Gomez Listed #1 Provider of Web Performance Monitoring to Internet Retailer Magazine’s Top 500 for Third Consecutive Year

Lexington, Massachusetts, August 11, 2009 - Gomez, Inc. (www.gomez.com), the leader in Web application experience management, has once again been listed the most popular provider of Web performance management solutions to the largest online retailers in the U.S., according to Internet Retailer magazine.

The August 2009 issue of Internet Retailer confirms that 113 of the Top 500 online retailers that the publication tracks use Gomez’s Web performance monitoring solutions – nearly three times more than the next provider listed. Only Gomez is cited as having three customers in the Top 10 - Amazon.com, Inc. (No. 1), Office Depot, Inc. (No. 4) and OfficeMax Incorporated (No. 6). The full article “Who puts the ‘e’ in e-commerce” can be found at http://www.internetretailer.com/article.asp?id=31307.

For the last three years, Internet Retailer has listed Gomez as the leading Web performance monitoring provider to its Top 500. In addition to serving the most online retailers, Gomez has also experienced the fastest adoption by the Top 500. According to the publication:

Today, Gomez is used by 113 of the Top 500 online retailers, a 126 percent growth rate in adoption among the Top 500 since 2007.
In 2008 Gomez was used by 99 of the Top 500 online retailers.
In 2007 Gomez was used by 50 of the Top 500 online retailers.

Conversely, the next vendor:

Today is used by 38 of the Top 500 online retailers, a 5 percent growth rate in adoption among the Top 500 since 2007.
In 2008 was used by 36 of the Top 500 online retailers.
In 2007 was also used by 36 of the Top 500 online retailers.

Gomez’s platform of solutions helps online retailers optimize the performance and availability of their e-commerce Web and mobile applications so that they can provide fast and successful online shopping experiences. By testing and measuring Web applications from the “outside-in” – from their customers’ perspective – using Gomez’s global network, retailers can rapidly identify and resolve revenue and brand-impacting performance issues.

“Online retailers are especially aware of the direct impact of Web site performance on e-commerce success – and the need for constant vigilance over the online experience they deliver,” said Eric Schurr, Gomez’s SVP of Marketing. “We’re thrilled that an ever-increasing volume of online retailers are investing in their customers by investing in Gomez.”

About Gomez
Gomez, Inc. is the leader in Web application experience management, providing an on-demand platform that organizations use to optimize the performance, availability, and quality of their Web and mobile applications. The Gomez platform identifies business-impacting issues by testing and measuring Web applications from the "outside-in" — across all users, browsers, devices, and geographies — using a global network of over 100,000 locations. The self-service Gomez platform integrates Web load testing, Web performance management, cross-browser testing, and Web performance business analysis. Over 2,500 customers worldwide, ranging from small companies to large enterprises — including 12 of the top 20 most visited US Web sites — use Gomez to increase revenue, build brand loyalty, and decrease costs. Gomez is a registered service mark of Gomez, Inc. All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners.

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Media Contacts
Samantha McGarry
Gomez, Inc.
(781) 778-2783
smcgarry@gomez.com

Kristina Leblanc
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