Marchex Connect owned by Marchex, a company in our Domain Parking Stock Index, was named a winner of the “Best Search Engine Marketing Technology Platform for SMBs” – small-to-medium-sized businesses at today’s Search Engine Strategies 2008 Conference and Expo being held in San Jose, California.

“This honor is further recognition of Marchex’s position as the leading independent local advertising platform in the market and underscores our commitment and success in the local space,” said Scott Finholm, Vice President, Local Platform and Services at Marchex. “We are continuing to innovate on the Marchex Connect platform, as evidenced by the release of Marchex Connect 2.0 a couple of weeks ago, and look forward to releasing additional technology, products, and services that will further help our partners, and the local customers they serve, grow their businesses.”

The SES Award winners were selected by a panel of industry experts and the SES Awards editorial staff. Winners were determined based on success in four key areas:

• Innovation in methodology and execution
• Achieving success goals
• Excellence in tactical execution
• Overall approach and category relevance

We congratulate Marchex on this award