The Internet Analyst News - Web Portals: About.com

Business Wire,  Sept 29, 1999  

Tags: About Inc., Internet, portal, Web portal

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 1999--

Marc H. Gerstein, Director of Investment Products for Market Guide Inc. still remembers when you didn't hang out on sites like Yahoo! (Nasdaq-YHOO), but instead used them only to hunt for "real" Web sites.

From the About.com (Nasdaq-BOUT) home page, it was easy to find the art section. Mr. Gerstein expected to see lots of links to museums, galleries, and artists' Web sites. Instead, he saw a list of "Guide Sites" on many art-related topics, including his present bailiwick, Drawing/Sketching.

About.com's (Nasdaq-BOUT) reach surpassed ZDNET GROUP's (ZDZ) ZDNET.COM site and MSNBC.com in July.

To find out more about About.com (Nasdaq-BOUT), read the article in Multex.com's The Internet Analyst(sm), http://theinternetanalyst.com/individual/990923sections/connections.html

Companies profiled:

About.com (Nasdaq-BOUT) http://www.multexinvestor.com/af001215/tickersearch.asp?Ticker=bout

YAHOO! (Nasdaq-YHOO) http://www.multexinvestor.com/af001215/tickersearch.asp?Ticker=yhoo

ZDNET GROUP's (NYSE-ZDZ) http://www.multexinvestor.com/af001215/tickersearch.asp?Ticker=zdz

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