Pinstorm - Red Herring Asia 200…so says Red Herring.

Red Herring is pretty much the bible of technology-driven businesses - and they have an annual listing called the “Red Herring 100” where they pick firms they believe have the potential to make a big impact globally. In the past, they’ve picked Google and eBay when they were barely blips on the radar.

Well, Red Herring now has grown its list from just the Americas to Europe and Asia. And they’ve just told us that we’ve been short-listed for selection among the top 100 firms in Asia. We’re in their top 200 – and we’ll know in a week or two whether we’re in their top 100.

What makes this special for us is a couple of things: one, that we’re barely a year old – and this is a proof of the maturity of our technology and its effectiveness. Two – from what we can see of the Red Herring North American 100 and the Red Herring European 100 lists this year, we’re the only search engine marketing firm they picked from around the world. That’s a pretty nice honour.

We’re also quite thrilled to see some of Red Herring’s other picks this year – they include Skype, Vonage and Symbian – and we’re almost embarrassed to be in such exalted company.

Wish us all the best - as we wait to see if we get picked to be among the final 100…