WebAdvantage.net Lands Seventh Home Improvement and Design Client: Decorative Product Source, Inc. Contracts for Search Engine Optimization Ecommerce Web Site Assessment

Business Wire, May 1, 2007

Agency Reputation as Home Improvement Online Marketer Continues to Build

HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. -- WebAdvantage.net, (http://www.webadvantage.net), a full-service search marketing and online advertising agency, today announced its seventh client win in the home improvement and design industry. Decorative Product Source, Inc. (DP Source), through several web sites, is the leading online merchant of decorative plumbing, lighting and hardware products. The firm contracted WebAdvantage.net to provide a search engine optimization (SEO) ecommerce assessment for its web site, LightingShowplace.com. Other WebAdvantage.net home improvement clients like Long Fence and Long Home; Carapace; and Iron World credit the agency for significantly increasing their search engine rankings, site visibility, traffic and sales, while still others like Greenbaum Interiors and A&S Sales have turned to the agency for different assistance.

WebAdvantage.net President and CEO Hollis Thomases attributes this latest win to her agency's solid reputation as a leading SEO boutique shop and loyal client following. "Because a growing number of home improvement purchasing decisions are made on the Web, more companies in this vertical are turning to companies like ours for help. We win and retain clients because of our proven SEO processes and because clients are assured senior level expertise and dedicated account managers," said Thomases.

In 2006, WebAdvantage.net increased its business portfolio more than 50 percent with 18 new clients. Nearly 88 percent of these SEO clients' keywords are currently included in the top two pages of Google, Yahoo and MSN. Top search engine rankings can generate up to 900 percent more site traffic, which can translate to up to 80 percent more in sales.

About WebAdvantage.net

Founded in 1998, WebAdvantage.net is a privately-held woman-owned agency. Its core competencies include online advertising, search engine optimization, paid search campaign management, and Internet strategy. The WebAdvantage.net client portfolio includes: Nokia USA, Johns Hopkins University, Zurich North America, Nature Made Vitamins, Blair Corporation, Pointsec, the Baltimore Area Convention & Visitors Association, Connections Academy and Connecticut Plastics. Company president and founder Hollis Thomases is a noted industry spokesman who is frequently quoted in the press. Thomases writes a bi-weekly expert column on online marketing for ClickZ.com (http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3622873), a leading Internet advertising and marketing publication. For more information, visit the WebAdvantage.net web site at http://www.webadvantage.net or call 410-942-0488.