05/15/08 (Hayward, California) – As April passed into May, Article Marketer celebrated a record achievement by watching the anticipated 15,000^th author sign up for distribution services.

Article Marketer is the industry leader in managed article distribution, in both numbers and quality. The company distributes content to an extensive list of ezine owners, site directories and niche list members. This gives authors the opportunity to speak directly to their target market, with search engine optimized articles that drive traffic to their websites.

The company surpassed another big milestone this spring when it acquired its 5,600th publishing partner. Publishers are attracted to Article Marketer because of the quality of articles it distributes. The high-quality content in the articles educates and informs readers, which keeps publishers very happy.

Along with growth come challenges, and CEO Chris Ellington explains how Article Marketer has dealt with this rapid expansion:

"It's easy to offer outstanding service to the first few hundred, or even thousand, customers," Ellington explains. "Our popularity did pose some real challenges...in review time, in customer response, even in the amount of server space and distribution bandwidth we needed.

"Over the past several months, the company has retooled all its processes - hardware, software, and human - to meet the needs of our customers and our publishers. It's been a year of phenomenal growth and change," Ellington continues. "While we certainly celebrate this milestone, we keep one eye firmly focused on maintaining top notch service as we continue to grow."

By running every article through their signature Diamond Assurance system, Article Marketer assures their articles are up to the standards of every search engine. Authors rest easy with the knowledge that their articles fit the guidelines for wide publication on the Web.

With a rapidly expanding pool of authors and publishers, and new features in development, the company continues to expand the horizons of the article marketing industry.