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The Internet Society, the world's trusted independent source of Internet leadership, announced that Sally Wentworth, Senior Manager of Public Policy at the Internet Society,testified today as an expert witness before the Communications and Technology Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Energy and Commerce at a hearing on "International Proposals to Regulate the Internet."

Wentworth joined other witnesses to provide testimony on the pending international proposals to regulate the Internet via changes to the International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs), a 1988 treaty that currently governs traditional telecommunications. The United Nations International Telecommunications Union (ITU) will hold the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT)in December 2012 and enable the 193 Member States from across the globe to review the ITRs and modify the treaty.

The WCIT has drawn increased attention from the global community, as some ITU Member States have proposed amendments to the treaty that would impact the global Internet architecture, operations, content, and security. Wentworth noted that some government proposals would threaten the viability of the existing global multistakeholder model for standards-setting and Internet policy development, and may seek to apply legacy telecommunications regulations to Internet traffic in a manner that could lead to a fragmented, less interoperable global network.

Additionally, the Internet Society is concerned about the decision-making process at the WCIT meetings. In her written testimony, Wentworth stated, From a process standpoint, the Internet Society is concerned that these major decisions are being made in a purely intergovernmental setting and will therefore lack the broad range of input and collaboration that are the hallmarks of multistakeholder policy development. It is not simply that the treaty negotiation process excludes nongovernmental stakeholders from decision-making, but that it dramatically limits the extent to which participants from industry and civil society can even be meaningfully heard.

Founded in 1992 by many of the same pioneers who built the Internet, the Internet Society champions public policies that support the free and open Internet, and facilitates the open development of standards and protocols in support of the Internets technical infrastructure. With more than 55,000 members and 90 Chapters around the world, the Internet Society serves as a global resource for technically-vetted, policy-based, and ideologically unbiased information about the Internet.

The Internet Society does believe that the WCIT can produce thoughtful, worthwhile policy developments that advance the mission of the ITU and the ongoing expansion of global communications, without imposing dangerous and unnecessary burdens on the Internet. Wentworth commented, Many ITU Member States, including the United States, have shown that they understand the value of the Internet and its unique multistakeholder model. Those delegates are in a critical position to advance an agenda at WCIT that respects the Internet and its global contributions, while continuing to support the pro-competitive policies that have been so successful since the ITRs were first negotiated in 1988.

To read Ms. Wentworths written testimony, visit: http://internetsociety.org/international-proposals-regulate-internet

About the Internet Society

The Internet Society is the trusted independent source for Internet information and thought leadership from around the world. With its principled vision and substantial technological foundation, the Internet Society promotes open dialogue on Internet policy, technology, and future development among users, companies, governments, and other organizations. Working with its members and Chapters around the world, the Internet Society enables the continued evolution and growth of the Internet for everyone. For more information, visit http://www.internetsociety.org.

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SAN MATEO, Calif., May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --BrightEdge, the global leader in enterprise SEO, today announced that Marriott International has selected BrightEdge's enterprise-grade S3 SEO platform to manage and improve its footprint for organic search.

Marriott joins BrightEdge's rapidly growing hospitality and travel client base which includes leading travel and hospitality agencies HeBS Digital and Vizergy, car rental giant Alamo, Travelocity, and the White Lodging Group.

BrightEdge's S3 platform incorporates the features requested most often by enterprise SEO customers and builds in deeper social and SEO insight, more customization in dashboards, and flexible reports for deep analysis and status reporting. The platform offers frequent enhancements, with more than 10 new releases in the past 12 months; showcasing the company's continuous innovation and commitment to customer success. The platform continues to add functionality such as Adobe integration and the ability to monitor and maximize social channels such as Facebook, Twitter and Google+.

"It was important for us to find an enterprise SEO solution that offered both automated reporting and customizable dashboards that scale for multiple brands and thousands of keywords," said Lynne DeRoche, Senior Director, Online Acquisition Marketing, Marriott International. "We also needed a partner that had a solid understanding of the travel and hospitality market and BrightEdge fit the bill on both fronts."

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Marriott joins as BrightEdge revenues have grown by 400 percent, employee headcount by 200 percent, and having recently secured $12.6 million in Series C funding. The company's over 2,000 clients include seven of the ten largest retailers, eight of the ten top digital agencies, as well as technology and social titans including Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, VMWare and Symantec.

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Inuvo (NYSE MKT formerly NYSE Amex: INUV), an Internet marketing and technology company specialized in marketing browser-based consumer applications, managing networks of website publishers and operating specialty websites, announced today that the Company recently entered into three new markets with the ALOT Appbar and Home Page and have already attracted a live user base of approximately 100,000 users. According to World Bank statistics, Italy, Russia, and Turkey, have approximately 123 million total Internet users.

In addition to expanding the global footprint of the ALOT Appbar, Inuvo has also completed translation of the product into Italian, Russian and Turkish for enhanced localization in those countries. The ALOT Appbar and Home Page are a part of Inuvos Software Search business segment, which assists users in the search, navigation, and management of everyday information. Users are attracted by the hundreds of free, simple-to-use, and easy to access applications in the ALOT Appstore. The ALOT Appbar and Home Page offer full search capabilities and are primarily monetized by users typing in search and clicking on pay per click ads.

Inuvo is very excited about the opportunities for growth in these new markets, stated Peter Corrao, President and Chief Executive Officer of Inuvo, Inc. The fast pace of economic growth in Turkey and Russia, and our proven ability to rapidly increase the size of our user base in Western European markets like Italy, is very encouraging. Management anticipates continued growth in these new markets as well as continued growth worldwide, throughout the rest of 2012.

About Inuvo, Inc.

Inuvo, Inc. (NYSE Amex: INUV), is an Internet marketing and technology company specialized in marketing browser-based consumer applications, managing networks of website publishers and operating specialty websites. To learn more about Inuvo, please visit http://www.inuvo.com.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK--(Marketwire -05/31/12)- Over 200 corporate executives will gather in New York on June 13 - 14 to discuss how to incorporate social media into digital marketing - and broader business - strategy.

Social media has had an enormous impact on some of the most fundamental assumptions of business practice. The relationship between a business and their consumers has changed completely - and irrevocably.

The great levelling of the playing field that social media has engendered has led to plenty of corporate opportunity - initially around digital marketing - but also very real risks.

The New York Corporate Social Media Summit is a third time event devoted to investigating these risks and opportunities, and social business more broadly. It's a conference designed exclusively for a corporate audience and brings together leading experts from within business to discuss challenges, opportunities, and best practice.

As business social media's impact has grown, so has the Summit - to the extent that it is now the leading event in this space. This year, corporate vice-presidents from companies like American Express, Diageo, Citi, McDonald's and Gap will share their experiences and insights on social media marketing and more generally, business social media, with an audience hundreds strong.

Some of the key issues to be discussed include reputation preservation and crisis communications, integrating social into core marketing, embedding social media across your organisation, internal governance models, measuring the impact of social engagement and core social media marketing best practice.

Nick Johnson, founder of Useful Social Media, who are organising the event, says

"This is a fantastically interesting - and challenging - time for businesses. Social has changed business in many ways - and those who are prepared stand to benefit from the many opportunities that corporate social media offers them. This conference is designed to help corporate digital marketing, communications, strategy and social media executives to learn from the leaders - those who have real experience of managing - and leveraging - this changing business environment."

For more information on the Summit: http://usfl.so/MWPR.

Useful Social Media provides business intelligence on how large corporations can leverage social media for business advantage. We publish thought-leadership and analysis on our blog, produce long-form briefings and write in-depth research reports. Our conferences are widely recognised as the best in the field of corporate social media best practice.

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