Visicom Media and Pixsy Corporation Announce Joint Distribution Partnership

July 27, 2006; 02:26 AM
Visicom Media Inc. today announced a strategic partnership with Pixsy Corporation whereby the two companies will jointly distribute products. Under the terms of the deal, Pixsy will power image search in Visicom Media's widely distributed VMN Toolbar and also power a private label visual search engine. Pixsy provides the latest in image search functionality by utilizing RSS feeds for the freshest online material, advanced browsing and sorting functionality, and an elegant AJAX interface. Visicom Media will provide Pixsy with an image search toolbar to be distributed at Pixsy.com and through Pixsy-powered vertical search engines.

"Pixsy adds significant value to our toolbar by providing us with their next-generation image search engine," said Patrice Carrenard, CEO of Visicom Media. "Given that image search is the fastest growing search vertical on the Internet today, and given that Pixsy is the clear leader in this category, this makes for a solid partnership."

Chase Norlin, the CEO of Pixsy, added that "Visicom is the leading private label toolbar provider on the Internet and we're excited about them powering a toolbar to our growing user base."

About Visicom Media

Visicom Media is a world leader in providing toolbar technology that helps organizations drive millions of visitors back to their Website. Industry leaders such as Yahoo!®, Comcast, Verizon, Nasdaq, Netscape, Sony, T-online, Wanadoo, Walt Disney, Real Network, and Mapquest have used Visicom Media's acclaimed toolbar technology. For more information, visit Visicommedia.com.

About Pixsy Corporation

Pixsy Corporation is a next-generation media search platform with offices in San Francisco, CA and Seattle, WA. Pixsy owns and operates Pixsy.com, a web-based visual search platform that powers private label photo and video search engines for online websites and applications (according to Nielsen//NetRatings, image search is the fastest growing vertical search category on the Internet). Pixsy was founded by a team of engineers and business leaders hailing from Microsoft, Sony, and ValueClick.