UNITED STATES

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):     October 21, 2004


                           ART TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


         Delaware                     000-26679                  04-3141918
(State or Other Jurisdiction         (Commission               (IRS Employer
     of Incorporation)               File Number)           Identification No.)


25 First Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts                         02141
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                        (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:          (617) 386-1000




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Item 2.02         Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

         Today we issued a press release announcing our results of operations
for the quarter ended September 30, 2004. A copy of the press release is
attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form 8-K and is incorporated
by reference herein.

         The information contained in Item 2.02 of this report and Exhibit 99.1
attached hereto shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under
the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except as
expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.



Item 9.01         Financial Statements and Exhibits.

         (c)  Exhibits

        Number          Title
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         99.1           October 21, 2004 press release




                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                ART TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC.



Date: October 21, 2004                      By: /s/ Edward Terino
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                                                Edward Terino
                                                Senior Vice President and
                                                Chief Financial Officer







                                  Exhibit Index


        Number          Title
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         99.1           October 21, 2004 press release