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Small Businesses Mainly Use Social Media to Identify and Attract New Customers

Herndon, VA – Feb 16, 2010 – American small businesses are pushing the limits on new ways to improve efficiency in the prolonged downturn, including a steady increase in social media adoption.

The third wave of results from the Small Business Success Index™ (SBSI) sponsored by Network Solutions® and the Center for Excellence in Service at the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business reports social media adoption by small businesses has doubled from 12 percent to 24 percent in the last year.

December 15, 2009 -- The .MX domain name extension is no longer exclusive to Mexican government websites. Now any organization or business can take advantage of the shorter and more direct domain name to highlight their Mexican heritage or promote a Mexican themed business in marketing communications or company advertising.

The .MX extension can be used for promoting websites or incorporated in email addresses. Additionally, organizations that already have .COM, .NET and .ORG domains registered can further protect their brands by registering the .MX extension.

Network Solutions® has updated its nsCommerceSpace™ ecommerce software with enhancements that can help online stores compete this holiday season.

November 16, 2009 – As the Web’s busiest shopping season quickly approaches, Network Solutions® is launching a host of ecommerce software enhancements intended to spread holiday cheer to its customers in the form of more efficient online stores.

November 12, 2009 – Domain and email services provider Network Solutions® now offers Cloudmark spam and virus protection for all email accounts. Cloudmark Authority® is a software solution that delivers spam, phishing and virus protection. This protection is now available to customers using any of Network Solutions’ email services, including nsMail™ and nsMail Pro.