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INTERNET.COM ADDS GOTO.COM TO ITS ISDEX® INTERNET STOCK INDEX
(Darien, CT--December 8, 1999)-- internet.com (Nasdaq: INTM), the E-Business and Internet Technology Network, today announced it has replaced Xoom.com (Nasdaq: XMCM) with GoTo.com (Nasdaq: GOTO) in its ISDEX®, Internet Stock Index. The change will be effective as of Thursday, December 9, 1999. Xoom.com is no longer trading as a result of the creation of NBC Internet (Nasdaq: NBCI) which was formed as a result of the combination of Snap.com, Xoom.com and certain Internet properties of NBC Television.ISDEX (http://www.isdex.com) is a 100% Internet index featuring 50 leading publicly traded Internet companies with representation from twelve Internet sectors including the software, hardware, content, commerce and communication/access sectors. ISDEX is reviewed quarterly to ensure that it includes the most representative list of Internet stocks for investors. ISDEX was created in 1996 and is quoted on a regular basis in leading financial media including the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Dow Jones Newswire, Bloomberg, Bridge, CNBC, SmartMoney magazine and others.
ISDEX futures and futures options are traded on the Kansas City Board of Trade under the ticker symbol (IS). For information about Kansas City Board of Trade ISDEX futures and futures options contact Candice Bowman at 816-753-7500 or visit http://www.kcbt.com/isdex.htm.
ISDEX is also available through the no-load Guinness Flight internet.com INDEX Fund which trades under the ticker symbol (GFINX). For information about the Guinness Flight internet.com Index Fund contact James Atkinson at 626-795-0039 or visit http://www.gffunds.com/isdex.
internet.com Corporation, based in Darien, 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 (http://www.internet.com) operates a network of 84 Web sites, 71 e-mail newsletters, 101 online discussion forums and 75 moderated e-mail discussion lists with over 2 million unique visitors that generate more than 80 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 140 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.
"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, when available.
For more information contact:
Steve Rubel
Schwartz Public Relations
(212) 677-8700 x23
steve.rubel@schwartzpr.com
Nicole Catalano
internet.com Corporation
(203)-662-2870
ncatalano@internet.com
All current internet.com Corp. press releases can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.internet.com/corporate/press.html.
