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To: TFF who wrote (5998)	5/10/1998 4:46:00 PM
From: Jeff Jordan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9343

May 8, 1998 ZDNet News via NewsEdge Corporation : What used to be called search engines, Web directories or online services are increasingly competing for the same business -- as multi-purpose Internet portals. That message was emphasized Wednesday by a deal between CNet's portal, Snap! Online, and Internet technology company Inktomi Corp. The pact, which sees Inktomi provide Snap!'s Web-searching capabilities, replaces an agreement with Infoseek Corp. The latter once focused on Web- searching, but lately has been elbowing its way into the portal market by adding on new features such as stock quotes, maps and yellow-pages. "Inktomi has an OEM model, they're very focused on being a technology provider," said Sam Parker, Snap!'s VP of product development. " That's the kind of provider we needed." "This is a strategic alliance that furthers our strategy of being the search engine behind the search engine," said Inktomi co-founder and chief scientist Eric Brewer. The colonization of portal space Snap! arguably launched the idea of the Web portal when it debuted last year, distributing a CD-ROM through ISPs such as Sprint Internet Passport and GTE Internetworking. Users sign up for Internet service with the CD-ROM, and get access to a variety of features through the Snap! interface. Snap! itself is free, supported by advertising that is shared between Snap! and the ISP partner. Since then, the major search engines and directory services -- Yahoo! Inc. (XCIT), Lycos Inc. (LCOS), Infoseek (SEEK) and the rest -- have aggressively colonized the portal space, adding new features and entering deals with ISP partners. In effect, Infoseek has become a direct competitor to Snap!. Netscape Communications Corp. (NSCP) also joined the fray recently with plans to turn its Netcenter home page into a multi-purpose Web gateway. Snap! offers a directory of human-reviewed Web sites in addition to Inktomi's large collection of machine-collected sites. Inktomi spreads the wealth Inktomi provides the underlying technology for several search engines, including Wired Digital's HotBot and the upcoming search engine from Microsoft, code-named Yukon. CNet (CNWK) also said that Inktomi technology may be showing up in some of its other sites, which include cnet.com, downloads.com and the cheeky tech-news site news.com. snap.com