Company to join a panel discussion on the use of Public Relations to increase the ranking of search engine optimization

Lanham, MD December 9, 2008 - Vocus, Inc., (NASDAQ: VOCS) a leading provider of software for on-demand public relations management, today announced that the company will speak at the Search Engine Strategies (SES) Chicago 2008. Events will be held at the Hilton Chicago from 8-11 December, 2008.
Jiyan Wei, PRWeb product manager, Vocus.

Vocus' PRWeb Product Manager Jiyan Wei will participate in the panel of industry experts to discuss "Turning PR efforts to SEO Results." The panel will be held on Tuesday, 9 December from 2:45 - 3:45 and will focus on how companies can use public relations in an effective and cheap to improve search engine rankings. Wei will offer tips to enter a search optimization, multimedia and social media tools press release to the media and strategies to drive traffic and increase the visibility of the organization online.

Now, in 10 years, SES Global Conference and Exposition Series educates tens of thousands of people each year, with the 98% level of satisfaction. SES Chicago, the only major Search Marketing Conference and Expo in the Midwest, will be packed with + 60 sessions, and some Keynotes Orion Strategies session, pempamer, networking activities and more.

About Vocus, Inc.
Vocus, Inc. (NASDAQ: VOCS) is a leading provider of on-demand software for public relations management. Our web-based PR software suite to help organizations of all sizes to fundamentally change the way they communicate with both the media and the public, optimizing their public relations and increasing their ability to measure its impact. Demand for our software in-address important functions of public relations including media relations, news distribution and news monitoring. We provide our solutions through the Internet using secure, scalable application and system architecture, which allows our customers to eliminate expensive up-front hardware and software costs and to spread quickly, and we adopted on-demand software. Vocus is used by more than 3,100 organizations worldwide and is available in five languages. Vocus is based in Lanham, MD with offices in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit www.vocus.com or call 800.345.5572.

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