AltaVista Company Expands Advertising Team To Create Innovative Sales Approach.

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 1999--

Experienced Team Complements DoubleClick To Drive Sponsorship,

Advertising Revenue For AltaVista Properties

AltaVista Company today announced the addition of five seasoned Internet sales executives to its advertising sales team, creating an industry-first model of combining in-house sales expertise with an ad serving network.

Among those joining AltaVista Company include: John Dawson, Eastern Sales Director; Rick Gruber, Western Sales Director; Chris Bolte, Director of Sponsorships; David Karnstedt, Director of Sales Development, AltaVista and Zip2; and Keith Lorizio, Director of Sales Development, Shopping.com. The new executives bring a variety of advertising, sales and marketing experience to AltaVista, both from interactive and traditional media.

The new advertising sales team has been established to drive sponsorships and maximize advertising revenue for AltaVista's leading properties, including the AltaVista Internet guide ( http://www.altavista.com ), Shopping.com ( http://www.shopping.com ) and Zip2 ( http://www.zip2.com ). Under this model, AltaVista's advertising team will support the company's current partnership with DoubleClick Inc. and develop new sponsorship and promotional opportunities for major accounts.

"AltaVista has always led in customer loyalty and customer satisfaction for its users. With this new sales model in place, we can now get closer to our advertising customer, enabling us to fulfill our commitment to providing superior service and measurable results," said Charles Rashall, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, AltaVista Company.

The new advertising sales team will be led by Perry Allison, Vice President of Advertising Sales for AltaVista. Allison is a veteran of Internet advertising, having served as AltaVista's Vice President of Advertising over the past two years. Prior to her work at AltaVista, Allison was Director of Marketing and Sales Development for NewsPage, a Web site from the NewsEdge Corporation.

David Karnstedt joins as Director of Sales Development, AltaVista and Zip2. In this role, he will manage and implement sales and advertising programs for both the AltaVista Internet guide and Zip2, AltaVista's local content platform. Karnstedt's previous experience includes Advertising Director positions at Wired Digital and SOFTBANK Interactive Marketing.

Keith Lorizio will serve as Director of Sales Development for Shopping.com. Lorizio will work to develop new opportunities with partners and advertising prospects on Shopping.com, AltaVista's leading destination shopping site. Prior to AltaVista, Lorizio served as Director of National Sales for Zip2 Corporation and Director of National Sales for Bell Atlantic Electronic Commerce.

As Director of Sponsorship, Chris Bolte will be responsible for all sponsorship programs for AltaVista Company. Bolte was formerly Director of National Accounts for Wired Digital, and a National Account Executive of Advertising Sales with Mary Tyler Moore (MTM) Media Properties.

Rick Gruber will serve as Western Sales Director and John Dawson as Eastern Sales Director, responsible for managing advertising sales and selling large sponsorship programs throughout their respective regions. Gruber previously served as Director of Sales, West for Time Inc. New Media. Dawson joins AltaVista from Excite. Inc., where he served as Senior Director of Eastern Sales and Advertising. Previously, John was the publisher at Hachette Filapacchi New Media and VP, Sales at E! Online.

"We have assembled a real 'dream team' of ad sales professionals who will accelerate our efforts to maximize our revenue, building on the stellar job that DoubleClick has already done for us in the marketplace," said Perry Allison, VP, Ad Sales for AltaVista Company.

AltaVista Leads The Industry

AltaVista Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE:CPQ). AltaVista combines three leading Internet properties:

-- AltaVista.com, the most powerful and useful guide to the Internet

-- Shopping.com, the most satisfying place to shop, 125% Guaranteed

-- Zip2.com, the leading provider of Internet platform solutions for

local media and E-commerce

AltaVista continues to build upon its heritage through extensive enhancements and industry-leading partnerships to make its family of Internet properties relevant, fast and effective for Web users. For more information, visit AltaVista's flagship sites at http://www.altavista.com or http://www.av.com; http://www.shopping.com; and http://www.zip2.com.

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