May 25, 2007 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – Web hosting provider AIT this week announced the launch of its tyBit Search Application. The announcement was made at ISPCON by AIT’s CEO and Founder, Major Clarence E. Briggs III (Retired). tyBit is “a revolutionary client-side Internet Search Application that downloads and installs in seconds on a desktop or PDA”.
“For years now, we service providers have been held hostage by the tyrannical rule of many of the major centralized search engines. They set up an affiliate model to sell and deliver online pay-per-click ads that is fundamentally flawed. This model encourages and almost promotes click-fraud. Worst of all, the advertisers never get to see who is clicking on their ads and are expected to just pay for fraudulent traffic to be seen in a favorable position in the search engine. They are like the Internet Mafiam,” explained Mr. Briggs.
According to AIT’s Chief Marketing Officer Sean McCoy, “tyBit will impact the search industry overnight. By decentralizing search and spreading out the advertising dollars to partners and advertisers, it will effectively eliminate click fraud.”
tyBit submits search queries to a range of online data sources including directories, search engines and other data sources in the public domain. It then displays all the results in a single window and learns users’ preferences to ensure search results remain relevant. The system gives “Telco’s, desktop OEMs, ISPs, local newspapers, and any other organization with a genuine subscriber base” the ability to tap into $17.5 billion per year paid search industry. “tyBit gives partners and subscribers what’s important; FACT, Freedom of Choice, Accountability, Community & Collaboration, and Transparency!” added Mr. Briggs.
“We are taking the power away from the few search engines and putting it in the hands of the many service providers and their customers… the ones who actually do the searches. We are putting it all out in the open… letting the advertisers see who is clicking on their ads. Ads are being viewed by registered users… actual people who have an interest in receiving relevant searches and relevant ads,” explained Briggs. “tyBit even bridges the gap between online advertising and local newspapers by partnering with them and delivering localized search, and with up to a 40% revenue share with partners, we are spreading the wealth to those who deserve it.” tyBit was recently awarded the Best New Product at Channel Partner Expo in Las Vegas, and has already signed 35 Telco, ISP, and Software Partners with over 45 million subscribers. Surprisingly, Briggs had one final comment to make, “I am so passionate about this fight and about this product that I have decided to step down from my position as CEO of AIT at the end of the year.”
