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Summation
with Auren Hoffman
week of June 7, 1998

Summation Push

Auren Hoffman's Summation Push for the week of June 7, 1998

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This issue:
Government 2000: The IRS and the FAA are in trouble
Jeb Bush's site
Industry Insights: Excite and Lycos
Hoffman Spam Index
Summation Push Picks Links

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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: Jeb's Site

I like Jeb Bush's web site (http://www.jeb.org). Bush, the second son of President George Bush, is making a second run for governor of Florida after his close race in 1994. Regardless of what you think of the guy (I like him), he's got a great web site.

Back in 1995, I designed Frank Jordan's re-election site (the San Francisco Chronicle called it the best election web site). Jordan ended up losing the election but the web site was used as a guideline for hundreds of other candidates across the country. Then Bob Dole made a stellar web site in 96 and became the trendsetter. Now Jeb Bush is setting the new web standard with on-line donations, ease-of-use, and other high tech features.

Though candidates with the better web site seem to lose the election, Jeb Bush is hoping the reverse that trend.

(all rumors and insights sent to auren@summation.net will be kept confidential)

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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: Who's Better -- Excite or Lycos?

I'm starting to love both Excite and Lycos. Excite, making a string of acquisitions and partnerships is definitely on the right track (though my prediction of the acquisition of WhoWhere has not come true yet). Potential acquisition: Electronic Greeting Card company.

Lycos's acquisition of Tripod for $68 million was a cheap way to include an awesome community. With their recent investment in PlanetAll (one of my personal favorite sites), Lycos is also on the right path. Potential Acquisition: Direct News company.

So whom are we missing? Infoseek. They've been going nowhere. I don't even visit their site anymore. It is too bad because they originally had the early lead on all the search engines.

(All rumors and insights sent to auren@summation.net will be kept confidential)

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HOFFMAN SPAM INDEX:

Check out what's happening with Spam at:
http://www.summation.net/spam.html

The Hoffman Spam Index is updated weekly.

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THIS WEEK'S LINKS:

Peel Magazine (http:// www.peelmag.com) - A cool Gen X culture zine
Internet Herald (http://www.iherald.com/) - the magazine that helped launch my writings
MicroTimes (http://www.microtimes.com/) - check out my article in the most current issue

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