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To: freeus who wrote (19976)	2/11/1999 4:45:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 27307

Yahoo! Introduces Expanded Suite of Services for Small Businesses; Services Offer Small Businesses Easy Solutions to Take Their Business Online SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 10, 1999--Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO) today announced that it has launched a new set of services designed to help small businesses and merchants create a Web presence and promote their business online. These new services combined with Yahoo!'s previous small business offerings present unique solutions for businesses and merchants wanting to market and/or sell goods and services online to a broad audience. Companies of any size now have an easy and cost-effective way to take advantage of the growing business opportunities available through the Internet. "Yahoo! recognizes the need for a set of services to address the demands of growing numbers of small businesses and merchants that want to use the Internet as a channel to reach new customers," said Tim Brady, vice president of production at Yahoo!. "Yahoo!'s new small business services provide a complete solution to help this expanding sector maximize their opportunities on the Web." Optimize Your Business Options With Yahoo!'s small business solutions, businesses and merchants can quickly and cost effectively get their business online and promote their products and services. Yahoo!'s small business offerings currently include the following: -0- T Yahoo! Site (http://site.yahoo.com) -- This new service offers businesses a fast and easy way to create a professional-quality Web site and immediately begin marketing their business online. For $29.95/month, individuals have up to 25 Mb of storage space to create a Web presence hosted by Yahoo!, using a simple site-builder tool. Additionally, the service provides a suite of tracking and reporting tools that provide businesses with comprehensive information on how their site is doing. Yahoo! Site also offers an easy upgrade path to Yahoo! Store for those businesses interested in conducting commerce transactions online. Yahoo! Store (http://store.yahoo.com) -- Launched in June 1998, Yahoo! Store offers merchants the ability to instantly create, publish and manage secure online stores to market and sell goods. Merchants can create their own store for $100 to $300 per month depending on the size of their inventory. Yahoo! Store also features a complete suite of tracking and reporting tools that provide merchants with extensive data about traffic and income sources. Yahoo! Business Express -- For all commerce-enabled, online stores, Yahoo! Business Express offers express consideration of their Web site for inclusion in the main Yahoo!(R) directory (http://www.yahoo.com) for a one-time, non-refundable fee of $199. All stores submitted to Yahoo! Business Express will receive notification on their inclusion status within 7 business days. Inclusion in the Yahoo! directory is not guaranteed -- all stores must meet specific criteria to be included (complete terms of service and more information can be found at yahoo.com. Additionally, Yahoo! is offering a $500 bundled promotional package exclusively for Yahoo! Stores. The package provides each store with a one-week promotional text link for their store under the "New Featured Stores" area on the front page of Yahoo! Shopping (http://shopping.yahoo.com), plus participation in Business Express. Yahoo! Connected Office (http://connected.clubs.yahoo.com/office) -- With Yahoo!'s new Connected Office service, small companies can create their own internal communication hub and intranet that includes private communications tools (i.e., message boards and chat), a shared company calendar and customizable business news and information. Using Yahoo! Connected Office, businesses now have a centralized, password-protected location on the Web where employees can share information and interact with each other. Yahoo! Small Business (http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com) -- This Yahoo! property was launched in August 1998 to provide useful tools and relevant information for small business owners. Yahoo! Small Business features general small business information, products and services including package tracking for Airborne Express, Federal Express and UPS; industry news and business coverage; editorial content from leading business publications; and tips and weekly highlights relevant to small businesses. T -0- Businesses can access any of Yahoo!'s small business solutions today by going to the "Build a Business Online" area on the front page of Yahoo! Small Business. Additionally, the new services are available through relevant areas within Yahoo! Yellow Pages and the main Yahoo! directory. Merchants interested in promoting their commerce-enabled online store can participate in the new promotional programs by going to Yahoo! Store. About Yahoo! Yahoo! Inc. is a global Internet media company that offers a branded network of comprehensive information, communication and shopping services to millions of users daily. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is a leading guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach, and is one of the most recognized brands associated with the Internet. The company's global Web network includes 18 world properties. Yahoo! has offices in Europe, the Asia Pacific and Canada, and is headquartered in Santa Clara. Note to Editors: Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo are registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. --30--pw/sf* azs/sf CONTACT: Yahoo! Inc. Jennifer Hwang, 408/731-3362 jenhwang@yahoo-inc.com or NRW PR Nicki Dugan, 650/827-7062 nicki@nrwpr.com