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Go2Net Launches Portal for the Go2Net Network
PR Newswire, Monday, November 23, 1998 at 08:47
SEATTLE, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Go2Net, Inc. (NASDAQ:GNET), a network of
technology- and community-driven Web sites, today introduced its portal for
the Go2Net Network, available at go2net.com. The site provides a
customizable gateway to Go2Net's properties, Internet search channels in ten
initial categories, and other options based on Go2Net's proprietary
technologies to access the best offerings of the Go2Net Network and the
Internet. Currently, the Go2Net Network includes Silicon Investor, StockSite,
MetaCrawler, HyperMart, WebMarket and PlaySite.
"The Go2Net Network portal offers an unmatched combination of user-driven
and original content, personal interest channels and established online
communities, all powered by Go2Net's own technologies," said Russell
C. Horowitz, Go2Net chief executive officer. "While other portals may focus on
sending users to external points on the Internet, this is a direct portal to
Go2Net properties in the areas of personal finance, search, commerce and
games."
Developed at Go2Net's Seattle headquarters and supported by Go2Net Labs'
proprietary technologies, the Go2Net Network portal:
* Offers a direct gateway to Go2Net's complete existing suite of
properties, while extending some of the best technologies from each site to
reach across the Network.
* Is fully customizable, allowing each user to create a personal start
page, selecting from Internet search channels in ten categories, with
additional personalization features and information options to match their
individual interests and preferences.
* Employs the award-winning search capabilities of MetaCrawler to help
users get what they want from the Go2Net Network and from the Internet.
* Provides unique cross-network search and discussion capabilities, as
predominantly all underlying technologies are Go2Net owned and operated.
Taking a different approach to the portal category, Go2Net first
established a foundation of its popular individual sites, online communities
and underlying technologies. Once those elements -- and a rapidly growing user
base -- were in place, Go2Net moved forward with development of its portal.
"Through the strength of our individual brands, Go2Net has developed a
loyal base of more than one million unique visitors per day, many of whom have
asked us directly to extend Go2Net's community-oriented technologies and
search capabilities across our network of sites," Horowitz added. "The portal
is an important first step in that direction and is a continuation of Go2Net's
overall philosophy of developing products and technologies that empower
individual users while strengthening Go2Net's online communities. In the
coming months, we look forward to building on this foundation with numerous
additional features."
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