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INTERNET.COM CONTINUES INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION WITH NEW CHINESE VERSION AND FRENCH NEWS FEED OF LINUXSTART.COM

(New York, NY-March 15, 2000)-- internet.com (Nasdaq: INTM), the Internet Industry's Portal (http://www.internet.com), today announced LinuxStart.com's (http://www.linuxstart.com) further international expansion with a new Chinese version (http://cn.linuxstart.com) and the addition of a French news feed actulinux.com (http://www.actulinux.com) to its existing French site (http://fr.linuxstart.com). The Chinese version marks the 12th local language edition of LinuxStart.com and actulinux.com bolsters an already strong French edition by aggregating Linux-centric content for visitors.

"As the Linux movement continues to flourish worldwide, it is essential to provide these regions with Linux resources that are critical for businesses to optimize new technologies and trends effecting their industries," said internet.com chairman and CEO Alan M. Meckler. "These regional additions further complement Linux Start's and internet.com's aggressive global strategy, giving us a first mover advantage in providing Linux industry content worldwide."

LinuxStart.com (http://www.linuxstart.com), an internet.com Web site, is a leading resource and search engine for the Linux community providing Linux information, tools, applications and more. LinuxStart.com provides both translated and regional content in local language versions including: Chinese, French, Finnish, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and English.

internet.com Corporation (Nasdaq: INTM; http://www.internet.com), based in New York, NY, is a leading provider of global real-time news and information resources for Internet industry and Internet technology professionals, Web developers and experienced Internet users. internet.com operates a network of 102 Web sites, 75 e-mail newsletters, 101 online discussion forums and 75 moderated e-mail discussion lists with over 2.2 million unique visitors that generate more than 120 million page views monthly. Total "views", which include Web site page views, e-mail newsletter views and e-mail discussion list views, are now over 180 million per month. internet.com's global presence includes editions in Arabia, Asia, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, South Africa and the United Kingdom. In addition, internet.com with its related internet.com Venture Fund I and Venture Fund II is an investor in a growing number of business-to-business content sites and related Internet media properties.

Interested advertisers should contact the Ad Sales department at [email protected] or (203) 662-2962. For e-commerce and licensing opportunities, contact David Arganbright, Vice President, Commerce and Licensing, at [email protected] or (203) 662-2858.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding internet.com Corporation's business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see internet.com's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward looking statements included herein are made as of the date of this press release, and internet.com assumes no obligation to update the forward looking statements after the date hereof.

Steve Rubel
Schwartz Public Relations
(212) 677-8700 x23
[email protected]

Nicole Catalano
internet.com Corporation
(212) 547-7939
[email protected]

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