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Category Name
Search Engines/Portals
Monthly Unique
Audience (millions)
74.4
Reach %
88.8%
Visits Per Person
(per month)
5.5
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Entertainment
News & Information
51.3
49.0
41.2
61.2%
58.5%
49.1%
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2.2
Shopping
Electronics & Software
Online Communities
40.5
39.6
36.9
48.3%
47.2%
44.0%
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2.1
2.4
Directories/Classifieds
Family & Lifestyles
Finance/Insurance/Investment
Corporate Information
28.6
26.3
24.9
23.8
T 34.1%
31.4%
29.7%
28.4%
1.6
1.7
2.8
1.5
Sweepstakes/Coupons
Travel
Adult
Education
CO 21.8
20.4
20.1
18.6
26.1%
24.3%
23.9%
22.2%
3.3
1.4
1.6
1.5
Government/Non-Profit 15.9 18.9% 1.8
Sports 12.5 14.9% 2.7
Automotive
PY 10.1 12.0% 1.4

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801-305 A Note on Portals

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Property Unique Audience (millions) Reach %


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AOL Websites 48.1 57.3%

Yahoo! 44.8 53.5%


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MSN 33.2 39.6%

Microsoft 30.1 35.9%

Lycos Network 22.8 27.2%


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Excite@Home 20.6 24.6%

GO Network 18.1 21.6%


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AltaVista 12.8 15.3%

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Property Unique Audience (millions) Reach % Page Views (millions) Visits Per Person
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Pages Per Person Time per Person

“Big Three”:

AOL Websites 48.1 57.3% 2,197.4


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GO Network

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“Portals With A
Wrinkle”:
Ask Jeeves

GoTo.com

Google
PY 8.4

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78.6
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801-305 A Note on Portals

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Traffic Ad Revenue
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Portals
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Breakdown:
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(millions)
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Hours/Person At Portal 1.7 0.4 3.8 0.8
Total Hours Online Per 12.6 9.2 12.6 7.9
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Person
Percent Of Total
Online Time Spent:
At Portal Listed Above 13.7% 4.4% 30.4% 9.6%
At MSN 0.7% 1.5% 1.7% 2.0%
At Go Network 1.1% 2.6% 1.4% 2.0%

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A Note on Portals 801-305

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AOL.com Yahoo.com MSN.com Lycos.com Excite.com


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Primary site

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Excite.com 47.4% 66.7% 50.7% 32.9% 100.0%

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Cost (CPM) Click-Through Sell-Through


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Sponsorship/co-branded $30-$100 3%-20% 2%-10%
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Company Portal Date Price Term


CDNow Yahoo! 8/97 $3.9 million 1+ years
CBS Sportsline AOL 10/98 $23 million 3 years
CNET AOL 2/99 $14.5 million 2.5 years
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eBay AOL 3/99 $75 million 4 years
Drkoop.com AOL 7/99 $89 million 4 years
1-800 Flowers.com AOL 9/99 $37 million 4 years

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801-305 A Note on Portals

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$ In Millions, 1999 2000 2001E


% Of Revenue
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Lycos:
Revenues $198.2 $349.2 $525.7
Cost of Revenues 37.5 (18.9%) 59.5 (17.0%) 87.9 (16.7%)
Gross Profit 160.6 (81.0%) 289.7 (83.0%) 437.8 (83.3%)
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Operating Expenses 173.9 (87.7%) 255.7 (73.2%) 362.7 (69.0%)
Sales and Marketing 110.0 (55.5%) 170.0 (48.7%) 235.1 (44.7%)
Product Development 38.7 (19.5%) 54.7 (15.7%) 80.6 (15.3%)
General and 25.1 (12.7%) 31.0 (8.9%) 46.9 (8.9%)
Administrative
Operating Income (13.3) (-6.7%) 34.0 (9.7%) 75.1 (14.3%)
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(loss)

Yahoo!:
Revenues $588.6 $1,084.7 $1,490.0
Cost of Revenues 92.3 (15.7%) 154.6 (14.3%) 217.4 (14.6%)
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Gross Profit 496.3 (84.3%) 930.1 (85.7%) 1,272.6 (85.4%)
Operating Expenses 308.4 (52.4%) 518.2 (47.8%) 696.9 (46.8%)
Sales and Marketing 209.0 (35.5%) 366.7 (33.8%) 500.0 (33.6%)
Product Development 64.1 (10.9%) 96.8 (8.9%) 129.1 (8.7%)
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General and 35.3 (6.0%) 54.7 (5.0%) 67.8 (4.6%)
Administrative
Operating Income 187.9 (31.9%) 411.9 (38.0%) 575.8 (38.6%)
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Current Guidance (1) Bear Stearns Long-Term (2)


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Product Development As % Of 10% 6%
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