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SAN DIEGO, May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WebSideStory, Inc. (NASDAQ:WSSI), a leading provider of on-demand digital marketing and customer analytics solutions, today announced that CMP Media LLC's Network Computing has awarded the company its 2006 Well-Connected Award for best web analytics service. The magazine's technology editors selected WebSideStory's HBX Analytics for its excellent reporting, e-commerce capabilities, technical support and project management. "The Well-Connected Awards are unique because they're the only industry awards given by technologists based on real-world use and integration. We view all products, technologies and services from the same perspective as our readers -- our peers -- do," said John Siefert, publisher of Network Computing. "This is an important distinction from any other award program -- the products selected in the Well-Connected Awards have been tested in an actual business environment and judged by our editors themselves. They are truly innovative solutions that work -- and we have the metrics to prove it." Network Computing's Well-Connected Awards annually honor the best technology products and services. This year they were awarded in 48 categories across eight coverage areas, including Security, Network & Systems Management, Enterprise Applications, Wireless, Messaging & Collaboration, Network Infrastructure, Application Infrastructure, and Storage & Servers. Award winners were chosen from products that were tested and evaluated in Network Computing's labs during the previous year. In July 2005, HBX Analytics won Network Computing's Editors' Choice Award for best e-commerce analytics service in a head-to-head review with other major web analytics solutions. "This award is a reflection of our continued product innovation and commitment to customer excellence," said Pelin Wood, vice president of marketing for WebSideStory. "We are proud to accept this honor on behalf of our many customers and look forward to pioneering new ground in digital marketing and customer analytics." For more information about WebSideStory, please visit http://www.websidestory.com/. About WebSideStory, Inc. Founded in 1996, WebSideStory, Inc. (NASDAQ:WSSI) is a leading provider of on-demand digital marketing and customer analytics solutions that improve online marketing, sales and business operations. Its Active Marketing Suite(TM) consists of web analytics, site search, web content management, and, later this year, keyword bid management. WebSideStory also provides customer analytics solutions through its wholly owned subsidiary, Visual Sciences, LLC, a leading provider of streaming data analysis and visualization software. WebSideStory is headquartered in San Diego, California, and has European headquarters in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. For more information, contact WebSideStory. Voice: 858.546.0040. Fax: 858.546.0480. Address: 10182 Telesis Court, 6th Floor, San Diego, CA 92121. Web site: http://www.websidestory.com/. HBX and Active Marketing Suite are trademarks and WebSideStory is a registered trademark of WebSideStory. Visual Sciences is a registered trademark of Visual Sciences, LLC. Other trademarks belong to their respective owners. About Network Computing Network Computing is the trusted information source which helps 220,000 Technology Leaders turn business strategy into reality. The editorial team consists of real-world IT veterans who provide objective information and analysis on technologies and solutions that are tested in IT media's only Real-World Labs -- a setting which mirrors our audience's work environment. Network Computing's critical analysis of market solutions and their impact on an organization is infused in every aspect of the brand, from the award-winning publication and networkcomputing.com, to NWCReports.com, and the events such as the Expert Series Tour and Technology Leader Forum. Network Computing is consistently honored for its editorial excellence, garnering accolades from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE), as well as winning Maggie Awards from Western Publications Association and Folio magazine's Ozzie Awards. Forward-Looking Statements Statements in this press release that are not a description of historical facts are forward-looking statements. You should not regard any forward- looking statement as a representation by WebSideStory that any of its plans will be achieved. Actual results may differ materially from those set forth in this release due to the risks and uncertainties inherent in WebSideStory's business, including, without limitation: WebSideStory's reliance on its web analytics services for the majority of its revenue; blocking or erasing of cookies or limitations on our ability to use cookies; WebSideStory's limited experience with digital marketing applications beyond web analytics; the risks associated with integrating the operations and products of Avivo Corporation and Visual Sciences, LLC with those of WebSideStory; privacy concerns and laws or other domestic or foreign regulations that may subject WebSideStory to litigation or limit our ability to collect and use Internet user information; WebSideStory's ability to defend itself against claims of patent infringement alleged by NetRatings, Inc.; WebSideStory's ongoing ability to protect its own intellectual property rights and to avoid violating the intellectual property rights of third parties; the highly competitive markets in which we operate that could make it difficult for WebSideStory to acquire and retain customers; the risk that WebSideStory's customers fail to renew their agreements; WebSideStory's recent achievement of profitability and the risk that it may not maintain its profitability; the risk that WebSideStory's services may become obsolete in a market with rapidly changing technology and industry standards; and other risks described in WebSideStory's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including WebSideStory's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. Do not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements which speak only as of the date of this news release. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and WebSideStory undertakes no obligation to revise or update this news release to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news release. DATASOURCE: WebSideStory, Inc. CONTACT: Erik Bratt of WebSideStory, Inc., +1-858-546-0040, ext. 365, Web site: http://www.websidestory.com/

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