PCNames.com Releases Expired Traffic Search

PCNames.com has released the first version of an expired traffic search, a feature which has been requested by many of its users. This tool will rank all domains scheduled to come back on the market within the week according to how much traffic they might have.

(PRWeb) November 30, 2006 — PCNames.com has released the first version of an expired traffic search, a feature which has been requested by many of its users. This tool will rank all domains scheduled to come back on the market within the week according to how much traffic they might have.

In order to determine if a domain name might still have traffic, it is checked for Google PageRank, Alexa Rank, DMOZ Listing, Yahoo Listing, number of links and pages found in major search engines, and how long the domain was registered. A positive score in most areas can be a good indication that the site still has traffic. The only way to know for sure how much traffic the domain still has is to register it.

Generating traffic can be one of the most difficult tasks when developing a website. Purchasing a domain which already has traffic can help jump start the site. One of the more common uses of this tool is to help users find valuable domains to make money with parked pages. A parked page is a way for domainers to take advantage of the traffic a domain has by setting up a site with advertisements. Pool.com has recently developed a new service called Catch & Release, allowing users to “Try A Domain on for Size”. This new service will offer serious players a chance to test out a large number of domains for traffic. They do this by registering the domain and then issuing a refund within 5 days if the domain does not produce.

In certain cases these domains are worth something regardless of their traffic. This is true for names listed in places like DMOZ or Yahoo. For example, it costs $300/year to be included in the Yahoo Directory. Registering a domain already listed could save you the entry fee. Even more valuable are the names found in dmoz.org. This is the largest directory on the Internet and in most cases it’s nearly impossible to get added. The site is run exclusively by volunteers and getting someone to take a look at a site could take months or even years of waiting assuming it happens at all.

The Expired Traffic Search is part of the advanced tool set at http://www.pcnames.com/tools.htm. A subscription is required to use these tools, which costs $14.95/week or $34.95/month. This traffic search can be found at http://www.pcnames.com/traffic/

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Centennial, Colorado - (The Hosting News) - November 30, 2006 - Web hosting and managed services for small to midsized companies firm, Verio, has been named a Finalist in the 2006 Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards, in the Customer Service Team of the Year and Online Sales Team of the Year categories.

The recognition validates Verio’s investment and focus in delivering world-class technical and customer support, and to creating an easy to use and effective online sales and education experience to customers via its web site.
The new awards are jointly presented by Selling Power magazine, the leading sales management publication with 145,000 subscribers in 67 countries, and The Stevie® Awards, which have been hailed as “the business world’s own Oscars” by the New York Post (April 27, 2005).

Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word “crowned,” winners will be announced during a gala banquet on Monday, December 4 in Las Vegas. Nominated executives from around the world are expected to attend. More than 300 entries from companies of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration in more than 40 categories.

Verio’s Customer Service team was advanced to the finalist category based on several improvements made to the company’s support structure during the past year, including enhanced call center redundancies, more stringent quality assurance measures and standardization across all call centers, reducing the average call hold times for customers. Dennis Boyle, Chief Operating Officer for Verio explained, ”Verio’s technical support is a distinguishing factor of the business overall, and the reason many customers choose Verio services over the competition, and have helped to position the company as an advisor to customers’ businesses. Our goal for the coming year is to continue improving upon our best-in-class service to make it easier for customers to get the service they need for their online business needs.”

Earlier this year, Verio’s Online Marketing Team, also named a finalist in the Online Sales Team of the Year category, launched a redesign of Verio.com, incorporating extensive customer feedback, user preferences and site behavior analysis into the new design to enhance the customer experience. As a result, the team was able to increase shopping cart conversion, as well as online revenue. The team credits its success to carefully analyzing and interpreting extensive data gathered from marketing and sales trends, site testing and customer research.

Kiyoshi Maeda, President and CEO for Verio added, ”The simple act of speaking to customers yields some of the best insights into product needs and the best education and sales process. Our Online Team is combines extensive user input with data analysis to optimize our online sales channel, resulting in double digit growth.”

Members of the Awards’ Board of Distinguished Judges and Advisors and their staffs will select Stevie Award winners this week from among the Finalists. Finalists were chosen by business professionals worldwide during preliminary judging.

Gerhard Gschwandtner, Founder and Publisher of Selling Power remarked, ”Being named a Finalist in The Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards is an important achievement. It means that independent business executives have agreed that the nominee is worthy of international recognition. We congratulate all of the Finalists on their achievement and wish them well in the competition.”

Hailed as “the business world’s own Oscars” by the New York Post (April 27, 2005), Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, The Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards. Honoring companies of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide.

Selling Power is the world’s leading sales management magazine with more than 145,000 subscribers in 67 countries. Sponsors of the 2006 Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards include Factiva, Fusion Sales Partners, HR Chally, and SAP.

Verio Inc. is a provider of hosting and managed services for small and midmarket companies and partners worldwide, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT America, US subsidiary of NTT Communications, which provides complementary global network access reaching over 200 countries worldwide. The company offers businesses a range of Internet services, including web hosting, managed services and value-added professional service offerings. Verio supports its operations with scalable global infrastructure and systems including the NTT Communications Global IP Network, and provides business solutions to customers and partners in more than 146 countries.

For more information about The Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards, please visit: www.stevieawards.com/sales.

To learn more about Selling Power, please visit: www.sellingpower.com.

For more information about Verio, please visit: www.verio.com.

Herndon, Virginia
- (The Hosting News) - November 30, 2006 - Server automation and virtualization software firm, SWsoft, will demonstrate its operating system software, Virtuozzo, at the 25th annual Gartner Datacenter Conference from through December 1 in Las Vegas.

In addition, Virtuozzo from SWsoft was recently cited in an industry analyst report discussing new technology for data center operating system software.
The report from Gartner stated: ”By 2010, mainstream virtualization technology will embrace I/O virtualization, breaking the traditional bonds between physical servers, network switches and storage area network (SAN) switches; by 2010, shared operating system (OS) virtualization will become mainstream.”

SWsoft Virtuozzo is one example of operating system (OS)-level server virtualization technology cited in the report, which can be accessed from the SWsoft website (www.swsoft.com). With Virtuozzo, a single Linux or Windows OS instance can be dynamically partitioned into multiple, highly-efficient virtual environments. The Virtuozzo architecture enables each virtual environment to scale up to the full resources of the physical server and maintain performance at levels consistent with a native server. Virtuozzo enables density of up to hundreds of virtual environments on a single physical server, which is many more times the number of virtual machines than are possible with other virtualization technologies.

Unlike virtual machines and hypervisors, OS-level virtualization addresses the challenge faced by today’s datacenters of operating systems sprawl. Virtuozzo provides efficiency and manageability that result in the lowest total cost-of-ownership and fastest ROI for customers.

SWsoft is a recognized leader in server automation and virtualization software. With more than 10,000 customers in over 100 countries, SWsoft’s suite of products delivers proven performance, reliability, manageability and value. With offices around the world; SWsoft is a high growth company, funded by Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Venture Partners and Intel Capital, offering comprehensive solutions – transparently integrated through the OPEN FUSION Initiative - including Virtuozzo, Plesk, SiteBuilder, HSPcomplete and PEM.

To learn more about SWsoft, please visit: www.swsoft.com.

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Toronto, Canada - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - November 30, 2006 - Internet services provider and domain registrar, Tucows, has released a new version of Platypus, its billing and subscriber management software for providers of Internet-related services.

While staying true to its roots providing subscriber management, billing and provisioning for ISPs and access providers, Platypus 6.0 is designed to also alleviate the billing challenges shared and dedicated web hosting providers face, saving time and money.

Elliot Noss, President and CEO of Tucows remarked, ”By automating and driving business processes with Platypus our customers are better able to sell and provision additional services to new and existing customers.”

Bill Ford, Director of Billing Solutions for Tucows added, ”Platypus delivers an unprecedented level of niche functionality,” said “Our expertise is rooted in an intimate understanding of our customers and the business of providing Internet-related services.”

Platypus 6.0 features include: - Integration with leading web hosting control panels: Integration with cPanel, Plesk, H-Sphere, Hostopia and Ensim make provisioning easy. New two-way communication abilities lets web hosts send information and receive it for storage in customer records. - Nested services: Platypus 6.0 lets web hosts tie multiple services to one rate or product out of the box, with no custom configuration required. This makes it easy to provision or deprovision multiple services for a customer. - Service contracts: Hosting companies can enforce contract terms with early cancellation penalties, and contract penalties can be fixed or scaled. - Logic-driven provisioning: Platypus’s provisioning integration system now supports VB scripting, giving web hosts the ability to develop logic-driven provisioning rules without complicated external coding. - Server pooling: Platypus 6.0 can perform load balanced provisioning of end user control panels on web hosting servers.

Tucows Inc. provides Internet services and download libraries through a global distribution network of 6,000 service providers. This distribution network primarily consists of web hosting companies, ISPs (Internet Service Providers) and other Internet related service companies. The companies use Tucows’ provisioned services to offer solutions to customer: enterprises, small and medium businesses and consumers. Tucows is an accredited registrar with ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) and earns most of its revenue from domain name registration services plus hosted email, spam and virus protection, blogware, website building tools, the Platypus Billing System and digital certificates.

To learn more, please visit: www.tucowsinc.com

Fareham, United Kingdom - (Website Hosting Directory) - November 30, 2006 - Providers of Microsoft Hosted Exchange and collaboration services, Cobweb Solutions and USA.NET, have formed an alliance to deliver new services, including web-based messaging, advanced security, mobility, Unified Messaging (UM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).

The alliance is hoped to leverage the companies’ combined industry expertise, proprietary intelligence, and research and development capabilities. Strategic discussions between Cobweb Solutions and USA.NET began through the companies’ combined participation in Microsoft Corp’s Hosted Messaging and Collaboration (HMC) and Exchange Technology Adoption Programs (TAP) for Hosting Partners. Microsoft TAPs are designed to enable Microsoft’s leading partners to more quickly evaluate and adopt Microsoft technologies and deliver innovative new solutions for the benefit of customers. Both companies continue to achieve industry recognition and certification above and beyond competitors in their respective marketplace.

USA.NET is SAS 70 Type II Audited, Microsoft Gold Certified, salesforce.com Certified, a member of the Microsoft TAP for Exchange 2007, and winner of the 2006 Microsoft Excellence Award for Exchange Hosting Solutions.

Cobweb Solutions is also a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and member of the Exchange 2007 TAP, the winner of Microsoft’s EMEA Hosting Service Provider of the Year 2004 and is both ISO9001 and ISO27001 Certified.

John Zanni, Director of Worldwide Hosting at Microsoft remarked, ”Microsoft is pleased that two valued Microsoft Gold Certified Exchange Hosting partners are working together to further enhance and expand the first-class services they provide to their customers. The alliance will serve to strengthen their collective service delivery offerings and to enable customers with even more options for reliable and scalable hosted services.”

Sara Radicati, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Radicati Group remarked, ”The market for Microsoft Hosted Exchange services is heating up, and this new partnership underscores the growing demand for this type of solution.”

David Ramon, Chief Executive Officer of USA.NET added, ”The alliance between our two companies will help us continue to make our organisations the benchmark for quality service delivery in the industry. Our shared goal is to deliver next-generation services that meet the needs of our current customers and lead the way to cutting edge solutions for the future.”

Mark Adams, Managing Director of Cobweb Solutions commented, ”Aligning with USA.NET provides both organisations with a unique opportunity to benefit from the expertise and experiences of another market leading provider. By benchmarking and sharing best practices with each other, we expect to enhance our already high levels of customer support and service delivery, and more quickly deliver new services to market.”

Cobweb Solutions Limited was formed in 1996 to provide hosted and Internet based services to small and medium sized businesses. With data centres in London and Fareham, more than 40,000 customers are serviced with managed email services, web site hosting and Internet access and support. Cobweb Solutions is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, the Microsoft EMEA Hosting Service Provider of the Year 2004 and is both ISO9001 and ISO27001 Certified.

USA.NET, The Global eMessaging Service Provider, maintains that it is the only hosting provider that is SAS 70 Type II Audited, Microsoft Gold and salesforce.com certified, a member of the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program for Exchange 2007, and winner of the 2006 Microsoft Excellence Award for Exchange Hosting Solutions. USA.NET eMessaging solutions are modular and infinitely scalable.

For more information about Cobweb Solutions, please visit: www.cobweb.com.

To learn more about USA.NET, please visit: www.usa.net.

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ACTSupport bundles TechSupport packages with FREE Phone Support

Coimbatore, India & Plano, TX., Nov 30, 2006 - ACTSupport.com, a leading 24/7 Web Hosting Support Company, announces special offers for its Technical Support Packages. This is in an effort to provide value added services to it’s customers and there by, help them grow their business and give them end to end Customer Support solutions.

The offer bundles Free Phone support for those who signup for a minimum $ 250 / month worth of support package. Conditions apply for the above offer.

Why does your company need Phone support ?

Being available to the customer whenever he/she tries to contact you through whichever mode is key for rapid growth in your business. Can you afford to lose a sale just because the customer rings your office when you are out? Can you afford to lose a customer who wanted to solve a simple problem but chose to report his problem over phone for immediate response and than sending an email ? Would you want your customer to send emails back and forth just because he didn’t understand the tutorial in your website or didn’t have the patience to go through it. Do you want your technicians solving problems on your server than answering phone?

To strike a balance - make your customers happy AND let your techs work on your servers to solve complicated issues AND also inform your customer that their problem is being taken care of or their questions being answered, we have come up with this package.

Benefits this package shall give to your business

• Better service experience for your customers by talking to a real person.
• The calls an swered will have customized greetings geared to your business.
• Increasing profits and cutting costs at the same time by not missing a business opportunity that knocks when you are out, through a service which is free.

On the quality of service, when we pick a call for you, we are your ambassadors of goodwill. We know that the first few seconds make a lasting impression, and we want your customers to feel they were served properly and courteously.

For other Contact center services, please visit www.contactact.net

This support is complementary to our tech support services for which you shall be signing up ( will be charged). Our confidence that this combination package will bring better results for you is directly related to the capabilities of our technicians who will be working alongside to support you and handle requests ( including those received over phone) quickly and effieciently. To check out our tech support services and how well they can help your business, please visit actsupport.com

For more information, Please call 1-888-666-0786 / 972-354-0880 or email to Sales@actsupport.com

About ACTSupport

ACTSupport is a leading 24/7 Web Hosting Support company with a 100+ strong team, offering services since 2001. We offer end to end support solutions to Hosting Companies, Data Centers & ISPs. Our Support Services include Technical Support, Server Monitoring, Server Management, Server Administration, Customer Service, PreSales Support & Billing Support. Support is offered through HelpDesk, Email, LiveChat & Phone on a 24/7/365 basis. We have dedicated teams to offer specialised support for Windows and Linux based servers. We support a wide variety of control panels which include Cpanel, Hsphere, Plesk, Ensim, Helm, Alabanza, DirectAdmin, Cobalt Raq, Webmin, HostingController & HSPComplete. For further details about the company, Please visit www.actsupport.com

Gulf Breeze, Florida - (The Hosting News) - November 29, 2006 - Managed web hosting services company, Rackspace Managed Hosting, has deployed the spam and virus detection technology of business email security solutions firm, AppRiver LLC’s SecureTide platform.

Under the agreement, Rackspace will deploy the solution that uses more than 60 types of filtering techniques to rid incoming email of worms, viruses, phishing attempts and other protocol-based vulnerabilities to add a critical security layer to its Managed Microsoft Exchange, the latest addition to Rackspace’s comprehensive email solution portfolio.

SecureTide also provides perimeter security to protect from a myriad of attacks, including Denial of Service (DOS) and Directory Harvesting, and reduces bandwidth consumption and mailbox clutter, ensuing improved efficiency and system performance for Rackspace customers.

Scott Cutler, Executive Vice President of AppRiver remarked, ”We are excited to be deployed as a critical element of Rackspace’s newest service. Rackspace is a worldwide leader in meeting the most critical needs of businesses for IT infrastructure and application availability. To be chosen as part of their Exchange Hosting is a strong endorsement of our email security technology.”

Offering companies of all sizes an on-demand and highly available implementation of Microsoft’s email and collaboration solution, Managed Microsoft Exchange from Rackspace includes advanced email with shared calendars, contact lists, public folders and task management features to enhance individual and team productivity. The fully-managed service approach transforms Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 into a simple and scalable service in which customers only pay for the mailboxes they plan to use.

Emil Sayegh, Director of Product Marketing at Rackspace Managed Hosting added, ”Our relationship with AppRiver enables us to deliver spam and antivirus protection as an all-inclusive feature to every customer utilizing Managed Microsoft Exchange from Rackspace. AppRiver’s SecureTide is a key part of our comprehensive security strategy to better protect our Managed Exchange customers. The company not only offers some of the best email spam and antivirus protection available, but they share in our customer service philosophy which has made our Fanatical Support renowned throughout our industry.”

After completing a successful beta test of Managed Microsoft Exchange from Rackspace with positive customer feedback, the company is now hosting thousands of mailboxes for hundreds of customers around the world who entrust the company to manage their mission-critical email functions.

AppRiver is a privately held provider of business email solutions, with more than 8,000 customers using its managed services and over 25,500 businesses worldwide using its security solutions. Founded in 2002, the Gulf Breeze, Florida-based company maintains multiple Tier 1 data centers at secure locations in the United States and Europe.

A recognized leader in the global managed hosting market, Rackspace Managed Hosting is a service organization delivering enterprise-level web infrastructure and managed services to businesses of all sizes. Serving more than 10,000 customers across seven data centers worldwide, Rackspace integrates the industry’s best technologies for each customer need and delivers it as a service via the company’s award-winning Fanatical Support. Founded in 1998, Rackspace has grown more than 50 percent a year since the company’s inception.

To learn more about AppRiver, please visit: www.appriver.com.

For more information about Rackspace Managed Hosting, please visit: www.rackspace.com.

San Francisco, California - (The Hosting News) - November 29, 2006 - Independent data center operator and managed services provider, Peak 10, has named Dan Wixon as Vice President of Service Delivery, responsible for the company’s overall customer support vision, service provisioning, trouble resolution, service integration and support systems development. He will also be involved in product development and service partner relationships.

David H. Jones, President and Chief Executive Officer for Peak 10 remarked, ”As Peak 10 continues to grow and strengthen its position as the leading provider of data center services, it’s important to attract and retain industry veterans to fill key roles for the company. We are fortunate to have the benefit of Dan’s proven leadership and experience, as we continue to drive the high levels of customer intimacy that is key to our service reputation and critical to our success. Dan’s addition strengthens an already talented senior management team which gives Peak 10 a real competitive advantage in the marketplace.”

Prior to joining Peak 10, Mr. Wixon was Vice President of Service Delivery for Web.com (formerly Interland, Inc.), a provider of shared hosting in the small and medium business market. As an experienced customer support professional, Mr. Wixon has held numerous management level positions with companies in the technology field including senior manager of International services (Bangalore and Hyderabad, India) and world wide strategic planning manager for Dell; partner relations manger for Gateway Companies, Inc.; and director for Inacom Corporation, managing two regional dispatch call centers. Mr. Wixon, a South Dakota native, attended the University of South Dakota majoring in business management with an emphasis in finance.

Mr. Wixon commented, ”I’m delighted to join Peak 10, a company that has a relentless dedication to serving its clients. I look forward to building on an already strong foundation and working with some of the best people in the industry to continue Peak 10’s success.”

Peak 10 is an independent data center operator and managed services provider in the eastern United States, endeavoring to deliver scalable, economical and reliable solutions for hosting and managing complex information technology infrastructure. The company combines its eight data centers and portfolio of managed services with localized engineering and support to serve companies including Rivals.com, Global Knowledge, Pergo, Churchill Downs, LendingTree and the Jacksonville Jaguars. Peak 10 owns and operates world class facilities in Nashville, Tenn.; Louisville, Ky.; Tampa and Jacksonville, Fla; and Raleigh and Charlotte, N.C. The company was recently ranked as one of the fastest growing private companies in America for the second consecutive year by Inc. magazine.

For more information about Peak 10, please visit: www.peak10.com.

Chicago, Illinois - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - November 29, 2006 - According to managed web hosting provider, SingleHop, holiday online shoppers may continue to experience delays, as referenced by Amazon.com and walmart.com’s recent ‘’scheduled maintenance,” which resulted in e-commerce outages.

Zak Boca, President of SingleHop explained, ”Planning scheduled maintenance that precludes consumers from buying on one of the busiest shopping days of the year really doesn’t add up. We expect that with the predicted record influx in traffic, a large number of online retailers will be unprepared, which will result in downtime that can cost businesses thousands of dollars in lost revenue, and as seen in some high- profile cases, as much as $1M per minute. These are numbers you can’t ignore.”

According to a recent Harris Interactive survey, 40% of online consumers will leave a website if it’s experiencing issues, and retailers have a scant eight seconds to engage and capture a consumer’s attention before they move on. It’s predicted that online holiday spending will total more than 32 billion dollars this year, with consumers spending 53% of their holiday budgets online.

Mr. Boca continued, ”Your servers and e- commerce applications have to have the additional capacity to handle the holiday rush. Online retailers should test and prepare their systems for a 40% spike in traffic, which means that your website, your shopping carts, and your ordering systems should be capable of supporting an additional 40% of utilization. If your performance audits show that your systems aren’t capable, it’s important to cluster, which essentially scales a website across multiple servers. In the instance of a failure online retailers should have a disaster recovery plan in place. At the bare minimum a disaster recovery plan should include backups and fail-over systems. This ensures that in the event of a failure an online retailer will have both recent backups of all systems and a fail-over system that will quickly take the place of primary servers to ensure a limited amount of downtime. The cost of a failure in this day and age is just too high to remain offline for more than a few seconds.”

SingleHop, Inc. is a fully transparent managed dedicated server ISP, located in Chicago, IL. SingleHop was formed to deliver low cost managed IT services for the small to medium enterprises from a central Midwest hub location. The company has capacity for over 2000 servers in one datacenter, with a network powered entirely by Cisco.

To learn more, please visit: www.singlehop.com.

Worcester, Massachusetts - (Website Hosting Directory) - November 29, 2006 - Celebrity web hosting and services provider, Paid, Inc., has reported revenue for the third quarter of 2006 of $1.5 million, an increase of 204% compared to revenue of $492,000 for the same period in 2005. Revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 was $4.9 million, compared to revenue of $2.0 million for the same period 2006, an increase of 147%.

Greg Rotman, CEO of Paid remarked, ”We were pleased with our revenue growth that is due to the continued growth of our celebrity services business. With projects already under way, we believe that our revenue will continue to grow in the fourth quarter to make it one of our best quarters to date.”

During the third quarter, Paid derived 89% of its revenue from sales of fan club memberships, merchandise, and fan experiences related to tours of performing artists, 8% from sales of the Company’s own product and fees from buyers and sellers through the Rotman Auction operations and 3% from sports marketing. Fan experience, Fan club membership and related merchandise sales revenues were $1,338,300. Management anticipates increases from fan club memberships, merchandise, and fan experiences from tours, products and services related to several performing artists during the fourth quarter of 2006.

Paid derived greater revenue related to fan club memberships, merchandise, and fan experiences of $1,185,200, offset by revenue decreases in sports marketing services of $4,600 and sales of Company owned product of approximately $169,500 compared to the same period in 2005. Gross profit from Company owned product sales for third quarter 2006 was $71,900, $61,300 more than in 2005. Gross profit margin increased as a result of a management decision during the third quarter of 2005 to liquidate slower moving inventories while in 2006 goods were being sold at more normal margins.

Operating Expenses — Total operating expenses for the third quarter of 2006 were $1,096,300 compared to $1,108,100 in third quarter 2005, a decrease of $11,800. Sales, general and administrative (”SG and A”) expenses for the third quarter 2006 were $942,900, compared to $969,300 for third quarter 2005. The decrease of $26,400 in SG&A costs includes decreases in depreciation and amortization of $206,500, as certain assets became fully depreciated during 2006 and 2005 and other costs of $43,300, offset by increases in payroll and related costs, professional fees, rents, travel, postage and shipping, and credit card fees totaling $223,400. The travel, credit card commissions and postage and shipping increases are all principally attributable to tours of performing artists.

Interest Expense — In third quarter 2006, Paid incurred $6,600 of interest charges, a decrease of $73,800 from the comparable 2005 period attributable to settlement of convertible debt during the second quarter of 2006. Other Expense — Other expense for third quarter 2006 includes $266,300 of realized and unrealized depreciation in the fair value of call options received in the 2005 settlement.

Net Loss — Paid realized a net loss for third quarter 2006 of $913,600 compared to a net loss of $1,018,300 for the comparable quarter in 2005. Net profit for the third quarter was less than $.01 per share while the net loss for third quarter 2005 was $.01 per share. The net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 was $1,141,100 compared to a net loss of $2,459,300 for the comparable 2005 period.

Patent Status Update — In May 2005, Paid received from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) a verbal notification of allowance. Paid has not received the formal notification of allowance or been granted the patent for Paid’s patent application for online shipping calculation processes. Paid and its attorneys at Hunton & Williams, LLP, continue to work with the USPTO to move the patent application forward. Pending receipt of the formal written notice of allowance of the Company’s patent application, the Company will pursue a variety of possible revenue streams from its “AuctionInc” platform and patent which hosts a suite of management tools and enhanced shipping calculator solutions for ecommerce enterprises.

Paid, Inc.’s celebrity services provides famous people with official web sites and fan club services that include e-commerce storefronts, ticketing and fan experience packages, and web site content. The Company also sponsors autograph signing events and other sports marketing services for sports clientele. Using proprietary patent-pending technology, Paid’s patent-pending AuctionInc brand shipping calculation and auction management software and services are utilized to streamline online auctions, ecommerce and web site development and hosting.

For more information about Paid, please visit: www.paid.com.

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Vancouver, Washington - (The Hosting News) - November 28, 2006 - According to EarthLink Inc. subsidiary, New Edge Networks, it has received more than 100 new requests for network proposals, which translates to more than $60 million, since it began marketing its MPLS (Multi Protocol Label Switching), last month.

New Edge has reported that more than 75 percent of the requests are for networks with fewer than 20 nodes or locations and from businesses representing various industries. New Edge believes that the reason for this surge, is that MPLS-based networks have reached mainstream business and small and midsize companies are clamoring for the new generation networks that help them converge voice and data applications over a single network, improve reliability, and cut total communications costs

Among the first several new MPLS contracts that New Edge Networks already has won are a two-location MPLS network for a pediatrics medical care center in New York, a seven-location multi-state network for an industrial supply company based in Minnesota, and a six-location network for a staffing firm in Washington state. Installation work on these and other MPLS networks is underway.

Greg Griffiths, Vice President of Marketing for New Edge Networks explained, ”This is clear indication that MPLS has reached mainstream business, at last enabling small and midsize businesses in diverse industries to level their competitive playing field, deliver better service to their customers, and improve profits. MPLS technology today is more standardized than ever, networking costs are becoming more affordable, and nimble and quick providers like New Edge Networks are able to provide the level of customer support that small and midsize businesses need but which is difficult for large communications companies to provide. These traditionally underserved small and midsize companies now have new choices for better supporting and growing their business.”

It is hoped that by using MPLS-based networks, businesses can converge their voice, video, and data applications over a single network to reduce total communication costs. MPLS allows businesses to prioritize network traffic and control quality of service, rather than buying more bandwidth for supporting existing and emerging applications such as Internet phone service or so-called VoIP, digital video monitoring, and real-time inventory management.

Florin Berevoescu, Manager of Information Technology for the Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center added, ”The Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center is committed to changing the lives of medically fragile children, one child at a time, and we need an efficient communications network to help us deliver compassionate quality healthcare. Working with a communications provider that cares as much for our two sites as we care for each child in our centers is an important consideration for selecting our service providers. New Edge Networks has been consistently responsive and flexible with the planning and installation of our network.” An MPLS network, powered by New Edge Networks, will link the pediatric center in Manhattan, NY, to the Children’s Rehabilitation Center in White Plains, NY.

Many small and midsize businesses generally do not have dedicated IT resources or are spread thin, preferring to do business with providers that can assume responsibility for managing the project from start to finish. New Edge Networks offers project management with all network installations, including on site installation work to ensure applications are properly connected to the new network. Therefore, it is believed that MPLS can be easier to deploy and manage than previous generation network solutions like Frame Relay. MPLS can use any blend of access technologies such as Frame Relay, ATM, DSL, and private lines.

Last month New Edge Networks introduced its MPLS offering that honors five classes of service across a customer’s entire network, from customer location to customer location. The company is targeting small and midsize companies with 10 to 50 locations, though it can accommodate network requirements for large enterprises with hundreds or thousands of sites around the country.

New Edge Networks is using targeted direct mail and marketing campaigns to attract likely customers. The company recently hosted a webinar outlining the benefits of MPLS over other technologies as well as opportunities for both businesses as well as current and prospective selling partners. In addition, New Edge Networks also produced a whitepaper for helping small and midsize business customers understand and deploy MPLS networks for their business.

New Edge Networks, based in Vancouver, Wash., is a wholly owned subsidiary of EarthLink Inc. (NASDQ: ELNK). New Edge Networks builds and manages private networks for businesses and communications providers. Through its nationwide backbone network with about 900 switches and Internet routers, New Edge Networks uses any blend of access technologies (xDSL, frame relay, ATM, cable, wireless, and satellite) for providing broadband connectivity at any business address in the United States. Network options include any combination of access, network management functions, and on-site installation services.

To learn more about the webinar, please visit: http://cmpnetseminars.com.

For more information about the whitepaper, please visit: www.newedgenetworks.com/products/mpls/.

To learn more about New Edge Networks, please visit: www.newedgenetworks.com.

Livonia, Michigan - (The Hosting News) - November 28, 2006 - Web hosting company, Future Hosting, LLC, has chosen server automation and virtualization software firm, SWsoft, to enhance and expand its web hosting services.

Charles Kowalski, Chief Operations Officer of Future Hosting remarked, ”As our customer base continues to increase, so do the expectations we place upon ourselves. Teaming up with SWsoft will dramatically increase our web hosting capabilities and the other technical services we offer. SWsoft’s industry-leading Virtuozzo and HSPcomplete software will enable us to offer complete control over a user’s server.”

Future Hosting expects the partnership to expand its focus in specific areas, including use of the SoftLayer datacenter and its dual network layout. In addition to increased capabilities, Future Hosting will tap SWsoft’s expertise in the areas of Virtuozzo server availability and Virtual Private Server (VPS) management.

Doug Johnson, Product Manager at SWsoft commented, ”We’re excited to partner with Future Hosting to expand their web hosting capabilities with our Virtuozzo operating-system level virtualization technology and our HSPcomplete hosting automation solution. The partnership will help Future Hosting provide better services to their growing customer base. Future Hosting was founded in 2000 based on the concept of combining cost-effective web hosting with high-quality customer service. We’ve kept the high-quality service promise to our customers thus far, and teaming with SWsoft will only increase what we’re able to do.”

Future Hosting is an IT company focused primarily on web hosting and other high-tech internet solutions. Founded in 2000, the company has built a reputation for high-quality customer service including instant server reboots, on-demand OS reloads and 3-hour Service Level Agreements.

SWsoft is a recognized leader in server automation and virtualization software. With more than 10,000 customers in over 100 countries, SWsoft’s suite of products delivers proven performance, reliability, manageability and value. With offices around the world; SWsoft is a high growth company, funded by Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Venture Partners and Intel Capital, offering comprehensive solutions – transparently integrated through the OPEN FUSION Initiative - including Virtuozzo, Plesk, SiteBuilder, HSPcomplete and PEM.

To learn more about SWsoft, please visit: www.swsoft.com.

For more information about Future Hosing, please visit: www.futurehosting.biz.

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