AuctionAds Wins eBay Star Developer Award

MediaWhiz Division AuctionAds Wins eBay Star Developer Award for ''Most Innovative Application-Buyer'' eBay Developers Conference

 June 21, 2007 - NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AuctionAds, a division of MediaWhiz Holdings Inc., today announced it received the eBay Star Developer Award for "Most Innovative Application-Buyer" at the sixth annual eBay Developers Conference. AuctionAds (www.auctionads.com) enables users to monetize their website by displaying live eBay auctions next to their related copy.

"We are honored to accept this prestigious award, which recognizes that AuctionAds is a successful tool for leveraging the lucrative eBay affiliate system, in a way that is easy for publishers to use," stated AuctionAds CTO David Dellanave.

"The eBay Star Developers Awards recognize developers for their innovation and commitment to the eBay platform," said Max Mancini, senior director of disruptive innovation at eBay. "AuctionAds was awarded for its efficiency using innovative caching techniques, allowing it to serve up 30 million impressions a month with only 200,000 API calls, an impressive volume of traffic per API call."

The eBay Developers Conference in Boston brings together more than 500 third-party developers, entrepreneurs and affiliates to meet with technologists and business leaders from eBay, PayPal, ProStores, Shopping.com and Skype.

About AuctionAds

AuctionAds (www,auctionads.com), a division of MediaWhiz Holdings Inc., users to monetize their website by displaying live eBay auctions next to their related copy.

About MediaWhiz

MediaWhiz is a leading online marketing company delivering a fully integrated solution for brand advertisers, direct marketers and publishers by leveraging its suite of marketing services to achieve measurable results. Services include affiliate marketing, lead generation, email marketing, list management, display advertising, text link advertising and search marketing. MediaWhiz delivers more than 3 million monthly leads to over 3,000 advertisers through its database of more than 100 million consumer email addresses and relationships with over 20,000 publishers. Private equity firm Lake Capital first invested in MediaWhiz in August 2005. Through acquisitions and organic growth, MediaWhiz has established its position as a leading provider of integrated marketing. More information on MediaWhiz is available at www,mediawhiz.com.
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Sell Old Cell Phone To Help Finance New iPhone

iPhone Shopping? Check CellForCash.com First

With prices starting at $499, iPhone shoppers may want to sell their old cell phone using CellForCash.com to help cover some of the cost.

Ocala FL (PRWEB) June 25, 2007 -- A May poll by research firm M:Metrics revealed that about 19 million U.S. cell phone users are ready to fork over as much as $599 for the new iPhone. CellForCash.com wants to help every one of those iPhone buyers pay for their purchase.

"Many people don't realize that their old cell phone has a value," says James Mosieur, CEO of RMS Communications the company that operates CellForCash.com. "The price of the iPhone puts it out of reach for a lot of people; CellForCash.com may help make it affordable."

CellForCash.com buys over 600 models of cell phones and with prices ranging from $5 to over $300 chances are your cell phone will have some value. For instance a Samsung T509 that T-Mobile gives away for free will fetch $21 at CellForCash.com. A Motorola RAZR v3xx that sells for $79 on the AT&T Wireless website is worth $63 when you sell it at CellForCash.com.

"CellForCash.com is a natural place to start when shopping for a new cell phone" says Mosieur, "in this market $20 could make the difference between getting the phone you want and settling for the one you can afford."

Selling an old cell phone to CellForCash.com is quick and easy and can be started before the new cell phone is purchased. Here's how it works. The user finds their old cell phone in the list of phones CellForCash.com accepts; they enter their shipping and payment information; CellForCash.com then sends them a postage paid box to return their old cell phone; after the cell phone is tested a check is sent. The whole process takes 30 to 45 days.

CellForCash.com wants you to be ready when the iPhone goes on sale on June 29th so they are encouraging shoppers to start the process of selling their cell phones now. "Cell phone shoppers can accomplish two things if they start right way. First they can see what their old cell phone is worth; second they can get a box on the way," said Mosieur. "Since the box will take a few days to arrive, it's a good idea to start their transaction just before they upgrade."

The market changes so quickly and new cell phone models are introduced nearly every week so there is a chance that your old cell phone has no value. In those instances CellForCash.com will recycle it for free or make it available to victims of abuse and senior citizens through their national partnership with the 911 Cell Phone Bank.

About CellForCash.com
CellForCash.com pays cash for used cell phones, and makes the process simple by displaying the phones it will buy and the prices it will pay for them right on the web site. It also provides sellers with already-addressed, postage-paid mailing boxes. The site lists over 600 models from 21 manufacturers including Motorola, Nokia LG and Samsung. For more information visit the web site at www.CellForCash.com.

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Press Contact: JAMES MOSIEUR
Company Name: RMS Communications
Phone: 352-369-3888
Website: www.cellforcash.com

Ebay AuctionAds Debut Coup?

EBay cancels ads in tiff with Google
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
EBay is one of Google's biggest advertisers. The search engine funnels millions of Web surfers to the auction site. But the two companies have grown ...

EBay threatens to pull ads off Google
MSNBC - USA
Google's retreat came only after Ebay cut some of its advertising spending on the company's search site, in what appeared to be a blunt attempt to warn ...

By now, ebay has to have taken notice of what the company behind AuctionAds has done and started to realize that at least where the content network is concerned, they could do a lot better. If you have not see the ads from AuctionAds yet, they are a cross between the small text ads that you see from Google, and the multi-tabbed ads (Which are cool) from that loser company Chitika (Don't get me started on them. It's enough to say they dropped me and treated me like shit. Try them at your own risk, but do some searches in Google first before you waste your time with them.).

 

AuctionAds are as easy to use as AdSense, but the two nice things are that 1) they include a small image from each auction, which most AdSensers know greatly improves click-through rates, and 2) you can choose the keywords to target the ads to your site. The keyword targeted takes a little extra work that you don't have with contextual ads like Google's, but from what I have seen it pays off. There's no learning curve and if you are not happy with the ads you see you can make some changes. To see a good example of how this works, visit our site: http://www.EbayAuctionAds.com and you can test out the results.

 

I think you have to have considerable site traffic to realize the best results, or a site that gets traffic related to shopping or products. We had positive results right away, but we still have to keep our day job for now. Most site owners are reporting results as good or better than ours so it's worth testing on at least one site for sure.

 

Since Google has been discouraging the use of images placed closed next to AdSense Ads, I can see more people trying AuctionAds, and perhaps in some cases replacing AdSense if the income is there. What I expect to see is Google responding to this new attention to ebay as a revenue generator by allowing advertisers to add small images to be placed next to their ads, OR providing a library of images that advertisers can select from as relating to their products and services.

Midwest Cornhole Played Late Into The Night

Enhance Your Game of Cornhole and Play Late into the Night

Gentech Products, LLC. introduces The Bag-O-Lantern.

Elmhurst, Il. (PRWEB) June 13, 2007 -- Gentech Products, LLC. Creators of The Holdem (www.drinkholdem.com) is proud to announce the addition of The Bag-O-Lantern to its line of unique innovative products. Now with the technology of high-brightness white LED's the game of cornhole can be played into the late hours of the night.

Cornhole is a game craze that is sweeping the Midwest and growing quickly. Cornhole or Corn Toss is similar to horseshoes but much safer; it is played with corn feed sewn into a cloth bag. The bags are tossed over a distance onto a slanted board and into a six inch diameter hole. The game is so addicting that most players don't want to quit playing at dusk.

The Bag-O-Lantern easily attaches to any regulation size board and encompasses the six inch diameter hole with high-brightness white LED's which provides enough illumination to play all night.

The Bag-O-Lantern employs eight high-brightness white LED's configured in a circle pattern and encased in an injection molded enclosure with an optically clear lens. The LED's are rated for 100,000 hours, operated with a one 9V battery that provides more than ten hours of fun.

The Bag-O-Lantern is a product of Gentech Products, LLC (patent pending) and another unique solution to an everyday problem. For more information about The Bag-O-Lantern or to be a distributor please visit our website at www.bag-o-lantern.com

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Press Contact: Mike Koczor
Company Name: gentech products, llc.
Phone: 630 832-2641
Website: www.bag-o-lantern.com

 

Community Site For Microsoft Zune Player Grows

Zune Community Site Goes International; Surpasses 2 Million Pageviews

Zunerama, an online site devoted to Microsoft's Zune digital media player, releases translated versions of its site, in response to increased international traffic. Offering user forums and technical resources for Zune owners, the site's pages have had over two million pageviews since its launch in July 2006.

Bellingham, WA (PRWEB) June 1, 2007 -- Zunerama, a website devoted to Microsoft Zune, has responded to its growing international audience by offering translated versions of its site in Spanish, French, German, Italian and Japanese.

"We've noticed more and more people coming to Zunerama from outside the U.S., and rolled out these translated versions of the site to respond to that," says Harvey Chute, who founded Zunerama last July. Zunerama is a leading Zune site and has had over two million pageviews since its launch.

Zune was released in the United States in November 2006. Microsoft has not yet announced worldwide roll-out dates for Zune or for its online music service, Zune Marketplace.

Despite Zune's limited launch, Zunerama reports that its site is frequented by readers in over 150 countries. "While the majority of our viewers are from the United States, increasingly we are seeing visitors and new members from around the globe," Chute noted. "In the past week, for example, we've had 38,000 visits from five continents."

According to Zunerama's visitor statistics, the countries with the most Zune enthusiasts, after the United States, are the United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Australia, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Venezuela, Spain and France.

While few options exist at this point for acquiring Zune players outside of the U.S., international Zune users are buying players while on trips to the U.S. or through indirect channels such as eBay.

Zune Marketplace cannot yet be used for music purchases from locations outside the United States; the service requires that Marketplace accounts have a U.S.-based credit card. Zune owners can, however, load most existing music from their PCs onto their Zune player, without using Marketplace.

Zunerama offers its translated pages through Google's Translate service, currently in beta release. "Today, the Spanish-language version is the most popular translation of the site," Chute said.

Zunerama offers resources for Zune owners, including user forums, daily news and analysis, answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs), accessory reviews, player tips and tutorials, and advanced tricks and hacks.

"Our aim is to be a one-stop for all things Zune, not just for people in the U.S. but worldwide," Chute said. "I expect we'll see even more international visitors as the Zune roll-out continues. And we want to be ready for that."

Established in July 2006, Zunerama (http://www.zunerama.com) is an online resource center for Zune. The site serves as a hub for the Zune user community, and provides Zune user forums, a blog with Zune news and commentary, FAQ, archived original Zune stories, reviews of Zune players and accessories, documentation library, specification sheets, buyer's guides and online store.

Microsoft Zune is a wireless-enabled digital media player, with a 30-gigabyte hard drive, 3-inch screen and built-in FM receiver. Through Zune Marketplace, Zune owners can download music either by purchasing individual songs or through a Zune Pass subscription service.
In Zunerama's user forum, Zune enthusiasts gather to share reviews, facts, tips, opinions and other information. In addition, Zunerama offers more Zune giveaways than any other website. The site has given away over 100 Zune players, cases, armbands, skins, software and other Zune accessories to its members.

Zunerama also publishes reviews of Zune accessories, and provides a "Recommended by Zunerama" rating to guide Zune enthusiasts on products that have passed Zunerama's accessory reviews.

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Press Contact: Harvey Chute
Company Name: Zunerama
Phone: (360) 319-6795
Website: http://www.zunerama.com