Market Wire, March, 2009
Digital media technology company
ARTISTdirect, Inc. ( www.artistdirect.com ) has selected WebMetro to boost
the online entertainment network’s Internet marketing with powerful search engine optimization
(SEO).
“As one of the most recognized free
music brands online, ARTISTdirect has several unique opportunities it
can capitalize on by gaining additional visibility with search engine
optimization. We look forward to helping ARTISTdirect significantly
increase its online
marketing ROI ,” said Carlos Ugalde, WebMetro CEO.
WebMetro’s search engine optimization experts are part of an integrated Internet marketing team with a
multi-disciplinary background. They will leverage their SEO experience,
advanced knowledge of search engine optimization techniques, and the
interactive agency’s proprietary search engine marketing technology DSMM
Advantage to energize ARTISTdirect’s online marketing.
“Adding WebMetro to our strategy for online growth and leveraging their
experience in search engine optimization contributes to our vision for
long-term success as a diversified entertainment media company,” concludes
Dimitri Villard, CEO of ARTISTdirect.
About ARTISTdirect Internet Group, Inc.
Headquartered in Santa Monica, CA, Artist Direct Internet Group controls
some of the Internet’s leading consumer music and entertainment information
properties. Its flagship website www.ARTISTdirect.com is the premier
destination for all things related to music and film and their artists.
Through its rich, multimedia repository of contextually relevant
information and entertainment, the company creates deep connections between
artists and fans that deliver benefits to both the entertainment consumer
and the entertainment industry. ARTISTdirect.com receives over 3 million
unique visitors per month while the ARTISTdirect Network, a family of
related Web sites, draws more than 12.4 million monthly unique visitors.
Featuring the latest hit videos, streams, free downloads, breaking news,
in-depth interviews with musicians, actors, filmmakers and film score
composers, a huge data base filled with biographies and discographies plus
hard-to-find information, as well as CDs, concert and movie tickets for
purchase, ARTISTdirect.com is the ultimate resource for anyone with an
appetite for finding new and interesting content about their favorite
artists and their music and films. ADIG’s other properties include the
legendary Ultimate Band List, www.UBL.com , one of the web’s first music
properties.
About Artist Direct, Inc.
ARTISTdirect, Inc. (OTCBB: ARTD) is a publicly-held holding company with
two operating subsidiaries. One, ARTISTdirect Internet Group, Inc.,
operates one of the largest destination sites on the Internet for music and
motion picture news, information and streaming music. ADIG also operates an
ad network that is currently ranked 5 in comScore’s ranking of music sites.
MediaDefender, Inc. provides intellectual property protection and business
information services to major motion picture studios, record labels,
television networks, gaming companies and software publishers and Internet
marketing services to advertising agencies and other clients.
About WebMetro
Since 1995, WebMetro has delivered powerful Internet marketing services,
helping online advertisers maximize ROI and profitably gain market share.
WebMetro has been named a Top Interactive Agency by BtoB magazine and has
earned recognition as a Fastest Growing Private Company by Inc. magazine
and Los Angeles Business Journal
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