Wow, AOL really is the gorilla. Try to catch up with these guys, just try. Here's what you'd have to do:
· Serve 2.6 billion web pages each day.
· Facilitate the exchange of 56 million daily e-mails.
· Hand out 121 million stock quotes.
· Exchange 432 million instant messages.
· Host 17 million members for an average of 55 minutes usage each day.
· At the peak, serve 1.1 million users, twice CNN and CNBC's audiences.
· Serve 50 million unique users on your web sites.
· Find 25 million users for client based chat service (ICQ), and convince them to log on for hours each week.
· Purchase large stakes in online giants like The Motley Fool, Sportsline, Excite, NetGrocer, and Online Chef.
· Lock down huge marketing contracts with amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, First USA, CBS, Tel-Save, E*Trade, Ameritrade, Schwab, DLJ, and countless others.
Why is AOL valued at $135 billion? Read that list one more time, that is why AOL is valued so highly.
The market is waking up to the fact that the AOL model is the ultimate all-encompassing direct marketing medium. They have exclusive access to almost 4% of 17 million member's days. Add web property and ICQ usage to that, factor in the time a person has to sleep, and AOL could be locking up 10% of up to 50 million American's time each day. How much would you pay for that power?
AOL will be the first trillion dollar company.
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