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INTERNET.COM ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC ALLIANCES WITH EXP.COM, PLANET-INTRA.COM, DOMAIN BANK, INC., MYHELPDESK.COM AND MLX.COM
(WESTPORT, CT - September 28, 1999) - internet.com (Nasdaq: INTM), The E-Business and Internet Technology Network, today announced a series of new commerce partner relationships with EXP.com (formerly Advoco.com), Planet-Intra.com, MyHelpdesk.com TM and Domain Bank, Inc. internet.com has also entered into a non-exclusive commerce relationship with MLX.com, which includes a co-branded edition with internet.com's AtNewYork.com and SiliconAlleyJobs.com Web sites. Each company will extend their reach through the internet.com Network, consisting of 70 Web sites and related Internet media properties, visited by over 1.8 million unique users monthly."We are pleased to add this tier of partners to our expanding affiliate program and look forward to promoting their brands and generating traffic for their sites," said internet.com chairman and CEO Alan M. Meckler. "Our growing affiliate program has been very well received by our commerce partners and we expect this will make an increasingly significant contribution to our multiple revenue stream strategy."
EXP.COM
EXP.com, Inc. (formerly known as Advoco.com) was established in February 1999 to create the leading marketplace for expert advice and services on the Internet. The company has attracted over $30 million in financing from some of the country's leading venture capital firms including Bessemer Venture Partners, @Ventures (a CMGI affiliate--Nasdaq: CMGI), Bowman Capital, Maveron, and Oracle Ventures (Nasdaq: ORCL). EXP.com is located in Menlo Park, California.
PLANET-INTRA.COM
Planet-Intra.Com, based in Mountain View, California, offers a free instant intranet, designed for small to medium-sized enterprises, or corporate divisions, that seek secure, affordable and customizable solutions.
DOMAIN BANK, INC.
Domain Bank, Inc., (http://www.domainbank.net) an ICANN accredited registrar, specializes in domain registration services for .Com, .Net, and .Org as well as proposed new domains. Web hosts and ISPs who want a quality service from a non-competing vendor can also benefit from attractive commissions for domain name registrations.
MYHELPDESK.COM
MyHelpdesk.com TM, The Computer Help Portal, is a free, personalized computer help resource guide that provides time-saving, easy access to the best help resources available for addressing personal computing problems and productivity needs. Searchable resource directories for over 1,500 of the most popular software and hardware products make MyHelpdesk.com the first place to go for computer help on the Web.
MLX.COM
MLX.com is New York City's premier online community for apartment search, move and "settling-in" services, and includes the city's largest consumer accessible online database of apartments for rent or sale. MLX.com's unique tools personalize each member's access to the Web's most extensive listings of no-fee rentals, for-sale-by-owner, and broker exclusive apartments in the city.
For e-commerce and licensing opportunities, contact David Arganbright, Vice President, Commerce and Licensing, at [email protected] or (203) 341-2858.
internet.com Corporation, based in Westport, Connecticut, 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 70 Web sites, 46 E-mail newsletters, 55 online discussion forums and 52 moderated E-mail discussion lists with over 1.8 million unique visitors that generate more than 60 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 100 million per month. internet.com's global presence includes editions in Canada, China, the United Kingdom, Arabia, Australia, Asia, France, Japan and Israel. In addition, internet.com with its related internet.com Venture Fund I has become a significant investor in a growing number of business-to-business content sites and related Internet media properties.
"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 "Risk Factors" in the Company's Prospectus dated June 25, 1999, Annual Report or Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year.
For more information contact:
Nicole Catalano
(203) 341-2870
[email protected]
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