AudetteMedia, a Bend-based Internet marketing firm, has been sold to Rimm-Kaufman Group (RKG), a Charlottesville, Va., company that has made Inc. Magazine’s list of top 500 fastest-growing private firms.

Both companies announced the sale Wednesday, although terms were not disclosed.

For RKG, adding AudetteMedia’s search-engine optimization expertise will strengthen the company, according to its news release. The sale also will give RKG, which has an office in Boston, a West Coast presence, according to the release.

AudetteMedia’s employees will join RKG, and Adam Audette, co-founder, will become president, according to AudetteMedia’s website. Meg Thompson, co-founder will become vice president of search engine optimization, according to the website. The Bend offices will remain and operate as RKG’s West Coast division.