PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- When traffic recently spiked to 11 times normal volume, BarefootTess.com found that the innovative Site9 software on which its website was built proved highly reliable. The Site9 Launch Platform is a powerful new tool to create and deploy websites that are not only extremely robust, but also easy to update and manage.

Following an article in a popular e-newsletter, the site was inundated with orders 10 times the average daily rate. "It was one of our biggest days yet and the site handled it perfectly," said Karen Williamson, president of BarefootTess.com, an e-retailer of designer shoes in bigger sizes. "There's nothing better than seeing orders come in and having the security to know that our site can take it."

On September 26, BarefootTess.com received more than 105,000 page views within 24 hours, an increase of 13 times its daily average rate. Additionally, the number of pages viewed by the average visitor increased 42 percent. Barefoot Tess continues to enjoy an increase in visitors, page views and sales more than two weeks after the spike in traffic.

"Barefoot Tess is an example of a reliable and scalable website that can be quickly and easily created with our new web development platform," said Don Carter, president and CEO of Site9. "Interactive agencies and companies alike will be impressed with the benefits of the Launch Platform."

The Site9 Launch Platform empowers companies to quickly develop, launch and manage next-generation web sites faster, with fewer resources. Dynamic and creative web sites are built from scratch without templates. Site features are easily added and site management tools are included. Next-generation features like social networking, podcasting, video-on-demand, RSS feeds, AJAX interfaces, and blogs are integrated into the platform, so adding them to a site is easy and trouble-free. Furthermore, all pages are easily optimized for search engines and instantly updated through a web-based site management system.

The software eliminates much of the time-consuming programming and third-party integration currently needed, resulting in an enormous time and cost savings for agencies and an easier-to-use site management system for their clients. Site9 will soon beta test the Site9 Launch Platform software with select advertising and interactive agencies. The technology will be publicly available in Q4 2006.

About Barefoot Tess

Barefoot Tess brings stylish and designer shoes to women of generously portioned feet. The brainchild of attorney Karen Williamson and her daughter, Tess Russell, Barefoot Tess scours the planet for shoes for really cool, big shoes sizes 5 to 14. The Baltimore-based company also prevails upon designers to expand collections to include larger size runs between sizes 5 and 10, since a bulk on inventory is size 8 or under. Barefoot Tess can be reached at 877-595-7463 and at http://www.barefoottess.com/

About Site9, Inc.

Founded in 1998 by web developers and programmers, Site9, Inc. is launching a new technology and development platform for designing, deploying and managing powerful, next-generation e-commerce and business-to-business websites. For advertising agencies, it means providing clients with the latest features and functionality in less time with vastly better margins. For businesses large and small, the easy-to-use software tools keep websites fresh and relevant. The company also provides interactive marketing services to a nationwide customer base. For more information, visit http://www.site9.com/ .

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