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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (7264)	2/10/1998 10:40:00 AM
From: OtherChap	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27307

>Where did you come up with this one? comon, get a clue. There's a reason each of the public search engine companies pays netscape 5 million dollars per year to get on the rotating-selection that the "Search Button" points to. netscape gets 99% of its page hits because it is the default home page for its browser, and most idiots dont know how to change it. just try removing infoseek or yahoo from the search page and see how many hits they get. read any internet advertising rag, the search button is the HOLY GRAIL of success. if you are on it, you're an IPO candidate. If you're not, you're nothing.

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (7264)	2/10/1998 10:41:00 AM
From: Keith J	Respond to of 27307

Couple quick points. First, even though I'm now short AOL along with YHOO, AOL will receive nearly $100 million in "other" revenue for the December quarter. This is from ads, merchandise, Amazon, etc. So don't entirely discount non-service revenue. Second, MSN and a few others have indicated they don't expect to raise prices, along with Earthlink. I've seen some ISPs locally for about $10/month; although some are prepaid, and coverage area is limited. Finally, anyone who has MCI long distance can pick up MCI Internet (I guess soon to be Yahoo Online) at $15/month. Hmmm. Another instance of co-branding. KJ