JUPITERMEDIA ANNOUNCES SEARCHENGINEWATCH.COM AWARD WINNERS
(New York, NY - March 31, 2005) -- JupiterWeb, a division of Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM), today announced Yahoo! has been named Outstanding Search Service in the 5th Annual Search Engine Watch Awards. Google placed second in the category, however, it earned more wins than any other search engine overall, getting top honors in the Best Search Ads Provider, Best U.S. Shopping Search Engine, Most SEO/Webmaster Friendly Search Provider and Best News Search Engine categories. The readers of SearchEngineWatch.com, the source for search engine marketing, have chosen the winners for the Search Engine Watch Awards.
"It is a great time for search, with a lot of innovation and improvement occurring across the board," said Danny Sullivan, editor of SearchEngineWatch.com. "We enjoy the awards as they are a good way for SearchEngineWatch.com and our readers to recognize important achievements in search," added Sullivan.
The winners by category are as follows:
Outstanding Search Service: Yahoo!
Best Meta Search Engine: Jux2
Best News Search Engine: Google News
Best Blog/Feed Search Engine: Ask Jeeves' Bloglines
Best Image Search Engine: Yahoo Images
Best U.S. Shopping Search Engine: Google's Froogle
Most SEO/Webmaster Friendly Search Provider: Google
Best Search Ads Provider: Google AdWords
Honorable mentions were also given out to a variety of companies for the categories of Best Search Feature and Best Specialty Search Engine.
About Jupitermedia Corporation
Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM), (www.jupitermedia.com)
headquartered in Darien, CT, is a leading global provider of original information, images, research and events for information technology, business and creative professionals. Jupitermedia includes JupiterImages, one of the leading images companies in the world with over 7.0 million images online serving creative professionals with brands like Comstock Images, Creatas, PictureQuest, Liquid Library, Thinkstock Images, Thinkstock Footage, Photos.com, HemeraImages.com, Ablestock.com, PhotoObjects.net, Clipart.com and Animations.com; and JupiterWeb, the online media division of Jupitermedia which operates five distinct online networks: internet.com and EarthWeb.com for IT and business professionals; DevX.com for developers; ClickZ.com for interactive marketers; and Graphics.com, for creative professionals. JupiterWeb properties include more than 150 Web sites and over 150 e-mail newsletters that are viewed by over 20 million users and generate over 300 million page views monthly. Jupitermedia also includes: JupiterResearch, a leading international research advisory organization specializing in business and technology market research in 18 business areas and 14 vertical markets; and JupiterEvents, which produces offline conferences and trade shows focused on IT and business-specific topics, including Search Engine Strategies and WiFi/VoWiFi Planet.
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