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Technology Stocks : InfoSpace (INSP): Where GNET went! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Technologyguy who wrote (2239)	3/20/1999 11:48:00 AM
From: Josef Svejk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28311

Humbly report, T, quality is it. No other way that I know of to keep eyeballs in this new world - period. The minute I find something better than go2net, I'm out of here, and suspect the same applies to the vast majority out there. So far so good . . . I believe HyperMart is presently the cornerstone of GNET's future. Cheers, Svejk proofsheet.com

To: Technologyguy who wrote (2239)	3/20/1999 11:56:00 AM
From: RTev	Respond to of 28311

Good point TG. Like you, I never look at the home page of my provider (USWest DSL). Instead, I use Netcenter on IE and Snap on Navigator. (Since their logos -- the "e" or "N" -- will take me to the company home page, I see no reason to duplicate it on the home button.) But, in fact, I rarely look at any home page these days. With a permanent connection and IE's active desktop, a browser window automatically opens to the page it was on when I shut down the computer. These days, that's often at least one SI page, so that's where I start out most often. I think portals will become less significant for computer users in the future, but not for TV users -- and that's where Allen's vision for GNET becomes interesting. He's talking of using GNET as a TV interface to the net -- something that AT&T/@home/excite aren't yet saying much about, but which they're sure to concentrate on when the two mergers are complete. It sounds to me like Allen envisions GNET as an integral part of the TV experience on his cable properties. In that situation, the user would be far more restricted, and far more likely to use a GNET page (with advertising fees paid to GNET) as their launch pad when they "go2net" with the TV remote. Interesting note: the major competitor in this realm comes from another company in which Allen holds a significant investment -- a little outfit called "Microsoft" and WebTV. Hmm...