LOS ANGELES and SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The premier provider of automotive content on the web, autoMedia.com, and the leading provider of vertical search, Vast.com, announced today that autoMedia has selected the Vast search platform to power its used car marketplace.
Launching today at http://www.automedia.com, the used car open marketplace will provide autoMedia visitors with over 3.5 million used cars along with a robust set of search and filter tools that will make it easy for consumers to search for and find the used car they are seeking.
"autoMedia.com's rich content and targeted audience create an ideal website for an open marketplace," said Kevin Laws, CEO of Vast.com. "Consumers want to be able to search for a car wherever they are doing research, and Vast.com can put the broadest access to used cars at their fingertips."
autoMedia's used car marketplace allows any service provider, dealer, or consumer to post listings at no cost. Vast.com's optimization technology will ensure that consumers are presented with the cars most likely to appeal to them, resulting in a better experience for consumers and higher quality leads for dealers.
"Vast shares autoMedia's vision to provide complete information to consumers," said Doug Hamlin, founder and CEO of autoMedia Solutions Inc., parent company of autoMedia.com. "The Vast.com index of used vehicle listings further enhances the overall user experience available when consumers visit and shop for everything automotive at autoMedia.com."
Dealers interested in putting their inventory into the autoMedia used car marketplace can contact their Automotive Service specialist or provide a feed directly to Vast (http://www.vast.com/info/submitcontent). In order to learn more about promoting listings to more customers, they can contact their automotive marketing partner, or email dealers@vast.com. In order to manage and tune their leads program to take the most advantage of the platform, email dealers@vast.com.
About autoMedia.com
autoMedia.com was launched in February 2000 by a team of automotive editorial, design, and publishing professionals with the goal to be the premier provider of quality automotive content on and for the Web.
Today autoMedia.com boasts more than 50,000 pages of original content, including more than 2000 articles researched and written by leading experts. Up to 30 new features are posted monthly, covering car buying, maintenance, modification, and technology. In addition, there is a complete new vehicle buyer's guide providing the latest pricing, photo's, and specifications for new and used cars.
About Vast.com (http://www.vast.com)
Vast.com is the leading provider of vertical search. With sub-second search times, instant narrowing by characteristic, and robust data analytics to facilitate comparison-shopping, a Vast.com-powered website is the best place to start a used car search. The technology is built to support full white-label integrations with partners, allowing all returning user and search traffic to benefit Vast.com's partners. Millions of users a month now make purchasing decisions through Vast.com's partner network. Founded in 2001 and backed by Clearstone Venture Partners and Leapfrog Ventures, Vast.com is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Belgrade, Serbia.