Espotting Media Ranked 1st In The IT Services Sector In The Europes 500 Listing - Helping The UK To Be The Number One Country For New Employment Creation In Europe

Espotting Media, a leading European paid listings provider, has been ranked 1ST in the IT Services sector in Europes 500. The Europes 500 listing -- published on an annual basis -- ranks the top 500 job creating companies in Europe and analyses performance over a three year period. Europes 500 is produced by Microsoft, 3i, Boston Consulting Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

London, UK (PRWEB) October 17, 2004 -- Espotting Media, a leading European paid listings provider, has been ranked 1ST in the IT Services sector in Europes 500. The Europes 500 listing -- published on an annual basis -- ranks the top 500 job creating companies in Europe and analyses performance over a three year period. Europes 500 is produced by Microsoft, 3i, Boston Consulting Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

As well as ranking 1st in the IT Services sector, Espotting came 4th in the overall ranking. Over the three year reference period, Espotting grew 733% in terms of number of employees, and 65,887% in turnover.

'All of us at Espotting are delighted to have been acknowledged with this award, said Seb Bishop, senior vice president, Espotting Media. 'As a pan-European Internet advertising company, it shows how we have bucked the trend in both the Internet and the advertising sectors, to achieve phenomenal levels of growth.

Espotting launched the paid listings sector in Europe. The paid listings sector is the fastest growing area of online advertising, accounting for 41% of total online media spend in the UK alone (IAB/PWC).

UK outperforms European companies
The Europes 500 listing reveals that the UK is the number one country for new employment creation in Europe. Five of the companies in the Top 10, are UK based companies. Alongside Espotting, which ranked 4th, are La Fitness Plc (8) and City Refrigeration Holdings (UK) Ltd (1). UK companies represent 21% of the five hundred, up from approximately 14% in previous editions of Europes 500.

The Europes 500 job creation ranking was first introduced in 1996 to highlight the type of companies that grow fast, the champions of growth that create employment. Europes 500 is calculated using the David Birch index, which considers absolute and relative growth in employment. The indexs formula produces a number upon which the companies are ranked.

'Given the challenging economic environment over the last few years, Espotting's continued growth is a real achievement, said Philippe Leonard of Europes 500. 'Europe needs to stimulate employment through more fast growing companies; we believe that companies like Espotting Media should be recognised as role models.

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About Espotting
Espotting is one of Europes leading paid-for listings providers and a division of FindWhat.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: FWHT). Espotting operates an online marketplace where advertisers bid against each other for prominence within paid-for listings that Espotting delivers across its network, with advertisers only paying for traffic delivered to their website. Espotting advertisers include British Airways, Norwich Union Direct, eBay and Lastminute.com.

Espotting distributes its paid-for listings through a diverse network of partners. Partners include Europes leading websites, search engines and directories, as well as hundreds of vertically focused web publishers.

For more information about Espotting, go to www.espotting.com.

Espottings recent merger with FindWhat.com has created the largest independent performance-based marketing provider, delivering millions of targeted prospects to its clients each day. The company has relationships with over 100,000 online businesses across 3 continents. More information about FindWhat.com can be found at www.FindWhat.com.

For further information and to arrange an interview, please contact:
Espotting Marketing
t: +44 (0)20 7539 0508
e: marketing@espotting.com

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