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To: Mike C who wrote (9539)	4/16/1998 12:38:00 PM
From: lawrence lerner	Read Replies (1) of 13594

In addition to who reads the ads, the issue is also how many individual members buy. If aol numbers of members includes every screen name under one account, then by extension, each sale would be a member purchasing. What if I make 10 separate purchases? Am I counted as 10 members buying? Todays figures also included "number of hits" per day. I am bumped at least twice a day. Average time spent online? I am on 150+ hours per month. I am assuming most stock portfolio hits are people, like myself, who are "at the market" during the day, refreshing their quotes. The list of how aol is able to manipulate numbers is quite extensive and the numbers play to the insecurities of marketers who are looking to increase sales by any means possible. Granny isn't giving up Home Shopping Network for aol. I've been lengthy enough, but if aol space reps are likening the internet to billboards on the highway they are scamming: billboards relieve boredom in an otherwise repetitive environment; when online, I am focusing on the object of a predetermined search and do not wish to be distracted. Whew, enough said. Larry(a very frustrated short)

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