E.B.O.Z., Inc. (“eBoz”), a leading provider of technology based Internet Web site promotion and marketing solutions to small to medium size businesses (SMB), today announced the release of the latest version of LinkBuddies.com, its leading free banner exchange service. LinkBuddies 3.0 was successfully released to existing members and the initial feedback has been outstanding.

E.B.O.Z., Inc. (“eBoz”), a leading provider of technology based Internet Web site promotion and marketing solutions to small to medium size businesses (SMB), today announced the release of the latest version of LinkBuddies.com, its leading free banner exchange service. LinkBuddies 3.0 was successfully released to existing members and the initial feedback has been outstanding.

Some of the new features included in Linkbuddies 3.0 are sliding exchange rates, category ad targeting, statistical traffic and visitor reporting, and the ability to receive cash for unused impression credits. LinkBuddies 3.0 represents the most advanced, feature-rich free banner exchange service available today.

“Since the release of LinkBuddies 3.0, new member signups have significantly increased,” stated Chad Buechler, Vice President, Web Properties. “Our members have expressed considerable interest in the new statistical and visitor profiling features. We believe LinkBuddies 3.0 raises the bar dramatically for other free banner exchanges.”

LinkBuddies 3.0 features include:
•    Sliding Exchange Rates – Members can determine their own exchange rates. The better the click through ratio that is generated on ads shown on a member’s site, the better the exchange rate is for that member. Exchange rates can be as high as 1 to 1.
•    Category Ad Targeting – Members can "talk" exclusively to their targeted markets. Members can select at least five categories from our extensive list of 150 Web site categories provided to target banners.
•    Automatic Targeting - If members are unsure whom to target, they can set their account to "Auto Target" and our servers will automatically select the best categories in which their ads perform most effectively.
•    StatsBuddy -Traffic Report – LinkBuddies offers detailed "graphical" reports on visitors to a member’s site. Our traffic reports provide members with every imaginable traffic statistic about their Web sites -- unique number of visitors, page views, by hours, by days, and much more!
•    StatsBuddy - Visitor Profiling – Members can profile their visitors by operating systems – are the visitors MAC or Windows users. Members can learn about their audience and cater to their liking.
Visitors can also be profiled by their browser preference and version to ensure that a Web site looks and behaves as planned.
Members can profile visitors by geography to better market to all areas of the World Wide Web.
•    StatsBuddy - Visitor Behavior – Members can answer all the questions they’ve been dying to know about their visitors? Which is the most frequent entrance or exit Web page? How long did a visitor stay on a Web site? How many pages has a visitor viewed before they left a Web site? We have all the answers in colorful, graphical easy-to-read reports.
•    30 days Traffic statistics and Visitor profile reports archive – Members can access and view their graphic statistical reports online 24/7. Reports are archived for up to 30 days.
•    Buddy Bank – Members can earn money from their unused inventory. Unused inventory doesn’t have to sit uselessly in a member’s account – it can be turned into cash through our Buddy Bank.
•    Banner Credits Protection Tool – Members can protect their banners credits from displaying on inactive sites. We email members if their site is down and disable their banners automatically.
•    Wizard-based banner creator - LinkBuddies walks members through an easy, three-step wizard to create their very own banners.
•    Buddy Credits - LinkBuddies Referral Programs - As a way to help members earn more credits and more cash, every member that refers a new member to us will receive 20% of the new member’s credits, forever!
•    Daily eMarketing Tips, Weekly Articles, and Monthly Feature Articles – The latest eMarketing editorials are delivered seamlessly to our members’ account control panels. The articles are carefully written by reputable and experienced Internet Marketing Gurus.
•    eMarketing Q&A Search Engine – Members can "Ask" and "Search" for information and advice about eMarketing.
•    Extremely detailed banner performance reports – LinkBuddies provides detailed reports on banner performance. All possible data is presented for each banner including: # of impressions/clicks; # of other people's ads shown on a member’s site that day; and clicks down to the hour, day, week, and month.
•    Flexible HTML codes - LinkBuddies knows that each individual Web site is unique. Members choose from several different styles of HTML codes to best fit their Web site.
•    Multiple Accounts Management under One Login – Members can create as many accounts as needed (unlimited). LinnkBuddies affords members full flexibility to manage their banner advertising. Toggling while managing multiple accounts has never been easier!
•    Handling Multiple Sites – Members can advertise one Web site or more. There is no limit to the number of Web sites a member promotes in an account.
•    Rotation Weighting System – Members can specify which banners should display more often than others -- a great feature for managing banner inventory.
•    Superior Customer Support – Customer support is an integral part of LinkBuddies. Every email is important to us and will get answered by our staff within the next business day.
•    User-friendly Interface - Easy-to-navigate tabs, tools, tips, help, FAQ, and guide every step of the way. User-friendliness was our first priority in developing LinkBuddies’ robust features.

Established in 1997, LinkBuddies is one of the largest and oldest free banner exchanges on the Internet. We are one of the first movers in the industry who is still proudly and vigorously moving ahead. LinkBuddies’ motto is Bring the world to your web page, and our members are doing just that. Additional information is available at www.linkbuddies.com, or from the eBoz corporate site found at www.eboz.com .

About EBOZ, Inc.
E.B.O.Z., Inc., a California company, with offices in Santa Monica, California, Seneca Falls, New York and Spokane, Washington, is a technology innovator dedicated to providing innovative Web site promotion and marketing solutions to the SMB marketplace. Our products and services integrate numerous online promotion and marketing solutions into comprehensive, user-friendly platforms that allow SMB owners to easily promote, market, and profit from their Web sites. For more information on our services, please visit our Web site at www.eboz.com.