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To: JimNewby who wrote (17204)	9/14/1998 8:18:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

HotBot Signs Distribution Agreements With Yahoo! and Netscape PR Newswire - September 14, 1998 09:45 %MLM %CPR %CON YHOO NSCP V%PRN P%PRN Web's Best-Rated Search Site Now Available to Yahoo! and Netscape Users SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Wired Digital announced today that HotBot (www.hotbot.com), its top-rated Web-navigation portal, has signed distribution agreements with Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) and Netscape Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: NSCP) to participate in the companies' respective alternate search provider programs. Effective immediately, both Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com) and Netscape (www.netscape.com) will offer HotBot as an alternate search option to the millions of consumers frequenting their leading Internet services. HotBot was recently named "best search site on the Web" by the top three consumer-oriented computer publications -- "PC Magazine," "PC Computing," and "PC World" -- and by the number one personal-finance publication -- "SmartMoney" magazine -- for its sophisticated search features and easy-to-use interface. The site currently attracts more than 8 million unique users per month and is among the top 25 highest trafficked sites on the Web. "Although HotBot continues to attract significant traffic increases through its recognition by leading influencers -- journalists, analysts, and researchers -- we're always looking for additional opportunities to extend our search services to new pools of users," said Mary Murphy, Wired Digital's vice president of marketing. "Both Yahoo! and Netscape offer large, high-quality audiences, and we're extremely pleased to be offering our services to them." As an alternate search provider on Yahoo!, HotBot will be added to the selection of leading search providers listed at the bottom of all Yahoo! search results pages. With this placement, HotBot will be immediately accessible to Yahoo!'s 40 million unique users worldwide each month. As part of the Netscape agreement, HotBot becomes a Distinguished Provider -- a premium position on Netscape's Net Search page. A HotBot link will be displayed and highlighted with a gold star on the page's Search the Web category. Netscape's Net Search page is the default search page for the company's popular Netcenter portal site. About Wired Digital: Wired Digital creates a range of dynamic online products that help people put emerging technologies to use in their personal and professional lives. Wired Digital properties include HotBot, the Web's best-rated search engine; HotWired (www.hotwired.com), the award-winning site about Web technology and culture; Wired News (www.wired.com), the premier service for news of the digital world; and Suck (www.suck.com), featuring unpopular opinions on pop culture from the Web's longest running daily column. Wired Digital is headquartered in San Francisco, with satellite offices in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. NOTE: HotBot, HotWired, and Webmonkey are trademarks or service marks of Wired Ventures Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks or service marks of their respective owners. Netscape, Netscape Navigator, Netscape Certificate Server, Netscape FastTrack Server, Netscape ONE, Netscape SuiteSpot and the Netscape N and Ship's Wheel logos are registered trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation in the United States and other countries. Other Netscape logos, product names, and service names are also trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation, which may be registered in other countries. Other product and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners. SOURCE Wired Digital /CONTACT: Andrew de Vries, director of marketing communications, 415-276-8542, or andrewd@wired.com, or Laura Wheless, PR specialist, 415-276-8632, or lauraw@wired.com, both of Wired Digital/ /Company News On-Call: prnewswire.com or fax, 800-758-5804, ext. 127476/ /Web site: hotwired.com /Web site: wired.com /Web site: hotbot.com /Web site: suck.com /Web site: home.wired.com