Adicio Announces Winners of 2007 Adicio Best Practices Awards

The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Syracuse Post-Standard, Boston Globe, New York Times, Columbus Dispatch, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch were among the winners of the 3rd annual Adicio Best Practices Awards, honoring client web sites that have excelled in the careers, real estate and motors verticals and incorporated progressive strategies that set the standard for other companies to follow.

More than 70 Adicio clients representing leading media and niche companies from around the world convened in Las Vegas on Feb. 1 for Adicioís annual Best Practices Awards, which were presented during Adicioís annual Client Conference. Adicio, the leading developer of web-based classified advertising solutions, acknowledged exceptional client websites, as judged by Peter Krasilovsky of Krasilovsky Consulting, a well known online media authority and the author of The Local Onliner, and analysts from The Kelsey Group, a leading provider of strategic research and analysis, data and competitive metrics on local online media and commerce.

ìLooking at all the Adicio sites, we were greatly impressed with what their clients have accomplished in the past year,î said Neal Polachek, The Kelsey Groupís Senior Vice President, Advisory Services, Research and Consulting. ìAfter judging this contest, we are convinced that newspapers, TV stations and niche web sites are doing a better job ëfitting iní the new media landscape.î

ìThe Adicio Best Practices Awards recognize sites that have done an outstanding job of implementing Adicio software to maximize their online classifieds,î said Rick Miller, CEO, Adicio. ìWe look at features, navigation and functionalities, as well the siteís ability to communicate with users, generate traffic and revenue, and work with other sites within Adicioís network of partner sites.î

The winners of the 2007 Adicio Best Practice Awards are:

Best Careers Site (Large) ñ NYTimes.com
The New York Times

Best Careers Site (Small) ñ WISTV.com
Raycom Media

Best Real Estate Site (Large) ñ RealEstateJournal.com
Dow Jones and Company, Inc.

Best Real Estate Site (Small) ñ Search4Homes.nzherald.co.nz
APN Holdings NZ Ltd.

Best Motors Site (Large) ñ STLToday.com/autos
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Best Motors Site (Small) ñ ColumbusCars.com
The Columbus Dispatch

Best International Site ñ ComputingCareers.co.uk
The Nielsen Company

Best Niche Site ñ LawJobs.com
American Lawyer Media

Best Cross-Posting
DiversityInc.com

Best National Network Participant ñ Syracuse.com
The Post-Standard

Best Online Media Kit ñ FT.com
The Financial Times Ltd.

Best Online Media Kit ñ BostonWorks.com
The Boston Globe