Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : Technical analysis for shorts & longs -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Foad who wrote (21854)	7/2/1999 6:33:00 PM
From: Clint E.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69861

Web Users Bypassing Portals for Specialty Sites, USA Today Says Bloomberg News July 2, 1999, 5:24 a.m. PT Washington, July 2 (Bloomberg) -- More Internet users are heading straight to specialty Web sites, bypassing Internet portals such as Lycos and Excite, USA Today said, citing data from Nielsen/NetRatings. Though use of the Internet grew last month, visits to portals remained at about the same level as the month before and increased by only 5 percent from March to May, compared to double-digit growth a year ago, USA Today reported. The shift may mean that portals -- which command the most advertising because their audiences are largest -- will lose advertising money to specialty sites focusing on topics like education, sex and finance, the newspaper said, citing analysts.

To: Foad who wrote (21854)	7/3/1999 8:42:00 PM
From: mattie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69861

Hi Foad, I have no inside knowledge on the SEEK - DIS alliance, I am just going by the charts and the rumors. I do think that SEEK has one of the best portals around. I use it for my home page. Their content is great, has good graphics, its never slow or has bad links. I also use YHOO's which stinks in my opnion (I do own shares in YHOO vis softbank so I am not biased). Yhoo is so slow and sometimes I can't even get on. Getting back to the tracking stock, remember how these internets trade after the IPO. If DIS prices the IPO at 55, it could open a lot higher. SEEK should easily hit 70 in the next month or so and could rally back to its highs. I think any DIS announcement will push SEEK to 70-80, where there is alot of resistance. Have a good vacation. I visited Spain a while back, went to Marbella and the southern areas of Spain, then to Morrocco. I agree with Clint, drink up the port! and bring some back for us on the thread.