WOBURN, Mass., Jan. 29, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bridgeline Software,
Inc. (Nasdaq:BLSW) announced today that Scott Landers has joined the
Company's Board of Directors.

"Scott brings an incredible wealth of knowledge and experience to
Bridgeline's Board. We're very excited to have him as a Board member.
Scott will bring tremendous value to Bridgeline," stated Thomas Massie,
Bridgeline's Chairman & CEO.

Since July, 2008 Scott Landers has been the Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Monotype Imaging, a global
developer of text imaging solutions. Monotype is a publicly held
company (Nasdaq:TYPE) with a public market cap over $250 million. Prior
to joining Monotype, Mr. Landers was the Vice President of Global
Finance at Pitney Bowes Software, a $450 million division of Pitney
Bowes and a leading global provider of location intelligence solutions.

Mr. Landers was also Vice President of Finance at publicly held MapInfo
(Nasdaq:MAPS), which was acquired by Pitney Bowes in April, 2007. At
MapInfo, Landers held several positions since joining the company in
1997, including a post as Director of Finance at MapInfo Canada.
Earlier in his career, Landers was a Business Assurance Manager with
Coopers & Lybrand.

The Capital District Business Review recently recognized Mr. Landers as
one of the top 40 executives under 40 years of age in New York's
Capital Region. Mr. Landers is a certified public accountant and holds
a bachelor's degree in accounting from Le Moyne College in Syracuse,
N.Y. and a Masters of Business Administration from The College of Saint
Rose in Albany, N.Y.

About Bridgeline Software, Inc

Bridgeline is a developer of unified web application management
software and award-winning interactive technology solutions that help
organizations optimize business processes. The iAPPS Product Suite is
an innovative SaaS solution that unifies Content Management, Analytics,
eCommerce, and eMarketing capabilities -- enabling business users to
swiftly enhance and optimize the value of their web properties.

Combined with award-winning application development services by
Microsoft Gold Certified development teams, Bridgeline helps customers
to cost-effectively maximize the value of their rapidly changing web
applications. Bridgeline's teams of developers specialize in web
application development, usability engineering, SharePoint development,
rich media development, and search engine optimization.

Bridgeline is headquartered near Boston with additional locations in
Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, New York, Washington, D.C., and
Bangalore, India. Bridgeline currently has over 600 customers ranging
from middle market organizations to divisions within Fortune 1,000
companies that include: Healthcore, Sun Chemical, Marriott
International, Berkshire Life, PODS, Honeywell, Budget Rental Car,
Washington Redskins, Berkshire Bank, National Financial Partners, The
William T. Grant Foundation, DTCC, Cadaret, Grant & Co., National
Insurance Crime Bureau, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and Shaw
Industries (a Berkshire Hathaway company). To learn more about
Bridgeline, please visit www.bridgelinesw.com.

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