George Bell Strong Quotations

The surge in traffic and registrations is evidence of strong organic growth and increasing user awareness and loyalty to the service.

We are as optimistic as ever about the accelerated adoption of broadband services by consumers, underlined by our strong year-end broadband subscriber growth, ... While content services remain a compelling element of our opportunity, it is critical that the cost structure of our media business correlate with the changing online media world. As we mature as a business and drive towards profitability, we continue to refine our core business.

Our growth was strong across all measurements -- traffic, unique users, registrations, bookings and revenue -- indicating growing consumer and advertiser validation of Excite as a leading gateway to the Web and as a provider of highly personalized online services,