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To: purecntry5 who wrote (5602)	5/4/1998 5:00:00 PM
From: TFF	Respond to of 9343

SEEK maintains link through browser: Excite to power Netscape search By Paul Festa Staff Writer, CNET NEWS.COM May 4, 1998, 1:40 p.m. PT just in Netscape Communications today announced that it chose Excite as the much-anticipated choice of partner for its Netscape-branded search engine The two-year partnership with Excite comes as Netscape attempts to ÿ parlay its leadership in Web browser market share into a revenue-generating point of entry, or "portal," Web site. Last month the company announced a 60-day campaign to build out its Netcenter property as a full-scale portal to compete with established portals such as Yahoo. Perhaps ironically, Excite also is a portal site. The first step Netscape announced in its so-called Project 60 was to add free email to the site. For that service, Netscape is partnering with USA.net. Also announced last month was Netscape's plans to offer, in conjunction with a partner, a Netscape-branded search engine. But the search engine deal is more complicated than the free email. Netscape MAINTAINS agreements with nine search and directory partners on its search page. Because that page is prominently linked from Netscape's Navigator browser, which commands a majority of the browser market, Netscape search is extremely valuable Net real estate. Netscape's four premier search partners--Yahoo, Excite, Lycos, and Infoseek--pay millions of dollars every year to maintain their spot as a rotating default search engine at Netscape search.

To: purecntry5 who wrote (5602)	5/4/1998 5:01:00 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 9343

There is upside potential if there are other suitors out there desperate to acquire engines. Are those suitors out there? I don't know. But the mania for the internet may not be over yet. I am long and short SEEK via options, so it really doesn't matter to me which way it goes, as long as it moves a lot. My best wishes to you all, X