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Press release date: September 27, 2010
ThomasNet.com Receives Top Honors in Directory/Search Engine Category for 2010
NEW YORK, NY, September 27, 2010 - The Web Marketing Association (WMA) has recognized ThomasNet.com(http://www.thomasnet.com), for setting the standard of excellence on the internet.
As the winner of the WMA award for best website(http://www.webaward.org/winner.asp?eid=14703) in the Directory or Search Engine category, ThomasNet.com was honored for providing users with unparalleled content, technology and workplace tools. This includes 607,000 company listings indexed by 67,000 product and service categories, and thousands of comprehensive, fully searchable online catalogs. Additionally, visitors can access millions of downloadable 2-D and 3-D CAD drawings; and the latest news specially tailored to the industrial community.
ThomasNet.com is the destination where buyers connect with suppliers of every conceivable industrial product or service-from actuators to zirconium. Frequent visitors include purchasers and engineers from over 96% of fortune 500 companies, the military, the government, educational institutions, and more.
ThomasNet's Web Solutions Group also received an award for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development for its entry of Apex Packaging Corporation's (http://www.apexpackagingcorp.com/) website. ApexPackagingCorp.com is one of thousands of web solutions created by ThomasNet which helps industrial companies leverage Internet technologies to succeed in today's online environment by improving the performance of their websites.
"We are delighted to be honored for this achievement," said Tom Greco, Vice President, Publishing Operations at ThomasNet. "Our focus at ThomasNet.com is to provide the industrial sector with the ultimate destination for buying and selling the products and services they need. Giving these audiences complete access to the content and resources they require is a hallmark of our site, and we value our peers recognizing our contributions in this way."
Since its inception in 1997, the WMA's annual Web Award competition has used a rigorous evaluation and judging process to name the best websites across 96 industries and set the standard of excellence for all website development. Independent judges evaluate sites based on key criteria, such as overall content, interactivity, innovation, technology, and ease of use.
About ThomasNetSM ThomasNet helps companies in the industrial marketplace to increase sales, and serve their customers more efficiently.
For more than 110 years, ThomasNet (previously Thomas Register) has connected buyers and suppliers of industrial products and services to do business with one another. The company's flagship offerings are ThomasNet.com, where more than one million buyers per month connect with sellers online, and Web Solutions, which help industrial companies leverage Internet technologies to improve the performance of their websites and achieve their business goals. At the core of each Web Solution is the Navigator Platform, ThomasNet's proprietary technology designed to provide industrial buyers with all the tools and functionality they need to make intelligent buying decisions online.
*ThomasNet Web Solutions is part of Thomas Industrial Network which includes ThomasNet.com, ThomasNet News, and Web Traxs®. Thomas Industrial Network offers a range of Internet marketing solutions to help industrial suppliers achieve their business goals through the integration of detailed content and leading web technology.
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