Digital Garage and Technorati Sign Distribution Agreement

Digital Garage and Technorati Sign Distribution Agreement

Technorati Japan to Launch in 2005

TOKYO, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Garage, Inc. and Technorati, Inc., the leader in tracking what's happening on the Web right now, announced an agreement to distribute Technorati services in Japan, thereby establishing Technorati Japan.

Technorati Japan, a subsidiary of Digital Garage and Technorati's first foray into international markets, will sell all existing Technorati services, as well as blog strategy consulting for Fortune 1000 companies and market research. The service will ship in 2005.

"The explosive growth of blogging in Japan represents a major opportunity for Technorati," said David Sifry, CEO and Founder of Technorati. "This agreement with Digital Garage uniquely positions us to take advantage of this rapidly growing market."

"Weblogs are a relatively new phenomenon in both the US and Japan, and the cultures surrounding weblogs in both nations are not that different. As Digital Garage understands that weblogs are an important new form of Internet media, we are excited to expand the usage of weblogs in Japan. We are also very pleased to partner with Technorati to bring Technorati's services to the Japanese marketplace," said Kaoru Hayashi, CEO of Digital Garage.

About Digital Garage, Inc.

Digital Garage was founded in Tokyo in 1995 and went public in December of 2000. Digital Garage currently has eleven group companies and of those eleven, three companies including Digital Garage are publicly traded in Japan. Digital Garage incubates group companies with a focus on Internet technologies.

Digital Garage has four key business segments within its group companies. The "Solution Segment" includes services for marketing, promotion and Internet research. The "Portal/Gateway segment" includes a price-comparison website and an Internet payment and logistics platform. Companies in the "Contents Enterprise Segment" design and produce rich content for the Internet. The "Mobile Business Segment" focuses on development of technology and services for 3G/4G mobile phones.

About Technorati, Inc.

Technorati, founded in San Francisco in 2002, is the leading authority on what's going on in the world of blogging. Technorati tracks over three million blogs, making it possible for you to find out what people on the Internet are saying about you, your company, your products, your competitors, your politics, or other areas of interest -- all in real time. For more information, go to http://www.technorati.com/ , and to follow Technorati's political coverage, go to http://politics.technorati.com/ .


Source: Technorati, Inc.

CONTACT: Liz Westover of Technorati, Inc., +1-415-896-3005, or
press@technorati.com

Web site: http://www.technorati.com/


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