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AWEB 2yr advertising campaign on AOL (PR NEWSWIRE) Autoweb.com Signs Two-Year Advertising and Marketing Agreeme Autoweb.com Signs Two-Year Advertising and Marketing Agreement with America Online Leading Online Automotive Site Has Significant Presence Across AOL Brands SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Autoweb.com (Nasdaq: AWEB), the leading consumer automotive Internet service, announced today that it had signed a two-year advertising agreement with America Online, (NYSE: AOL), the world's leader in branded interactive services, that will provide millions of AOL and CompuServe members and visitors to AOL.COM and Netscape Netcenter with direct access to Autoweb.com's extensive online resources. The agreement gives Autoweb.com an advertising and marketing presence on AOL, AOL.COM, CompuServe and Netscape Netcenter. With this agreement, Autoweb.com expects to significantly increase traffic to its extensive automotive-related products and services, designed to guide consumers through every stage of vehicle ownership. "This agreement not only extends our reach to the large base of AOL members, but also gives Autoweb.com broad reach in selected automotive areas across AOL brands," said Dean DeBiase, president and CEO of Autoweb.com. "This added presence is a key component of our overall brand-building strategy to become the dominant Internet consumer automotive service." "We are happy to bring Autoweb's automotive products and services to users of AOL brands," said Greg Shove, AOL's Vice President for Interactive Marketing. "We think they will offer AOL and CompuServe members and visitors to AOL.COM and Netscape Netcenter an extremely useful buying and selling tool." The new agreement with AOL, in addition to recent alliances with Yahoo!, a global Internet media company, and HotBot, one of the best-rated search engines, offers Autoweb.com unparalleled visibility across the Internet. About Autoweb.com, Inc. Autoweb.com is the leading consumer automotive Internet service. With an extensive collection of automotive-related community, content and commerce offerings, Autoweb.com guides consumers through every stage of vehicle ownership from browsing and buying, to enjoying, maintaining and selling. As a trusted intermediary, the Autoweb.com process connects mass market consumers to real-world buying alternatives through the most extensive network of Member Dealers and other commerce partners, and ensures the consumer experience is faster, better and easier. For more information, contact Public Relations at Autoweb.com, 3270 Jay Street, Santa Clara, California 95054. Telephone: (408) 970-9100, Fax: (408) 777-9553, Email:publicrelations@autoweb.com. The statements in this news release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from anticipated results. Further information on risk factors that could affect the company's results is detailed in the company's Registration Statement, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1999, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. SOURCE Autoweb.com, Inc. -0- 07/06/99 /CONTACT: Autoweb.com Public Relations, 408-970-9100, Fax: 408-777-9553, or publicrelations@autoweb.com/ /Web site: autoweb.com (AWEB AOL) CO: Autoweb.com, Inc.; America Online ST: California IN: MLM ADV AUT REA SU: *** end of story