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To: Karl Knoernschild who wrote (2489)	11/6/1997 2:40:00 PM
From: tech	Respond to of 27307

I shorted Yahoo on margin today at $55 1/2 and put $10,000 in puts. This price is a joke. And there is very little upside. You're telling me that yahoo will run to $70 amidst this turmoil. I think we'll see $40 before $60. Tech

To: Karl Knoernschild who wrote (2489)	11/6/1997 2:41:00 PM
From: Mighty_Mezz	Respond to of 27307

>>In any case, Yahoo is not a search engine<< I believe yhoo uses AltaVista's engine. eom

To: Karl Knoernschild who wrote (2489)	11/6/1997 6:30:00 PM
From: fut_trade	Respond to of 27307

<<In any case, Yahoo is not a search engine, it is an index. There is a big difference - it's much harder to invent a good search engine than to build an index (back to the low-barriers-to-entry issue).>> Back in the Stanford days Yahoo! was an index. It has now evolved into an internet community. Yahoo! is popular because the company adds value to the web -- check out the deals with Netscape, Microsoft, Visa... Keep in mind that the web is changing rapidly, and Yahoo! is helping to lead that change. Yahoo! will have a much larger area of interest by next year, the year after, ... Peter