NEW YORK, June 20, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- MarketWatch today launched a series of new blogs targeting readers who are interested in technology and financial stocks.
The blogs, written by some of MarketWatch's leading columnists and reporters including Frank Barnako, Bambi Francisco and Herb Greenberg, will appear regularly and provide commentary on issues facing investors who follow technology and financial stocks.
"Blogs are a very important tool investors use to secure information about stocks they follow," said Maria Molland, general manager, MarketWatch. "Blogs are a great way for MarketWatch to connect with its audience and get different perspectives from the community. We'll continue to expand our blogs to provide additional insight and information to our readers."
In addition, blogs offer MarketWatch a unique opportunity for advertisers as the blogs could lead to more traffic on the Web site. Also, external bloggers can now link to the MarketWatch blogs, which can further drive traffic. Also, having more blogs link in to MarketWatch improves its rankings in top search engines, which also drives traffic numbers upwards.
To read the MarketWatch blogs, please log onto http://blogs.marketwatch.com.
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