. "And we can leverage the principles of effective search practices across the entire online marketing mix. As the industry matures, we anticipate, developing new services as we refine our current ones. Whether you're honing usability, promoting a podcast, optimizing a mobile site or implementing basic SEO, integrated services from Oneupweb address all aspects of online marketing."

"We're pleased that diverse businesses like these are continuing to approach our firm," says Wehr. "They not only recognize our proven reputation in the industry, but are likewise responding to our innovative methodology and enhanced suite of services."
Recently added in February, this enhanced suite of online marketing services includes usability consulting, online marketing research, mobile search marketing, online media buying, podcast production and research-based ad creative.

About Oneupweb
Oneupweb creates integrated online marketing plans that include natural search engine optimization, paid search marketing, mobile search marketing, online marketing research, marketing analytics, online advertising creative and online media services. An award-winning firm, Oneupweb was named a 2006 Michigan Top 50 Company to Watch and is the only two-time winner of the prestigious ClickZ Best Search Engine Marketing Vendor Award. CEO, Lisa Wehr, an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, has been named to BtoB Magazine's Who's Who List twice and recognized as a Leader & Innovator by Lawrence Technological University. The company publishes an SEO / SEM newsletter Online Marketing BriefT , blog and weekly podcast - StraightUpSearch. Oneupweb is a privately held company located in Michigan. For more information on Oneupweb, please contact 231.256.9811 or visit Oneupweb.com.

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Press Contact: Rachel North
Company Name: ONEUPWEB
Phone: 231-256-9811 116
Website: www.oneupweb.com

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