About.com (BOUT)
"Miningco.com is a leading Internet news, information and entertainment service. The company's network is
comprised of over 600 GuideSites, each of which focuses on a specific topic and is managed by a knowledgeable
human guide. Miningco.com provides enhanced Internet navigation through annotated Internet directories that
include more than 400,000 pre-screened links to other web sites, enabling users to quickly find relevant Internet
content. The GuideSite network also aggregates original high-quality content that is created regularly by the guides
on thousands of subjects. Additionally, the company's GuideSites provide focused forums around which organized
and moderated online communities develop. The company believes that its service offers an enjoyable and efficient
Internet experience for users across a broad range of topics, creating highly targeted marketing opportunities for
advertisers and e-commerce marketers. According to Media Metrix, Inc., over 4.2 million unique users visited
Miningco.com in November 1998, making Miningco.com the fourth largest news/information/ entertainment Internet
property in terms of audience reach and the 26th largest Internet property overall. Miningco.com's guides are
independent contractors and are located in over 40 states and 18 countries. The guides complete a comprehensive
16-week training process and are monitored for quality and consistency. The company has exclusive online rights to
all of the guide-developed content. Miningco.com's guides are compensated based on the greater of a monthly
guarantee or a percentage of revenues generated by all of the GuideSites, which is distributed among the guides
based on the traffic on each guide's respective GuideSite. "
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