VerticalScope, the company that owns the TopHosts.com web hosting directory, has acquired Webmaster Forums (www.webmasterforums.com) - a web site devoted to the community of webmasters and website owners.

According to VerticalScope, the newly acquired forum has already crossed the five thousand post mark.

Forums topics covered include: HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, CGI, SEO and SaaS. In addition to webmasters, web designers and developers of all types are also part of the Webmaster Forum community.

According to Rob Laidlaw, CEO of VerticalScope, ''Visitors and regular readers of the VerticalScope portals including TopHosts.com, MarketingFind.com and MerchantSelect.com will benefit from the wide array of discussion topics in a friendly and livelier format. Hosters and enthusiasts have a full slate of Web hosting topics including the Linux/Windows platform debate (like the ‘tastes great, less filling’ beer battle), scripting, acquiring domains, interesting takes on choosing hosts and all types of unbiased information to supplement what they’ve already uncovered on TopHosts.com. Similarly shopping cart, security and payment options and a multitude of opinions and advice by real designers on what works for effective design of eCommerce sites are popular topics for the folks interested in selling and increasing their chances for success in eBusiness; and sharing the tips and tricks from Webmasters who’ve mastered SEO and Internet marketing is definitely hitting pay dirt if that drives more traffic to your site.''

Toronto, Canada-based VerticalScope Inc., is the parent company of TopHosts.Com and The Hosting Standard - the premier print magazine covering the professional web hosting industry. The company also serves several vertical markets, notably, the car enthusiasts niche with the popular Modified Magazine.

VerticalScope currently prints over 750 million pages per year through its various print magazines, and has successfully launched magazines and web sites into some of the most competitive consumer markets.

In addressing the strategic fit of the newly acquired property into the VerticalScope portfolio, Mr. Laidlaw added, ''VerticalScope started out with the goal of providing solid web hosting advice (TopHosts.com) for those in the market and then introducing the same user base with how to set up shop online while saving costs and sending them on the way to profitability (MercantSelect.com) and finally we created MarketingFind.com to show SMBs how to market properly and acquire targeted traffic to ensure their online livelihood. Webmaster Forums does the same thing but those visitors have found a new networking scheme which allows them to openly chat and exchange ideas quickly and with a mixture of experts, professionals hobbyists and newbies…a dynamic and vibrant environment is created which makes ''sharing'' a lot more enjoyable.''

To learn more, please visit: www.webmasterforums.com.

For further information on VerticalScope, please visit: www.verticalscope.com.