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September 12, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Quigo and CareerBuilder.com Form Performance-Marketing Strategic AllianceQuigo's AdSonar to Provide Self-service, Performance-Based Advertising Opportunities on the Nation's Largest Online Job Site NEW YORK, NY — September 12, 2006 – Quigo, a pioneer and leading provider of targeted, pay-for-performance advertising, today announced that CareerBuilder.com, the nation's largest online job site, has signed an agreement to deploy a private label version of Quigo's AdSonar platform on its site. With AdSonar, CareerBuilder.com will generate new revenue through an auction-based, pay-per-click program featuring content-targeted sponsored links placed by performance marketing advertisers. "Offering this functionality provides more options for online advertisers who want to reach a vast audience of career-minded individuals," says Hope Gurion, Vice President of Business Development for CareerBuilder.com. "With Quigo, we are now able to create opportunities for advertisers that fit a variety of budgets and business models, as well as maximize the relevancy of advertising to our visitors." Unlike other blind ad networks where advertisers are uncertain of the specific sites or pages on which their ads will run, CareerBuilder.com's pay-per-click program powered by Quigo's AdSonar will offer full transparency. Sponsored link advertisements will be available on the CareerBuilder.com website with multiple targeting options available to advertisers including the site's Resource Center section, as well as specific pages and keywords. CareerBuilder.com and Quigo plan to integrate sponsored link ads with the Resource Center's rich content, enhancing user experience by serving highly-targeted ads based on user intent. "We are pleased to welcome CareerBuilder.com to the AdSonar network family," says Kevin Fortuna, Quigo's Vice President of Strategic Alliances. "CareerBuilder.com is a leading job search and career information site with a tremendous brand and high value traffic. By enabling them to develop new resource centers and other opportunities, we look forward to helping generate new revenue via advertising relationships they will own." CareerBuilder.com (www.careerbuilder.com) is the nation's largest online job site with more than 23 million unique visitors and over 1.5 million jobs. Owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB), and The McClatchy Company (NYSE:MNI), the company offers a vast online and print network to help job seekers connect with employers. CareerBuilder.com powers the career centers for more than 900 partners that reach national, local, industry and niche audiences. These include more than 150 newspapers and leading portals such as America Online and MSN. More than 250,000 employers take advantage of CareerBuilder.com's easy job postings, 18 million-plus resumes, Diversity Channel and more. Millions of job seekers visit the site every month to search for opportunities by industry, location, company and job type, sign up for automatic e-mail job alerts, and get advice on job hunting and career management. Quigo (www.quigo.com) provides innovative, performance-based marketing solutions for premium-branded websites and advertisers. Quigo's AdSonar is a leading network of premium-branded websites offering auction-based, pay-per-click advertising. AdSonar's content-targeted sponsored links are distributed to many of the web's most recognized sites including ESPN.com, PGATour.com, Golf Digest, ABC News, Martha Stewart, Homestore.com, Fox News, Lonely Planet, Fodors and; the online publications of American Media, Trader Publishing, IDG, Move.com, ForRent, and RealtyTrac; and for over 150 local, regional and national newspaper sites including those of The Chicago Tribune, Cox Newspapers, The Hearst Company, The McClatchy Company, Media General, Morris Communications, Media News Group, New York Times, and USA Today. AdSonar offers advertisers multiple targeting options for their pay-per-click campaigns including national and local targeting by vertical category, site, individual page, topic, and /or keyword. Quigo's suite of search marketing solutions, including its flagship FeedPoint product, offers scalable, technology-driven services to help leading e-commerce sites acquire customers, generate sales, and build brands. Founded in 2000, Quigo has offices in New York City and San Jose, CA. # # # Media Contacts:
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