News: Search Engine Firm, Yellowbook, Releases Mobile Application
Uniondale, New York - (Website Hosting Directory) - November 5, 2008 - Search engine solution firm, Yellowbook, has added its latest mobile device application for the T-Mobile G1 with Google, the first Android powered phone, to its growing list of advanced mobile device applications.
The Android application will help on-the-go consumers find what they're looking for on yellowbook.com. According to the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, 'cell phones of 2008 are used for much more than just voice communication.'' Consumers today are using mobile devices to access business and entertainment data and to browse the internet. Consumers are searching for quick business information to help them through their day and to make buying decisions.
Yellowbook puts local advertiser information, including contact information, web address, hours of operation, videos, maps and directions, at the fingertips of busy mobile phone subscribers with easy-to-use yellowbook.com applications designed specifically for the latest in mobile phone devices, including support for the iPhone, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, and Palm.
For even greater convenience, users can download the yellowbook.com icon by going to yellowbook.com and following the easy directions on the Take yellowbook.com with you mobile device link.
Since 1930, Yellowbook has focused on a simple goal -- connecting consumers with local businesses. Yellowbook is a national leader in local search and advertiser providing content, managing a comprehensive online and print product portfolio that provides consumers with easy access to local business information, and businesses with a single source for cost effective advertising media programs. The Yellowbook Network, anchored by yellowbook.com, reaches millions of online users through the company's network of partner sites and organic web searches via computers and the latest in advanced mobile devices. The Yellowbook Network has been recognized as the fastest growing internet property in the United States (comScore, April 2008). WebReach, Yellowbook's fully managed search engine advertising program, places customers' advertising on the major internet search engines. In print, Yellowbook delivers approximately 1,000 directory editions in 48 states plus the District of Columbia.
Posted by editor on Wednesday, November 05 @ 11:27:02 EST (546 reads)
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News: Web Hosting Solutions Firm, NaviSite, Releases Financial Quarter Data
Andover, Massachusetts - (Website Hosting Directory) - November 4, 2008 - Application solutions, hosting and content delivery services firm, NaviSite, has released its Fourth Quarter data, indicating an EBITDA increase of 54% with a 16% increase in Revenue.
Fiscal year EBITDA has increased 48% with a 22% increase in Revenue. Arthur Becker, Chief Executive Officer of NaviSite remarked, ''We are pleased with the results in the fourth quarter where significant progress was made driving organic hosting revenue growth and in the achievement of a record quarter of EBITDA. Despite a slowing economic climate and a challenging environment for professional services, demand for our Enterprise Hosting services was robust as shown by our $1.0m of new hosting recurring bookings and the 4% sequential growth in our hosting revenue.''
NaviSite, Inc.'s reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2008 include:
Total revenue for the quarter ended in July 31, 2008 was $40.2 million representing a year-over-year increase of 16% and sequential increase of 2%. Total revenue for the full fiscal year 2008 was $154.6 million representing a 22% increase over revenue of $126.2 million in fiscal year 2007.
Recurring hosting revenue was $34.4 million for the fourth quarter representing a year-over-year increase of 22% and a sequential increase of 4%. Recurring hosting revenue for the full fiscal year was $131.3 million representing an increase of 24% over the revenue of $105.8 million in fiscal year 2007.
EBITDA, excluding impairment costs, stock-based compensation, severance, costs related to discontinued operations, and other non-operational charges (EBITDA), for the fourth quarter was $10.1 million representing a year-over-year increase of 54% and a 17% sequential increase. EBITDA for the full fiscal year 2008 was $34.2 million representing an increase of 48% over EBITDA of $23.1 million in fiscal year 2007. EBITDA for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2008 includes a $1.6m settlement gain.
Income from operations for the fourth quarter was $1.4 million representing a 45% year-over- year increase. Income from operations for the full fiscal year 2008 was $5.0 million representing an increase of 122% over income from operations of $2.3 million in fiscal year 2007.
Net loss attributable to common shareholders for the fourth quarter was $1.2 million, or $(0.04) per share, representing a reduction of 93% from the loss of $17.1 million reported in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2007. Net loss attributable to common shareholders for the full fiscal year 2008 was $11.3 million or $(0.33) per share compared to a loss of $25.9 million or ($0.85) per share for the fiscal year 2007. Net loss for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2008 includes a $1.6m settlement gain.
Booked approximately $1.0 million of new monthly recurring hosting revenue (MRR) in the fourth quarter bringing the full fiscal year 2008 new MRR bookings total to $3.8 million which represents a 19% increase over $3.2 million recorded in fiscal year 2007
Signed $34.3 million of total hosting contract value with an average contract term of 35 months during the fourth quarter for recurring applications services and enterprise hosting business
Signed professional services contracts with a total value of $4.2 million during the fourth quarter compared to $3.7million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2008 and $6.5 million in the same period of FY07.
Customer churn, defined as the loss of a customer or a reduction in a customer's monthly revenue run rate from our overall active customer pool, was 1.2% per month during the quarter compared to 1.3% in the prior quarter and 2.5% a year ago.
NaviSite is a leading provider of enterprise hosting and application solutions, with managed application services, application development, implementation and management on web infrastructure platforms in 17 state-of-the-art data centers supported by more than 700 professionals. NaviSite provides customized and scalable solutions leveraging its broad range of application development capabilities, packaged software implementation expertise, deep portfolio of best in class technologies and a full suite of web-hosting and internet infrastructure options.
For more information about NaviSite, please visit: www.navisite.com.
Posted by editor on Tuesday, November 04 @ 11:47:25 EST (410 reads)
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News: Search Engine Survey, Reveals Web Sites Influence Over Half of Sales
Westerville, Ohio - (Website Hosting Directory) - November 4, 2008 - According to a new search engine survey, over half of recent toy purchasers rank manufacturer and store websites as having some influence on their buying decision.
The Fall 2008 Ad-ology Media Influence on Consumer Choice survey. Product reviews and other information and advertising found online also play a role in influencing buying decisions.
C. Lee Smith, President and CEO of Ad-ology Research noted, ''These results reveal an opportunity for independent toy retailers who specialize in unique, high quality and educational toys and whose stores feature sales personnel knowledgeable about toys and child development. It is critical toy retailer web sites show the quality and value of what they're selling, the breadth of product selection and the expertise they provide.''
The Ad-ology survey also indicates product quality and price are the most important factors as consumers shop for toys, followed by product safety and educational value.
Other key findings from the survey include:
Nearly 84% of consumers say they still prefer to buy toys at a store as opposed to online.
Those with high incomes, males, and married consumers report the most preference for online toy purchases.
65 percent of recent toy purchasers were influenced by information or advertising from television. Newspapers and magazines were also among the most influential traditional media.
Half of households with children under 18 recently purchased toys, compared to only 18% of those without.
The Media Influence on Consumer Choice survey is conducted quarterly by Ad-ology Research to study on- and off-line media influence on buying decisions.
The full report covering Media Influence on Consumer Choice: Toys is available through Ad-ology and can be purchased online. The 48-page downloadable report is $495 and features 27 data charts, consumer-spending estimates on toy purchases, and additional marketing insights.
Ad-ology Research was founded in 2005 to analyze key marketing trends in over 370 industries and what motivates end-customers. Ad-ology Research is used by 80 advertising agencies and product marketing departments, as well as more than 2,000 media properties across the United States.
Posted by editor on Tuesday, November 04 @ 11:38:31 EST (385 reads)
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News: Web Hosting Service, Apps4Rent, Premieres Value Price Plans
New York, New York - (Website Hosting Directory) - November 3, 2008 -
Application hosting provider of premium business messaging and collaboration solutions, Apps4Rent LLC, has developed flexible price plans for Microsoft's Hosted Exchange 2007.
The hosted exchange business e-mail plans offer the Web hosting industry's best value to small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) and resellers. Pricing starts at $6.95/month for a single 1 GB hosted exchange mailbox account, and mailboxes can be selected in 1, 2, 4 and 8 GB sizes.
Microsoft Exchange is a leading messaging product with features for management of e-mail, contacts, calendaring, tasks, unified messaging, and mobile and web-based access to information.
Apps4Rent's Hosted Exchange 2007 plans provide customers with industry standard features at value prices with 24/7 phone, e-mail, and chat support. The Hosted Exchange plans include free Outlook 2007 or Entourage 2008, Outlook Web Access, anti-spam and anti-virus protection, SharePoint space of 500 MB, and Microsoft's activesync software that enables synchronization with phones and PDAs such as iPhone, Treo, and Windows Mobile based smart phones. Blackberry synchronization feature is available for an additional fee.
Plans are available for resellers (http://apps4rent.com/reseller.html) who can private label the offerings in multiple languages and currencies with access to a user friendly Web based control panel based on Microsoft's Hosting and Messaging Collaboration (HMC) solution. With the HMC based control panel, Apps4Rent plans to offer additional hosted products from Microsoft that integrate with Hosted Exchange and SharePoint and will be sold through resellers.
With Apps4Rent's turnkey solution, resellers can design their own plans and start offering commercial service within hours. Customers can get automatically provisioned and can self-administer their accounts with multi-tiered access control. Additional features include billing automation and a web site template.
Apps4Rent LLC is a leading provider of hosted enterprise software applications including those for messaging and collaboration, such as, hosted Microsoft Exchange 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Apps4Rent's systems and processes are designed to provide 99.99% uptime with clustered infrastructure located in highly reliable top-tier data centers, and monitored 24x7x365 by experienced system administrators from a Network Operating Center.
Posted by editor on Monday, November 03 @ 11:24:05 EST (593 reads)
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News: Search Engine Agency, Reprise Media, Partners with Betaworks
New York, New York - (Website Hosting Directory) - November 3, 2008 - Search engine and social media marketing agency, Reprise Media, and Betaworks, have entered into an exclusive partnership, with Reprise Media serving as the exclusive search marketing and optimization partner for Betaworks.
John Borthwick, CEO of Betaworks remarked, '''This is a fantastic opportunity for our network companies at a crucial stage of their growth to tap into the expertise of a leading SEM that they otherwise would not have access to. Reprise Media brings a rich understanding of the challenges entrepreneurial businesses face and how search marketing and optimization can take them to the next level.''
The agreement allows the Betaworks network of startup companies to harness the value of search engine marketing and optimization to accelerate their emerging business growth.
Eighty percent of all online sessions begin at a search engine, making it the ideal way to reach and engage with an active, interested audience. Because Betaworks companies are intensely focused on accelerating their growth and establishing long-term equity, the scalability and flexibility of paid search and the lasting effectiveness of SEO are ideal marketing tactics.
Joshua Stylman, co-CEO of Reprise Media remarked, ''Betaworks is a great channel partner that's helping to build the next generation of leading Internet companies. We are looking forward to working with the pioneers of the next wave of online communications tools as well as partnering with another company that is immersed in New York City's Internet community.''
Betaworks accelerates businesses, moving them from A to D, fast. Some of the businesses in the Betaworks network include twitter.com, tumblr.com, someecards.com, lotame.com, lookery.com, goodrec.com and outside.in.
Reprise Media is an award-winning search engine and social media marketing agency. The company helps leading brands - including Microsoft, ABC, Castrol, and Martha Stewart - manage their online reputations, drive traffic to their websites, acquire new customers and generate revenue through the power of search engine marketing. SearchViews, the company's blog, provides daily news and commentary on the search engine marketing industry and is considered a must-read by industry insiders.
A subsidiary of the Interpublic Group, Reprise Media is headquartered in New York and has offices in San Francisco and Boston.
To learn more about Betaworks and their network, please visit: http://betaworks.com.
Posted by editor on Monday, November 03 @ 11:09:44 EST (567 reads)
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