Sixty Percent of Top Ten Dealers on Wards eDealer 100 List use Dealer.com as Online Marketing Provider



Dealer.com the leading provider of online marketing solutions for the automotive industry, today announced that six of the top ten dealers on the Ward's Dealer Business e-Dealer 100 list use Dealer.com as their online marketing provider. Dealer.com provides comprehensive solutions to individual dealers, dealer groups and OEMs that include website design, search marketing, lead management and performance analytics.

"Dealers notice an immediate difference in lead volume and quality when they switch to Dealer.com SmartSites," said Dean Evans, Chief Marketing Officer of Dealer.com. "Unlike other large website vendors, we focus on performance and these results are clearly evident in the latest Ward's e-dealer 100 rankings with six of the top ten e-dealers in the country using Dealer.com as well as many of the other top 100 dealers on the list."

The Jim Ellis Auto Group in Atlanta was ranked #8 on the Ward's e-dealer 100 list. "Dealer.com has added good value in search engine optimization, search engine marketing, and conversion of visitors to our sites," said Wayne Ussery, Director of Internet Marketing at Jim Ellis. "Our site traffic is the best closing lead source of all, and we are pleased. The attitude of Dealer.com of finding solutions is a positive thing for us. We consider them a valuable partner."

Dealer.com's award-winning SmartSites are designed to attract serious shoppers and convert more browsers to buyers than any other vendor websites. Built for performance, SmartSites are easy to navigate, load quickly and have more lead generating forms and calls to action that encourage consumers to submit leads. Dealer.com SmartSites are consistently ranked the highest in organic and paid search engine results, due to the company's Dynamic SEO services and Total Control Dominator, which gives dealers the power to manage their own search marketing campaigns on the fly. Dealer.com also provides dealers with easy-to-use lead management and performance analytics reporting tools.

The 2008 Ward's e-Dealer 100 ranked dealers based on unit sales via the internet and was published in the April edition of Ward's Dealer Business. Commercial references to the Ward's e-Dealer 100 are prohibited without prior permission of Ward's Automotive Group. Ward's Dealer Business is a leading monthly magazine serving the franchised new car dealer, with news analysis and best practice information to help the dealer increase profits throughout his or her business. Ward's e-Dealer 100 is copyright 2008 Penton Media Inc. and is available at www.WardsDealer.com.

About Dealer.com

Founded in Burlington, VT in 1997, Dealer.com is the industry leader of online marketing solutions for the automotive industry. Dealer.com offers the only fully-integrated, Web-based, closed-loop marketing platform that measures the effectiveness of every marketing program, while tracking responses and respondents, from exposure to closure. The platform includes NADA award-winning automotive dealer websites, user-friendly lead management tools, the most proven local search engine advertising solutions available, and unparalleled metrics and Web analytics. Dealer.com is the only company to truly revolutionize the online marketing and sales effectiveness for auto dealers with an unmatched level of speed, precision and ease-of-use. For more information, please visit www.dealer.com or call 888-894-8989.





Sixty Percent of Top Ten Dealers on Wards eDealer 100 List use Dealer.com as Online Marketing Provider