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SAN DIEGO, May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WebSideStory, Inc. (NASDAQ:WSSI), a leading provider of on-demand digital marketing and customer analytics solutions, today announced the recipients of its Innovation Delivered awards, presented to customers demonstrating the highest levels of innovation and success in their online business models. ESPN, FedEx and Verizon Wireless were among the recent winners announced at WebSideStory's ActiveInsights Spring 2006 user forum, held April 25-27 at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel in Southern California. The categories and winners: * Most Innovative E-Commerce Site: Tie -- Backcountry.com and Brooks Brothers * Most Innovative Use of Streaming Media: ManiaTV * Most Innovative Use of Mobile Technology: ESPN * Most Innovative Self-Service Site: Tie -- Verizon Wireless and FedEx ActiveInsights is held twice a year for customers of the WebSideStory Active Marketing Suite, which includes best-in-class solutions for web analytics, site search, web content management and keyword bid management. The user forum has steadily grown since its inception in 2003 with hundreds of attendees at each event, including customers, strategic partners, financial and technology analysts, and industry luminaries. ActiveInsights features customer success stories, best practice sessions, product roadmap updates, a live product gallery, a partner pavilion, and a full day of hands-on product training through WebSideStory's pioneering Digital Marketing University. The spring event also featured a full meeting of the company's Customer Advisory Board, and a developer's forum for those interested in leveraging WebSideStory's Stream Integration Platform, including its comprehensive suite of documented APIs (application programming interfaces). The next ActiveInsights will be held Oct. 10-12, 2006, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in New York City. "While all of our customers demonstrate outstanding innovation and excellence, these customers in particular were deserving of recognition for pushing the envelope in each of their respective categories," said Pelin Wood, vice president of marketing. "We congratulate them on being true innovators and look forward to recognizing our next group of award winners this fall." 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 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. 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 and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. 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, WebSideStory, Inc., +1-858-546-0040, ext. 365, Web site: http://www.websidestory.com/

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