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To: SHGLaw who wrote (3135)	3/17/1998 9:36:00 AM
From: Eve Edelson	Respond to of 9343

10k mentions y2k problem An aside: this is the first 10K I've read that mentions the year 2000 problem. Basically they say they're getting ready & don't expect it will cost them much, but can't speak for anyone else they do business with, which is logical. Has anyone else run across even an acknowledgment of the problem in financial reports?

To: SHGLaw who wrote (3135)	3/17/1998 9:50:00 AM
From: RocketMan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9343

>But the future will belong to those who can do the business of being a search engine, not the best engine itself. I think we are in violent agreement. My point on the technology is that it may be proprietary, but not unique. So it does not matter much what technology each engine has. What is more important is who is better at the business of getting eyeballs. What makes this a difficult play, however, is that there is no cost to those eyeballs to change search engines, so if you give them a reason to look at yours, you can grab market share overnight. I think that is why Yahoo is teaming with MCI, and going after the AOL market. What you need, IMHO, is to build a user community with loyalty. If SEEK is going to be successful in the long run, they will have to mimic this strategy or die, again IMHO.