WebTrends Named a Market Leader by Independent Research Firm, Achieves Highest Scores for Both Strategy and Market Presence.

PORTLAND, Ore. -- WebTrends Inc., the global web analytics leader, today announced that Forrester Research has recognized the company as a market leader in its industry report, "The Forrester Wave(TM): Web Analytics, Q1 2006." WebTrends was among nine select vendors invited by Forrester to participate in this report, each of which were evaluated against 106 criteria in three categories: Current Offering, Strategy and Market Presence. WebTrends earned the highest score in both Strategy and Market Presence and was ranked second from the highest on Product Capabilities and Service and Support which make up the Current Offering category.

According to the Q1 2006 Forrester Wave: Vendor Summary, "WebTrends 7 Rules The Web Analytics Market," WebTrends(R) 7 is well suited for global enterprises looking for a single solution and for firms seeking to start with a hosted solution, and then migrate to licensed software; stating, "WebTrends is one of the few vendors that can offer customers a migration path that starts with the ease of a fully-hosted deployment, then later allows painless migration to in-house installation as their demands for data integration or control mature."

Forrester based its conclusions on: WebTrends' award-winning on-demand and software solutions; WebTrends' strategy including product direction, commitment to product and market development, reference client strength and pricing and licensing; and WebTrends' market presence based on financial health, installed based and international presence. To assess the strengths and weaknesses of each solution, Forrester used a combination of vendor surveys, product demos, customer reference calls and an online survey which was completed by 82 web analytics end users from Forrester's Web Analytics Peer Research Panel.

For a copy of The Forrester Wave please visit, http://www.webtrends.com/forresterwave.

"Forrester's expert and thorough evaluation of our solution's capabilities, our customers' satisfaction and our unique business advantages, echoes the tremendous market momentum we've experienced since the launch of WebTrends 7," said Greg Drew, CEO and president of WebTrends Inc. "We are extremely excited about our vision for the web analytics category, particularly as Forrester recognized our strategy as industry-leading and awarded it the top score. We look forward to introducing the next wave of marketing solutions that will allow marketers to manage, measure and optimize all of their online campaigns with increased efficiency and accelerated business results."

About WebTrends

Thousands of web-smart organizations worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune and Global 500, rely on WebTrends to improve their web site conversions and optimize their marketing performance for maximum return on investment. As the worldwide market leader for web analytics, WebTrends has become the trusted standard not only for award-winning technology, but also for a full range of consulting services and unmatched industry expertise. By delivering accurate and actionable metrics through both on-demand and software options, WebTrends ensures that its customers are positioned for both immediate and long-term success with a solution that can adapt to ever-changing business and technical requirements. For more information, visit www.WebTrends.com.

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