Scottsdale, Arizona – (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) – February 5, 2008 – Web hosting domain registrar, GoDaddy’s 2008 Super Bowl television campaign ad, reportedly was viewed by over one million video views, as tracked to GoDaddy.com on Sunday, before the game’s conclusion.

Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder at Go Daddy noted, ”I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Danica’s Exposure is probably our funniest ad ever. It is definitely our most effective ad in terms of immediate results.”

According to GoDaddy, it is believed to be one of the largest spikes in Super Bowl advertising history. Super Bowl viewers went online to see Go Daddy Girl Danica Patrick’s ”Exposure” ad almost on cue. They were directed to do so by Go Daddy’s televised ad, which aired at the beginning of the second-quarter. The long-awaited ”Exposure” commercial featured animatronics beavers in a spoof of the paparazzi and certain female celebrities.

Go Daddy originally intended ”Exposure” to be its Super Bowl ad, but Fox rejected it, insisting the word ”beaver” be removed. Go Daddy CEO and Founder Bob Parsons refused, saying instead, he would make lemonade out of lemons.

Go Daddy Productions went to work to create ”Spot On,” which was approved for broadcast. It invited viewers to go to GoDaddy.com to see the rejected commercial and was essentially an ad for an ad, which was a first for Super Bowl commercials. ”Spot On” contained a ”Viewer Discretion” advisory – also thought to be a Super Bowl advertising first.

Comments varied widely, but no one can argue the commercial’s effectiveness for generating online traffic. As the post-game celebrations were being broadcast, GoDaddy.com was already reporting more than 1.5 million visits to its site. Those numbers continue to climb rapidly.

The final ad had finally been approved, after ten submissions, including five concepts, three of which Go Daddy actually produced, and a number of revisions.
Mr. Parsons continued, ”We’re thrilled – think about it, it was one of the greatest Super Bowl games ever played and yet fans still took time to come to our site during the game.”

Traffic stats were expected to surge again on Monday, Feb. 4. In past years, the Monday following the game has yielded traffic spikes as fans talk about the ads, and then go online to see them for the first time, or to enjoy them again with colleagues and friends.

The Go Daddy Group, Inc. is a domain name registrar with more than 22 million domains under management and 24-hour-a-day customer support. More than 4 million customers are serviced by Go Daddy for domain registration, web site hosting, email and related Internet services. Go Daddy is a provider of services designed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy also provides a variety of on-demand and other services. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also rated the world’s largest hostname provider according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2006, The Go Daddy Group registered approximately one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info.

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Silver Spring, Maryland – (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) – August 30, 2007 – Web hosting provider and development company, Freewebs.com, has devised and launched a new creative advertising campaign for the comedy Mr. Bean’s Holiday, currently playing in theaters.

Mr. Bean’s Holiday stars Rowan Atkinson as the bumbling, hilarious Mr. Bean. In his latest misadventure, Mr. Bean – the nearly wordless misfit who seems to be followed by a trail of pratfalls and hi-jinks – goes on holiday to the French Riviera and becomes ensnared in a European adventure of cinematic proportions. The campaign on Freewebs encourages people to join the mayhem and interact by way of a fun calendar widget, which allows users to upload a photo themselves to a Mr. Bean’s Holiday calendar, which they can then share with anyone on the web. The calendar widget can be accessed by Freewebs members at http://members.freewebs.com/Misc/MrBeansHoliday/.

Chris Cunningham, Vice President, Freewebs Advertising explained, ”Engaging with widgets is a consumer’s personal choice. The second a person takes a widget to his or her individual web page, what was once an ad, becomes content. Today’s users are speaking for the brand by adding these widgets to their personal websites, and we make sure that these widgets are easily shareable and publishable.”

Freewebs has been a developed widget marketing and advertising campaigns that have reinforced what some industry experts have referred to as the ”year of the widget” in advertising. Recent campaigns include: — Cingular — Freewebs created a cutting-edge ring tone advertising campaign, which featured multi-media, viral video widgets to spotlight new and emerging artists. — Paramount Pictures/Freedom Writers — Freewebs built a highly engaging campaign called ”Be Heard,” which was sponsored by Paramount. The campaign involved a community on the homepage, which encouraged people to start a meaningful exchange with one another and to share personal and inspirational stories — just as they do in the movie. — Reebok — Freewebs created a customized campaign that allowed users to create and show-off RBK creations via a virtual Shoe Fight contest.

Freewebs aligned with RBK to increase awareness of its ”Run Easy” brand and to drive traffic to http://www.rbkcustom.com. — Ghost Rider/Sony Pictures — To help promote the Ghost Rider movie, Freewebs created a campaign utilizing media and creative elements via templates, shout-box, games and cursor effects. — Adidas — Adidas launched an ”Impossible Is Nothing” brand message to consumers. The objective of the campaign on Freewebs was to encourage consumers to adopt ”Impossible Is Nothing” as their personal mantra. Freewebs created a widget campaign to showcase this message via a user generated widget platform. The widget let users submit a story/brief account or videos demonstrating their “Impossible Is Nothing” experiences, aspirations and achievements. These stories were then added to the Adidas stars’ video stories as a form of inspiration. — The Number 23 Movie Campaign — Freewebs compelled users to see The Number 23 movie by creating a viral widget to ignite interest in the mystery of The Number 23.

Freewebs developed a Widget Game that manipulated bits of the users’ personal information to show them the ubiquity of the number 23 in their lives. Freewebs also recently announced the creation of a new Widget Marketing Association, a professional organization for engagement marketers that brings together agencies, brands, publishers and widget companies to exchange knowledge, best practices and help set standards.

Freewebs’ President Shervin Pishevar will serve as Chairman and Freewebs’ VP of Global Ad Sales, Chris Cunningham, will head the Steering Committee. Other WiMA member companies currently include: Clearspring; comScore; Freewebs; Gigya; Gizmoz; Goowy/Yourminis, RockYou and Widgetbox. Freewebs has been leading the way in more effective advertising campaigns with widgets, and to date, 17 million people and counting have built websites on Freewebs.com.

Founded in 2001, Freewebs.com offers members a personal digital hub that includes web pages, blogs, profile pages, photo sharing, e-commerce, and video, within a unified web presence. The company services more than 14 million users around the globe. Freewebs.com is privately held and based in Silver Spring, Maryland.

For more information about Freewebs.com, please visit: www.freewebs.com.

San Diego, California – (Website Hosting Directory) – July 16, 2007 – Web hosting company, Basiclink.com, was recently awarded a free Times Square ad for two days by Dell Computer’s Small Business Division as part of an online contest asking small business owners to express why businesses ”deserve” an ad in Times Square.

Business owners were requested to submit a graphic depicting their business and a short statement of less than 50 characters which would finish the statement ‘We believe…’ BasicLink, a San Diego based small business for over 11 years, founded by Daniel Seiden of Coronado, entered the contest with the statement ‘We Believe in Real Web Hosting, Beyond Expectation.’, and included a graphic especially designed for the contest. The contest entries were judged on the following criteria: 25% originality, 25% expression of theme, 25% clarity of statement and 25% quality of the photo.

Basiclink’s slogan refers to the origins of a true web host, or a company that hosts other business websites. It also reflects Basiclink’s commitment to clients such as the Cohn Restaurant Group, Village Hat Shop, Skin Industries, Backwoods, Beauty First, Southern California Yachts, EBI LTD. and many others.

Bryant Seely, Director of Marketing at Basiclink remarked, ”The Ad is testament to our creative team’s ability to deliver world class graphics and copy for websites and even Times Square billboards. We’re a small business that helps small business succeed, so we are honored that Dell would recognize that talent.”

Established in 1995, Basiclink, Inc. is a privately-held web design and hosting company. With customers worldwide, Basiclink offers e-commerce web hosting solutions that cater to individuals, small to medium-sized businesses, and web developers.

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

New York, New York – (The Hosting News) – February 27, 2007 – E-commerce solutions firm, MIVA, Inc., has fostered its global network, by entering into new Pay-Per-Click Ad partner agreements, whereby MIVA ads will be featured on partner websites.

Among these new agreements are:

• An in-text, Pay-Per-Click advertising agreement in the U.S. with TransWorldNews, Inc., a global leader in news and press release distribution, and owner of Finditt.com, an interactive search engine. TransWorldNews, Inc. will be displaying MIVA InLine Ads across www.transworldnews.com.
• A search and content agreement with leading French automotive website, Argusauto.com (www.argusauto.com). Argusauto.com is one of the top three automotive websites in France(a) and will be displaying MIVA’s Pay-Per-Click Ads through both content implementations and prompt links.
• A content agreement with France’s second most visited finance website, Boursier.com (www.boursier.com). Boursier.com generates over a million unique users per month and more than 15 million page impressions(a).
• A content deal with Germany’s largest sports portal Sport1 (www.sport1.de). The agreement reunites MIVA and Sport1 who had a previous Pay-Per-Click agreement in place a year ago. Under the terms of the new agreement MIVA will be displaying content driven Pay-Per-Click Ads across both the homepage and channel pages of the site.
• A content deal with MyVideo.de (www.myvideo.de), Germany’s 4th largest website with over 653 million page impressions per month(b). Under the terms of the agreement, content driven MIVA Pay-Per-Click Ads will be displayed across selected channels of the site.
• The resigning of a content agreement with Grupo Zeta, one of the top five publishers in Spain(a). The agreement will see MIVA continue to display content driven Pay-Per-Click Ads across a portfolio of 13 different Grupo Zeta sites including www.sport.es and www.elperiodico.com.

In addition to these agreements, MIVA also last month announced the signing of a search and content deal with the U.K.’s second largest local newspaper publisher, Johnston Press Plc(a). The agreement sees MIVA display targeted Pay-Per-Click Ads across a network of over 300 national, regional and classified websites.

Peter Corrao, Chief Executive Officer at MIVA offered, “We believe we’re building a good level of momentum following the signing of these new partner agreements. These are prestigious publishing brands across both the U.S. and Europe and we believe the wins are a significant vote of confidence in our ability as online monetization experts.”

Ray Firth, CFO of TransWorldNews, Inc. remarked, “The award of our Pay-Per-Click agreement to MIVA was based on the company’s proven track record in online monetization and demonstrable expertise in delivering highly relevant and targeted Pay-Per-Click Ads.”

These new partners form part of the MIVA MC Managed network, a Pay-Per-Click network that is designed for large online publishers and offers fully customized Pay-Per-Click implementations as well as ongoing account management and optimization services. The MIVA MC Managed network operates alongside MIVA’s new self-serve Pay-Per-Click online monetization platform, MIVA MC. MIVA MC launched in the U.S. and U.K. earlier this year.

MIVA Small Business is a solution partner that endeavors to enable tens of thousands of businesses worldwide to do business online. MIVA Small Business partners with an established network of e-commerce web hosts, software developers and web designers. MIVA is an online advertising network, dedicated to helping businesses grow. MIVA connects millions of buyers with sellers at exactly the right place and time. MIVA delivers qualified leads to advertisers, helps maximize revenue for partners, facilitates commerce for online merchants and provides relevant information to customers. The Company operates in North America and Europe.

For additional information about MIVA Merchant Express, please visit: www.miva.com.