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To: StormRider who wrote (648)	12/11/1997 4:47:00 PM
From: TLindt	Respond to of 3183

A while back doc told me; 'sell the car...the wife...kids...home...ect...ect...ect' I'm just converting land to cash......and gonna get with the program.... so no rallys till then ok?

To: StormRider who wrote (648)	12/12/1997 11:19:00 AM
From: TLindt	Respond to of 3183

Excite set to beat the analysts estimates? Again. I don't know but it sure looks like it to me. quicken.com The estimates are 'cash operating results'.....not taking into account merger amortization. That's the one they blew away last Q. It's interesting to note they are estimating .25 cent loss this Q...and last Q they came in at .23? So where are they comming in at 15 cents loss?

To: StormRider who wrote (648)	12/12/1997 4:20:00 PM
From: chirodoc	Respond to of 3183

Ad revenues--where the money is.........the battle for the eyeballs ..posted also on intu--but it shows us how the browsers, search engines, and ISP's will make money--a 263% increase!!!!!! Internet Advertising Bureau Announces Third Quarter Advertising Revenue Reporting Program Results Year-to-Date 1997 Spending Reaches $571 Million NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 1997--The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) today announced the third quarter results of its ''Advertising Revenue Reporting Program,'' which indicates that ad revenues reached $571 million for the first nine months of the year, a 263 percent increase over the first three quarters of 1996. Third quarter revenue reached $227.1 million, up six percent over the second quarter and a 200 percent increase over the comparable year-ago quarter. According to the survey, advertiser revenue increased by $413.6 million in the first nine months of 1997 over the comparable period last year, reflecting the growing acceptance of the medium. The survey also found that spending by consumer-related advertisers reached 32 percent of the total for the quarter -- a new record. The other leading categories were: computing products (22 percent), financial services (20 percent), new media (7 percent) and telecommunications (6 percent). According to the report, which is based on data submitted by leading Internet and consumer online companies and sales organizations, national advertisers accounted for 88 percent of the total with local advertisers contributing 12 percent. Revenues were broken out by content genre for the first time with search engines capturing 55 percent of the revenue total. The other leading genre categories by revenue share were: technology (21 percent), news & information (8 percent), sports (5 percent) and entertainment (3 percent). The survey also found the ratio between banner advertising and other forms constant at 54 percent banner advertising, 41 percent content sponsorship, two percent interstitials and three percent other forms including microsites. In a forecast of fourth quarter performance, survey respondents indicated that 70 percent of inventory for that period was sold out as of the mid-November survey deadline. Additionally, 74 percent of respondents predicted a rise in ad rates in the next 12 months, with only six percent forecasting a decline. Twenty percent predicted that rates would be constant. Commenting on the report, Rich LeFurgy, IAB chairman and Senior Vice President of Advertising for ABC News/ESPN Internet Ventures, stated: ''This is the first time we have seen the effects of seasonality on the industry, similar to traditional media, a factor responsible for the leveling in the pace of quarter-to-quarter growth. However, respondents to the survey indicated that they are very bullish about the outlook for the fourth quarter and next year.''