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To: PeterGx who wrote (7067)	2/2/1998 11:19:00 AM
From: Don Westermeyer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27307

Yahoo! was mentioned in the recent Fortune magazine. A lot of Yahoo's success is based upon the fact that its web sites have a significantly faster response time then the competitors (which I completely agree). They do this by using few graphics in their interface. This gets them more 'hits' in the same amount of time. IMO a fast response time is also a must to make the user's experience less frustrating.

To: PeterGx who wrote (7067)	2/2/1998 12:41:00 PM
From: craig crawford	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27307

<< What amazes me most is the fact that Yahoo! is NOT the best in any of its primary ares: it is NOT the best search engine, Yahoo Finance is certainly not the best financial site, it's travel service is far from being the best, Yahoo does not even come close in the news department, and neither are Yahoo!'s other services the best in their field... >> All I know is that it is the site I use the most. I rarely if ever use LCOS, XCIT or any of the others.

To: PeterGx who wrote (7067)	2/2/1998 3:23:00 PM
From: Dylan	Respond to of 27307

<<What amazes me most is the fact that Yahoo! is NOT the best in any of its primary ares: it is NOT the best search engine, Yahoo Finance is certainly not the best financial site, it's travel service is far from being the best, Yahoo does not even come close in the news department, and neither are Yahoo!'s other services the best in their field...>> Do you believe that MSFT started out with the best OS, Word Processor, Spreadsheet program, or Browser? It doesn't surprise me at all that mediocrity can be more successful than innovation. -Dylan