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To: GBT who wrote (138)	4/16/1999 5:03:00 AM
From: Richard Eknoian Jr.	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 4443

Slow gradual climbs are nice but on this one you may just have to accept a fast abrupt one. Sorry for the inconvenience. Ladies and gentlemen...fasten your seat belts.

To: GBT who wrote (138)	4/16/1999 6:44:00 AM
From: LTK007	Respond to of 4443

And more:) ONLINE BROKERAGES SPONSOR GOMEZ CONTENT. 03/15/99 Financial Net News Copyright 1999 Information Access Company. All rights reserved. ETrade Securities and Mr. Stock are sponsoring editorial content on the Gomez Advisors Web site. ETrade is sponsoring Gomez's IPO and Options Jump Start sections, which provide articles written by Gomez staff, tools and links to Web sites about IPOs and options. Mr. Stock's sponsorship involves Gomez's Broker Selection 101 page, which provides Web surfers with suggestions on how to choose an online brokerage. Both firms are seeking to tap the sophisticated visitors to the Gomez site (www. gomez . com ). Gomez is known for its high-profile quarterly rankings of both online brokerages and banks, which are posted on its site. ETrade and Mr. Stock are ranked third and 12th, respectively, in Gomez's latest Internet brokerage rankings, which judge online firms on ease of use, customer confidence, on-site resources, overall costs and relationship services. Gomez analyst Alan Alper said the marketing relationships do not jeopardize the objectivity of the rankings. "Clearly it is a great way to bring in revenue--when companies want to buy sponsorships we make it clear that they will be given a nice position on the page but they will not influence what we write and how we evaluate business," he said. The firms only have a say over the marketing message, Alper added. ETrade has a button on the Gomez home page touting its sponsorships as well as banner ads on both sections promoting Power ETrade, its new suite of services that includes free real-time quotes and streaming charts. ETrade is sponsoring the sections as a way to attract the fairly sophisticated investors who tend to gravitate to the Gomez site and have a pre-existing interest in Internet trading, according to a firm spokeswoman. E*Trade also decided to advertise on Gomez's IPO and options sections to complement the IPO center on its own site. Mr. Stock also touts its sponsorship with a button on the Gomez home page, and a banner ad on the broker page invites visitors to open an account with Mr. Stock (www.mrstock.com). The firm made the move to align itself with a Web site that agrees with its own philosophy of educating investors as much as possible, according to Brent Houston, managing director.

To: GBT who wrote (138)	4/16/1999 6:54:00 AM
From: LTK007	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4443

And I see Gomez Advisor Group is expanding,and becoming a rating source for more than just banks and brokerages,here is an example-- and o yes Ashton owns 54% of Gomez.com. Article 21 of 28 LIFE digital readout BEST BETS, TOP BUYS AND STATISTICS 04/14/99 USA Today FINAL Page 06D (Copyright 1999) Top-rated auction sites Site Rating out of 10 1. eBay 7.95 2. Onsale 6.97 3. Auction Universe 6.56 4. DealDeal 6.31 5. FirstAuction 5.89 6. Yahoo! Auctions 5.74 7. TeleTrade 5.64 8. CityAuction 5.49 9. One Web Place 5.30 10. WebAuction 5.29 11. uBid 5.22 12. Up4Sale 4.59 13. HaggleOnline 4.57 14. Classifieds2000 4.46 15. Egghead.com 4.06 Source: Gomez Advisors; scores based on 100 separate criteria in four areas: ease of use, customer confidence, on-site resources and relationship services. More listings and site reviews at www. gomez . com