March 17, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Netvention (netvention.com) announced on Wednesday that it had officially launched WebHosting Prospector (webhostingprospector.com), an online tool that generates leads for Web hosting companies and hosting resellers of all sizes.
WebHosting Prospector, based on the company's patented Extractor technology, enables hosts to access the data stored in Netvention's database of over 1.6 million organizations, generating searches according to criteria such as hosting type, hosting provider, e-commerce capabilities, type of server, operating system and others.
"WebHosting Prospector essentially turns the Web into a database of online business leads. It is incomparable to anything else on the Web," says Benoit Julien, president of Netvention. "And although aimed at the hosting industry, the site is perfect for any direct marketer targeting prospects based on the characteristics of their online presence."
Netvention is a provider of services for finding, extracting and harvesting business information from the Internet. It recently launched a research division that will focus on producing market research and analysis for the Web hosting industry.
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