New Avanquest WebEasy 8 Professional Adds Hosting to Make Building and Launching Websites Even Easier

CALABASAS, CA--(Marketwire - December 3, 2009) - Avanquest WebEasy 8 Professional, the top-selling web design software for Windows, now includes three months of free hosting with Avanquest's web hosting service. As a result of this latest addition, the software now covers every step, from domain name registration to building and deploying a personal or business site or online store, all without requiring any technical or programming skills.

WebEasy 8 Professional includes more than 500 professionally-designed web templates perfect for home, business, school or organizational use, 85,000 graphical elements, and tools for image conversion, search engine optimization, and e-commerce integration. In addition, users can easily integrate MySpace, Facebook, Flickr, and Google Maps, and use wizards to build blogs and create photo album pages.

With WebEasy 8 Professional, users do not need to be connected to the Internet while they create or edit their site. Wizards walk users through each step, and once the website is complete, it can be uploaded directly from within WebEasy to the new Avanquest web hosting service. Three months of web hosting are included free during initial sign-up.

"WebEasy is a simple, powerful solution for small businesses and other organizations, and for individuals who want a reliable, professional-looking website, but don't have the technical skills or budget to create one," said Roger Bloxberg, CEO of Avanquest North America. "With our latest release, users now have an easy-to-use secure web hosting solution."

WebEasy 8 Professional is from leading global software developer and publisher Avanquest Software (EPA: AVQ).

The software, which is for PCs running Windows XP, Vista, or 7, is available now through leading retailers and through the company's own sites, including www.webeasysite.com and www.avanquest.com.

About Avanquest Software

Avanquest Software (EPA: AVQ) is one of the world's leading software developers and publishers, with operations on three continents and marketing through Retail, Corporate, OEM and Direct-to-Consumer channels. Avanquest's presence in North America, consisting of Avanquest Software USA and Avanquest North America, which includes the Nova Development division, places it among the top ten retail software publishers in the United States. With more than 100 software titles, the combined companies offer one of the largest and most diversified product portfolios in the software industry, available at more than 10,000 North American retail locations, on the Web, and through OEM partnerships. Additional information is at http://about.avanquest.com

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