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To: webinfopro.com who wrote (6214)	5/26/1998 7:59:00 PM
From: Eddie Kim	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9343

Anybody see Infoseek has a takeover target by some large media group?

To: webinfopro.com who wrote (6214)	5/26/1998 8:19:00 PM
From: Jorge	Respond to of 9343

Weby...4?...I'm not sure I want to see that kind of "buying opportunity"....Yes, this is one to look down the road at, not at today's action..... You know, the lower this price gets the more attractive it becomes as a buyout candidate....Those conglomerates who have the bucks to buyout saw the price of all "Portals" go way up a month ago and probably realized at that time these were going to be the vehicles to launch a new wave of business in this growing area of the internet...They saw the price of these stocks go up and may realize that in a few more Quarters, without irrational exhuberance playing the major role, the stock prices will continue to rise as they become more profitable...For some large media giant NOW or soon, may be the right time to make a move in a buyout. Not holding my breath, but not discounting this idea either. Regards, George

To: webinfopro.com who wrote (6214)	5/30/1998 7:08:00 AM
From: Lawrence Burg	Respond to of 9343

Following SEEK from a TA perspective just recently, but am adding a comment about search engines. Personally, I see the individual search engines as dinosaurs, each confined to a specific algorithim or scan parameters. I use Metacrawler, which takes the highest hits from a number of engines including those mentioned by IBCX. Dog Pile is another multi-search engine tool. Seems to me that individual engines, besides being specific to certain search parameters are also subject to personal preference. I couldn't stand Yahoo, and I've gone past Webcrawler. I can't imagine too much fluctuation in communities/customers using individual engines. Everyone has their favorite, and it would seem that growth of individual companies (SEEK, Lycos, etc) are mainly dependent on www growth. It's great that IBCX recognized SEEK, but it seems they're just another client. Does SEEK get some sort of signing bonus? Or are they paid only when IBCX is hit off SEEK?