FreeRealTime.com and Go2Net Announce the
Availability of Free Real-Time Stock Quotes On
Go2Net's Silicon Investor
IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 1999--FreeRealTime.com Inc., (OTC BB:FRTIE - news), a leading
provider of online real-time stock market quotes and financial services, and Go2Net, (Nasdaq:GNET - news), a network of
branded, technology- and community-driven Web sites, Friday announced an agreement to provide free real-time stock quotes
on Go2Net's Silicon Investor (http://www.siliconinvestor.com), the Web's premier financial discussion and information site.
Effective immediately, Silicon Investor's base of more than 200,000 members has access to an easy-to-use pop-up window,
offering free, real-time stock quotes provided by FreeRealTime.com.
The co-branded area also provides an individual stock's bid and ask prices, trading volume, current high and low, number and
average size of the trades, as well as the historical 52-week high and low prices. The co-branded pages will be supported by
advertising revenue.
``The addition of free, real-time quotes represents a meaningful enhancement to Silicon Investor, bringing timely investment data
to our industry-leading discussion forums, portfolio tracking and charting tools and original editorial content,' said Bryan
Burdick, Go2Net vice president and managing director of Silicon Investor.
``We're pleased to be working with FreeRealTime.com to provide our members with the most timely investment information
available.'
``Silicon Investor, with almost 12 million message board postings and millions of monthly visitors, provides an exciting
open-forum platform, where investors can discuss stocks with each other and with some of the world's top financial minds,'
commented Brad Gunn, FreeRealTime.com president and CEO.
``This tremendous exposure and site popularity will provide significant advertising revenue opportunities for both parties as
Silicon Investor's registered users will now have access to unlimited, free real-time stock quotes for monitoring their stock
portfolio or making buy/sell decisions.'
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