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Apr 6, 2007

TOP 20 SEARCH MARKETING AGENCIES

AGENCIES
TOP 20 SEARCH MARKETING AGENCIES
SEARCH ENGINE MKTG & RANK AGENCY, HEADQUARTERS OPTIMIZATION REVENUE % CHG EMPLOYEES
1 iCrossing Scottsdale, Ariz. $63.0 37.0% 350
icrossing.com
ICrossing manages 25 million key words and has a paid/natural split of 58/42. Clients
include General Motors Corp., Office Depot, PR Newswire and Travelocity. Top exec:
Jeffrey Herzog, founder & CEO
2 Avenue A/Razorfish Seattle 30.0 156.4 1,800
avenuea-razorfish.com
Avenue A/Razorfish’s parent, aQuantive, was acquired by Microsoft Corp. in August 2007.
Avenue A/Razorfish is a broad-based digital agency with 2006 U.S. revenue of $235.4 million;
some 12.7% of revenue came from search. The agency has 11 U.S. offices. Clients
include Alaska Airlines, Hotels.com,Walt Disney Co., Ford Motor Co., Polo Ralph Lauren,
Victoria’s Secret, Carnival Cruise Lines and Wyeth. Top exec: Clark Kokich, CEO
3 360i New York 27.5 47.8 175
360i.com
360i became part of Innovation Interactive, a holding company, in June 2005. 360i has a
paid/natural split of 65/35. Agency clients include NBC Universal, H&R Block, Discovery
Communications, Saks Fifth Avenue, Turner, Scripps, Office Depot and Borders. Top exec:
Bryan Wiener, CEO
4 Website Pros Jacksonville, Fla. 24.9 21.8 700
websitepros.com
Website Pros (Submitawebsite.com, Leads.com) is a publicly traded company (ticker: WSPI)
with a market capitalization of $277 million as of late October 2007. The company gets
about half its revenue from search, with a paid/natural split of 30/70. Top exec: David L.
Brown, CEO
5 DoubleClick Performics Chicago 23.8 58.1 242
performics.com
DoubleClick Performics, a division of DoubleClick, provides online marketing services
(search engine marketing, data feed, affiliate marketing) to large retailers, catalogers and
direct marketers. Google in April 2007 agreed to buy DoubleClick, the top third-party ad
server. Performics clients include American Eagle, Eddie Bauer, Hewlett-Packard.

6 Leapfrog Online Evanston, Ill. $21.3 NA 85
leapfrogonline.com
Leapfrog Online, an interactive and sales promotion agency, offers search to clients as part
of its total integrated package. The agency reported 25% of its 2006 revenue was from
search. Clients include Comcast, Time Warner and Cox Communications. Top exec: Dave
Husain, co-founder & CEO
7 Efficient Frontier Mountain View, Calif. 19.7 95.5% 140
efrontier.com
Efficient Frontier manages more than 43 million keywords. Clients include Amazon
Services (Amazon.com), BabyCenter, BuildDirect, E-Loan, Fox Interactive and LendingTree.
Top exec: Ellen Siminoff, CEO
8 iProspect Watertown, Mass. 16.1 29.7 115
iprospect.com
IProspect, part of Aegis Group’s Isobar global network, has a paid/natural split of 65/35.
Clients include Circuit City and NBC Universal’s iVillage. Top exec: Robert Murray, pres
9 Impaqt Pittsburgh 14.1 40.6 87
impaqt.com
Impaqt serves a client base largely in the retail, finance, education, travel, pharmaceutical
and business-to-business sectors. Impaqt has a paid/natural revenue split of 45/55. The
agency has several hundred thousand keywords under management. Top exec: Richard
Hagerty, CEO
10 Acronym Media New York 11.6 16.1 65
acronym.com
Acronym Media specializes in search engine optimization, paid search, search analytics,
conversion optimization and international search engine marketing. Its paid/natural split is
55/45. Clients include SAP, Four Seasons Hotels, Humana, Sirius Satellite Radio, Siemens,
Nokia and Clarins. Top exec: Anton E. Konikoff, founder & CEO
11 Didit Rockville Centre, N.Y. 11.0 6.8 111
didit.com
Didit is a search marketing and auction-media management agency. Didit has more than 22
million keywords under management. Clients include Dun & Bradstreet and Brookstone.
Top exec: David Pasternack, pres & CEO
12 Outrider St. Louis 10.0 132.6 80
outrider.com
Outrider, which bills itself as the first search marketing company (it was founded in 1995),
is the search marketing agency of GroupM, WPP Group’s media buying and planning network.
Outrider manages 20 million keywords. Clients include Microsoft Corp., Xerox
Corp., Showtime, DHL, AstraZeneca and Chevron. Outrider has four U.S. offices and 27
non-U.S. offices. Top exec: Chris Copeland, sr ptnr & mg dir
12 The Search Agency Santa Monica, Calif. 10.0 92.3 65
thesearchagency.com
The Search Agency has a revenue split of 60% paid, 30% natural and 10% conversion path
optimization. The shop manages 15 million keywords. Top exec: David Hughes, CEO
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14 Fathom SEO Valley View, Ohio $8.6 71.4% 60
fathomseo.com
Fathom SEO, whose emphasis is on search engine optimization link-building, serves clients
including Cleveland Clinic, Career Education Corp., Bissell and Sauder Woodworking. Top
exec: Bill Fox, pres & CEO
15 Oneupweb Traverse City, Mich. 8.0 23.1 50
oneupweb.com
Oneupweb is a search engine marketing agency also involved in search engine optimization,
podcast production, social media marketing, usability analysis, website conversion improvement,
media placement and blog marketing. It has a paid/natural split of 45/55. The agency
manages 1.5 million keywords. Clients include Unisys, Cancer Treatment Centers of America,
United Healthcare, Muzak and Shutterfly. Top exec: Lisa Wehr, founder & CEO
15 Range Online Fort Worth, Texas 8.0 60.0 49
rangeonlinemedia.com
Range Online provides services in paid search, search engine optimization, feeds, media buying,
emerging media, interactive marketing strategy and conversion optimization. Clients
include Nike, CompUSA, Bergdorf Goodman, The Container Store, Neiman Marcus, Burberry,
The Sharper Image, Samsung Wireless,Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, The Sundance Channel,
Toshiba and L’Occitane en Provence. Top exec: Misty Locke, co-founder & pres
17 Reprise Media New York 7.2 43.1 58
reprisemedia.com
Reprise Media, acquired in April 2007 by Interpublic Group of Cos., offers search engine marketing
services including paid search and search engine optimization. Its paid/natural revenue breakout
is 80/20. Reprise manages more than 30 million keywords. Clients include Microsoft, Texas
Instruments and the U.S. Army. Top execs: Joshua Stylman, Peter Hershberg, mg ptnrs
18 Resolution Media Chicago 6.50 80.6 45
resolutionmedia.com
Resolution Media, a unit of Omnicom Group, is involved in search engine marketing, search
engine optimization, search re-targeting, web analytics and merchandising consulting. The
agency manages more than five million key words. Clients include Bank of America, FedEx,
Lowe’s Cos. and XM Satellite Radio. Top exec: Matt Spiegel, founder and mg dir
19 IMC2 Dallas 6.49 NA 381
imc2.com
IMC2, with four offices, serves its clients through search engine marketing, keyword placement
and optimization. Clients include Pfizer, Procter & Gamble Co. and Lowe’s. Top exec:
Doug Levy, pres
20 Brulant Beachwood, Ohio 5.6 298.6 285
brulant.com
Brulant offers search engine marketing, search engine optimization, linking strategies, pay per
click and online media buying. Clients include Nationwide Insurance, Marriott Hotels, Campmor

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