Wand, Inc, a leading directory technology company, and ThomasB2B.com, a B2B pay-for-performance advertising network, announced today the launch of eZource.com, a new website designed to serve global business users seeking to identify new suppliers around the world. The new website profiles over 800,000 supplies located in 172 countries.Denver, CO (PRWEB) December 5, 2004 -- Wand, Inc., (www.wandinc.com), a leading directory technology company, and ThomasB2B.com LLC, (www.thomasb2b.com), a B2B pay-for-performance advertising network, announced today the launch of eZource.com, a new website designed to serve global business users seeking to identify new suppliers around the world. Our partnership with eZource.com is a great example of the kind of collaboration among publishers that is increasingly taking place in the online world, says Dan Savage, President and Founder of ThomasB2B.com. Todays business buyers demand best of breed content and advertising that increases, rather than detracts, from the value of the website. ThomasB2B.coms highly targeted paid listings make is easier for buyers to identify the kinds of suppliers they want to do business with. Wand is proud to be partnering with ThomasB2B.com to deliver an impressive mix of highly focused ad-content and granular directory listings, says Ross Leher, CEO of Wand. We are confident eZource.com will be a valuable resource to match suppliers with buyers of business-to-business products.The eZource.com website publishes profiles of more than 800,000 companies located in 172 countries. Initially published only in English, eZource.com will appear in ten other languages by the end of the year. The eZource.com online business-to-business sourcing directory combines the cornerstone of Wands directory technology, the WAND Product and Service Taxonomy, with ThomasB2B.coms advanced pay-per-click ad matching technology to deliver targeted content to end-users. About Wand, Inc.Since 1995, Wand, Inc. (www.wandinc.com) has developed and delivered a precision, multi-lingual, natural language product and service taxonomy, the Wand Taxonomy, for product and service centered applications. Powered by WAND online directory solutions, featuring the WAND Taxonomy, provide a robust and customizable application to structure, and search any product and service based information. WAND, Inc. serves customers on five continents.About Thomasb2b.comThomasB2B.com, (www.thomasb2b.com) is a global online advertising network that links professional buyers with qualified business suppliers. Geared toward the business-to-business market, the network features bid-for-position and pay-per-click pricing along with streamlined search capabilities based on business categories. With ThomasB2B.com, advertisers will be able to place bids for click throughs for each of approximately 10,000 product categories in the Thomas Global Register Directory. Listings will appear on participating Thomas websites and other affiliate websites that agree to become part of the ThomasB2B advertising network. ThomasB2B.com allows users to conduct searches in seven languages and provides directory information on companies in 29 countries.Contact Information: Mark Leher WAND, Inc. Director of Marketing Communications 303-623-1200 ext. 267 Miranda TanExcite Media Group, LLC212-941-8499 ext. 102
