NetZero Partners With eTour to Provide CanadianSubscribers With Personalized Web `Site-Seeing'.

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WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2000

Alliance With Popular Web Tour Guide Takes the `Search'

Out of Surfing

In a move that ensures less online "searching" and more "finding" for its Canadian subscribers,

The agreement brings eTour's exclusive Web site delivery service directly to NetZero subscribers, further personalizing their online experience and easing their navigation of the Web. eTour(R) is now predominately featured on the start page for NetZero Canada subscribers, delivering great Web sites that match their specific interests -- every time they log on.

Based on each NetZero member's personal interest and hobby preferences, eTour will deliver relevant Web sites directly to the individual's start page each day. With each click of eTour's "Next Site" button, members are transported to a new site that matches their interests, like using a personal remote control for the Web. These selections change daily and are handpicked as "Best of the Net" by eTour's editors.

"Our primary goal is to enhance the online experience for our subscribers by helping them find the most interesting and relevant content and commerce online," said Brian Woods, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, NetZero.

"Our partnership with eTour goes even further. Not only do the company's editors find the best, most useful Web sites, but they deliver these sites directly to our members' start pages -- we do the work while our subscribers reap the rewards. We believe this partnership is yet another way we're adding significant value to the services we provide for our users."

"This is a major partnership that enables eTour to expand our unique service to a new market," said Roger Barnette, president and chief executive officer, eTour Inc.

"It just makes sense for our companies to work collectively toward our common goal: making it easier and more efficient for people to find what they're looking for on the Web, while helping content providers and sponsors reach audiences keenly interested in them."

About eTour.com

eTour.com, the personal tour guide of the Web, connects more than 4 million registered members with editor-selected Web sites that match their personal interests. Entertainment Weekly rated eTour "A+" and "Useful Best of Breed," while The Industry Standard named it the "Most Addictive" Web site of 1999. One of the leaders in Web "stickiness," eTour was also the #1 ranked site on the Internet in usage days per visitor for 1999, according to MediaMetrix. Through its unique Web surfing solution customized to an individual's interests, eTour delivered more than 42 million different Web sites to its users in the 3rd Quarter of 2000. eTour has headquarters in Atlanta, with offices in San Francisco and New York City. The company is privately held.

About NetZero Inc.

NetZero Inc. is a leading provider of advertising- and commerce-supported Internet access offering a broad range of interactive marketing, research and measurement solutions. NetZero offers consumers free access to the Internet, free e-mail and customizable navigation tools that provide "speed dial" to key sites on the Internet. Through proprietary technologies, NetZero offers advertisers unique targeting capabilities through numerous online advertising and sponsorship channels. The company's CyberTarget division offers marketers and advertisers mass-scale, online market research and measurement services. NetZero is a Cisco Powered Network, providing its access services to more than 5.7 million registered users in more than 5,000 cities across the United States and Canada. For more information, visit www.netzero.net. To obtain a CD, call 1-800-DEFENDER.

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