AltaVista Names MatchNet plc Exclusive Provider of Online Personals for Popular `Web Resources' On Altavista.com.

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LOS ANGELES & PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2002

As Online Personals Grow in Popularity, MatchNet's

AmericanSingles.com(TM) Secures Premiere Positioning As AltaVista's

Best-of-Breed Partner

MatchNet(R) plc (MHJG: Frankfurt Stock Exchange - Neuer Markt), one of the largest global online dating service providers, and AltaVista(R) Company, a leading global provider of search services and software and a majority-owned subsidiary of CMGI, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMGI), have formed an alliance to provide AltaVista.com's 45 million unique monthly users with premiere online Personals services.

The companies today announced that AmericanSingles.com, MatchNet's U.S.-based online dating and romance Web site, has been selected by AltaVista as a best-of-breed partner to exclusively power the Personals module in the highly trafficked `Web Services' section on the AltaVista.com home page. Users who click on the `Personals & Dating' Web Services link on AltaVista.com will be directed to a new, co-branded AmericanSingles.com Web page created in alliance with AltaVista. There, AltaVista users will be able to search and browse listings by singles from around the world. In addition, promotional links to AmericanSingles.com will be strategically placed throughout the AltaVista.com site.

AltaVista offers a premiere Internet search service, performing queries in 25 languages across 22 worldwide Internet search sites. Now, with instant access to AmericanSingles.com's extensive selection of Personals as well as MatchNet's worldwide network of five million members, AltaVista.com users are just a click away from finding romance on the Internet.

"The Personals category is a top destination among AltaVista users and continues to grow in popularity," said Jeff Lehman, senior vice president and chief revenue officer for AltaVista's Internet division. "This exclusive relationship with MatchNet's AmericanSingles.com empowers us to continue to focus on our core search business while providing our users with a top-tier personals service and direct access to AmericanSingles.com's growing global community."

"We're excited that AltaVista has chosen AmericanSingles.com as its exclusive Personals provider," said Joe Shapira, CEO and co-founder of MatchNet plc. "This relationship expands MatchNet's reach among our target singles demographic and we expect it will add greatly to our growing subscriber base. We consider this an important strategic relationship as we prepare for our upcoming technology roll-out in which we will introduce many new and pioneering features and services to the online dating scene."

About AltaVista Company

AltaVista Company is a leading global provider of search services and software. The company's patented technology continues to set the pace, making AltaVista a leading search engine among Web users and premier provider of high-powered search software to intranet, enterprise and e-commerce clients around the globe. AltaVista is a majority-owned operating company of CMGI, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMGI). For more information, see http://www.altavista.com

About AmericanSingles.com(TM)

Owned and operated by MatchNet(R) plc, AmericanSingles.com(TM) is one of the Internet's oldest and most recognized dating and romance web sites, providing its members with a safe and comfortable online environment for meeting and interacting with other singles from within a particular zip code, region or from a far away exotic location. For more information see www.AmericanSingles.com

About MatchNet(R) plc

MatchNet(R) plc (MHJG: Frankfurt Stock Exchange - Neuer Markt) is one of the largest providers of global online dating and relationship services. The MatchNet(R) network includes AmericanSingles.com(Tm), MatchNet.de(TM), MatchNet.co.uk(TM), and MatchNet.com.au(TM). In addition the company operates JDate.com(TM) & JDate.co.il(TM), the dominant Jewish dating services worldwide and Gay11.com(TM), a leading online dating service for relationship-minded gay men and women. MatchNet(R)'s network of web sites enjoys a combined membership of approximately five million worldwide. MatchNet(R) earns its revenue from recurring membership subscription fees and special events. More information on the Company is available at www.MatchNet.com.

This release contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations or beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions about future events, and these statements are subject to important factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this release address a variety of subjects including, for example, the expected benefits of the agreement between AltaVista and MatchNet. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: AltaVista may experience difficulties integrating technologies, operations and personnel in accordance with its business; AltaVista's ability to execute on its business strategy and the continued and increased demand for and market acceptance of AltaVista's products, services, web sites and the Internet in general; AltaVista's products and technologies may not successfully interoperate with those of third parties; and increased competition and technological changes in the markets in which AltaVista competes. For a detailed discussion of these and other cautionary statements, please refer to CMGI Inc.'s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including CMGI's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the most recently ended fiscal quarter.