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To: Stephen who wrote (432)	7/20/1999 10:30:00 PM
From: OverUnder	Respond to of 977

The advantage GOTO may have is that it has the potential to generate more direct revenue from its visitors whereas GNET gets only indirect revenues. All internet visitation models are not equivalent. - OverUnder

To: Stephen who wrote (432)	7/21/1999 12:27:00 AM
From: Howard Hoffman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 977

Number of visitors is only one way of measuring success. I believe in the profit model, which says that ultimately, a company, even if it is on the Internet, must figure a way of making profits, not just traffic. Look at the GoTo business model and tell us how GNET is worth more than GoTo. GoTo makes real revenue on the majority of searches now and will make more and more as bids go up. Sold (trading shares only, holding tight to IPO shares) at 63 last week and back in today at 56.

To: Stephen who wrote (432)	7/21/1999 10:07:00 AM
From: Mike Fredericks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 977

According to a GOTO press release, they had 10 million unique visitors, far different from the 4.7 million referred to in your message. Whose number do you want to believe? Goto counts the actual visitors hitting their servers... if Goto were to be caught lying about stuff like this, they'd be hit with lawsuits left and right and they would lose. So I'll take Goto's 10 Million number over this guy's story, and now the question is, is GOTO with 10 million unique visitors a month worth 129% of GNET, with GNET's 10.168 million? Maybe, since each Goto customer generates more revenue... -Mike