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TheFind.com Introduces Innovative Web Advertising Option -- Mouse-over Banner
Major Retailers Set to Participate in Founding Partner Advertising Program; TheFind.com Launches Unique Concept That Enhances 'Discovery Shopping'
| Source: TheFind.com
LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire - September 18, 2007) - SHOP.ORG ANNUAL SUMMIT 2007 (Booth #229) -
TheFind, Inc. (www.thefind.com), the leading shopping search engine and web
destination for discovering lifestyle goods, today launched an
industry-first advertising unit called the Mouse-over Banner. The
innovative unit for the first time combines the targeted nature of text
link search advertising together with the high-impact brand building of
banner advertising. The company rolled out the new advertising format
through its new Founding Partner Program for merchants at Shop.Org's Annual
Summit 2007, the premier gathering of Internet and Multi-channel Retailers.
The development of the Mouse-over Banner unit is a result of consumer
feedback relating to both overall search engine design and the methodology
by which consumers are interested in receiving additional product and
pricing information. The three-month Founding Partner Program runs through
this Holiday season, and is designed to deliver intelligent feedback to
TheFind, as well as to innovative retailers who are interested in
understanding and shaping applications that can specifically help
merchants. The results of the program will highlight the effectiveness of
applications such as the new Mouse-over Banner unit in catering to
discovery shoppers.
The Mouse-over Banner is a relevant, contextual and targeted banner
advertisement that is only visible when a consumer scrolls over a product
for more information in the search results displayed by TheFind.com. This
allows embedded, target specific banners to be offered in the mouse-overs
without cluttering the page with unrelated advertising that often makes
results pages in typical search engines consumer unfriendly. Mouse-over
Banners are highly specific vehicles for retailers to deliver sales
acceleration tools such as coupons and "free shipping" information, as well
as up-selling and cross-selling messages. Brand manufacturers can use the
mouse-over banners to inform consumers of brand extensions, new products
and to deliver manufacturer coupons. Finally, Mouse-over Banners can also
be used as a competitive sales tool to attract consumers looking at
competing products and retailers.
Beginning Oct. 1 and running through the holiday shopping season, several
top-tier and boutique retailers will participate in the Founding Partners
Program of TheFind.com. These leading and forward-thinking retailers will
be the first to utilize TheFind's innovative advertising concepts as well
as several additional unique offerings, all in an effort to develop more
sales this Holiday shopping season.
"TheFind.com is pioneering 'discovery shopping' by enabling shoppers to not
only easily search and find the particular products they are looking to
buy, but to also to discover new products, related brands, discounts,
complementary products and new stores," said Siva Kumar, CEO of TheFind,
Inc. "We are introducing our innovative Mouse-over Banner to major online
retailers so they can target relevant advertising messages to the right
consumers at the right time, to increase sales and enhance discovery
shopping."
"Our Founding Partner Program participants are forward-thinking innovators
who are eager to test and identify the benefits of unique advertising
opportunities in a shopping-specific environment," said Larisa Hall, Vice
President of Marketing for TheFind, Inc. "By working with these retailers
to jointly fine-tune innovative advertising concepts, we are offering more
effective ways to market products and brands to consumers online."
For more information, please stop by the TheFind, Inc.'s booth #229 at
Shop.Org.
About TheFind, Inc.
TheFind, Inc. offers the leading shopping search engine that delivers
comprehensive, authentic and visually compelling results for products
across the lifestyle goods category. The Find.com family also includes
leading fashion shopping website Glimpse.com, which specifically caters to
fashion-savvy shoppers searching for the latest trends and hottest apparel
products. From the most popular e-commerce sites to the most unique,
hard-to-find brands, TheFind.com uniquely crawls the entire Web to find
more than 190 million products from more than 500,000 stores. By using its
patent-pending "product ranking" technology, TheFind.com displays the
best-selling products, styles, brands and stores for any shopping search
right on the first page of results -- saving consumers time and money.
TheFind.com, headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is backed by the
leading investors Bain Capital Ventures, Redpoint Ventures and Lightspeed
Venture Partners. For more information, visit www.thefind.com.