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Bealls Department Store and Brooks Brothers Leverage Commission Junction's Search Expertise

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – May 25, 2004 – Commission Junction, a provider of advanced online performance-based marketing solutions and a ValueClick, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCLK) company, announced that Bealls Department Store and Brooks Brothers have exceeded their initial sales goals since signing on with Commission Junction's CJ Search™. The CJ Search solution is a managed search service that combines Commission Junction's expertise in maximizing the return on investment for online marketing campaigns with the search experience of one of the largest online publisher networks. Since joining the CJ Search service, both Bealls Department Store and Brooks Brothers have benefited from the comprehensive solution and increased their budgets for search marketing with Commission Junction.

Bealls Department Store signed on with CJ Search in Q1 2004 because of the ease of using a single-source managed service, the ability to run a mix of search programs, and to take advantage of the option of expanding into affiliate marketing with Commission Junction.

"We were doing search in-house, but recognized early on that we could benefit from Commission Junction's knowledge and expertise by using its CJ Search solution," said Laura Snow, senior eCommerce assistant at Bealls Department Stores. "Because we started with a limited marketing budget, we began with search, but with the success and the lessons learned from our search efforts, we look forward to expanding our relationship with Commission Junction."

A Commission Junction client since Q3 2003, Brooks Brothers signed on for both affiliate marketing and search services simultaneously in order to leverage the strengths of each program to make the other more effective.

"We were originally drawn to Commission Junction for their affiliate marketing prowess, but saw the potential to drive revenue by exploiting the synergies between the affiliate and search programs," said David Rogers, affiliate marketing specialist, E-Commerce at Brooks Brothers. "Strong results with CJ Search have allowed us to increase the breadth of our performance marketing programs. Based on the success of our paid inclusion program, it was a natural next step for us to expand our search marketing efforts by adding paid placement."

CJ Search delivers a managed search solution that focuses on best practices for paid placement, paid inclusion and organic search while leveraging the experience of pay-for-performance search publishers. Online retailers benefit from a customized program composed of a mix of search marketing techniques designed to quickly meet specific goals. CJ Search is part of Commission Junction's suite of performance-based online marketing solutions that includes offerings in affiliate marketing, program management, and search marketing.

About ValueClick

ValueClick, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCLK) is the single-source provider of media, technology and related services that enable advertisers, agencies and publishers to reach consumers in all major online marketing channels, through three business units:
  • ValueClick Media (media.valueclick.com) provides brand advertising and direct marketing solutions for advertisers, agencies and publishers. Through its ValueClick Brand, ValueClick Direct, ValueClick Search and Webclients groups, ValueClick Media offers marketers a wide range of distribution methods, including Web-based advertising, co-registration, pay-per-click search, and a variety of email marketing options. ValueClick Media also includes Pricerunner.com (www.pricerunner.com), a leading global provider of online comparison-shopping services.
  • Commission Junction (www.cj.com) provides advanced performance marketing solutions that help marketers increase online leads and sales. By facilitating strategic relationships between advertisers and publishers, Commission Junction leverages its proven expertise in affiliate marketing and search marketing to drive measurable results for its clients.
  • Mediaplex (www.mediaplex.com) provides technology and services that help advertisers, agencies and publishers manage their online advertising and permission-based email campaigns. Additionally, Mediaplex provides the AdVault suite of software and services that help advertising agencies and other companies operate their businesses more efficiently, through effective agency management, media management, and content management solutions.
For more information, please visit www.valueclick.com.

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