GO Network Introduces GO Guides, the First Community Directory to Offer a Rewards-based Point System; New GO Guides Invites Passionate Users to Become Experts on the Net.

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 1999--

Infoseek Corp. (Nasdaq: SEEK), home of GO Network (www.go.com), today announced GO Guides, a community-generated Web directory that invites users to submit and review Web sites on the topics about which they are most passionate.

Using a point system that rewards "Guides" for their participation and the quality of their site submissions, GO Guides delivers the highest quality Web directory, 100 percent reviewed and monitored by GO Guides themselves. The point system was created to make the entire GO Guides experience more interactive and enticing by giving the Guides an increased sense of ownership and responsibility within their field of expertise.

"GO Network users are very active in the online community -- pointing out great sites to include in our directory or proposing topics of interest. We have always welcomed that feedback and now have built a formal vehicle for these users to share their passions and creativity in a service built for the exponentially growing online community. The GO Network directory can maintain its superior quality while now growing at a substantially quicker rate," said Sue LaChance, vice president of Communities for Infoseek.

Anyone who would like to share their passions or hobbies over the Internet is invited to become a GO Guide for the topic or topics of their choice. By submitting quality sites to the directory and having those sites approved by the GO Guides community, a GO Guide earns points and is able to move up the ranks. With each new level, the GO Guide is awarded with more privileges such as participating in the review process of accepting or declining another guide's submissions or having the ability to directly add their favorite websites to the topics they have decided to manage.

Each GO Guide can create a special profile that tells the community something about them and their passion for a particular topic. A Guide can include as much or as little information as they like -- the control is always in their hands. If they opt to include their email address, other Guides can provide feedback on their topic and site selections, promoting an overall sense of community collaboration that ensures the best results possible. Also within the profile is information relating to the status of the guide which shows how many points a Guide has, what level they are, and which topics they have joined. This real-time tally system lets GO Guides check their progress at their convenience and fosters friendly, game-like competition among the Guides.

GO Network further differentiates its community directory experience by infusing the GO Guides system with the same aggressive anti-spam policies and endeavors that have made its search functionality, Powered by Infoseek, so successful. Where other community directory sites allow a "free for all" process where anyone can post either commercial or adult sites for their own gain, GO Guides only allows members to directly post once they have achieved a certain level within the system. To achieve this they must have proven their true passion for a topic by consistently submitting quality sites that are approved by the GO Guides community in keeping with the GO Guides Style Guide. Additional measures to ensure a quality, spam-free directory include keeping a "spam score" on all Guides, a manual check by in-house directory editors of potential spammers, and a limit on the number of topics a GO Guide can join.

Potential GO Guides can join this elite community by clicking http://guides.go.com and completing a simple online registration. In minutes a new GO Guide can be telling the online world about the great sites they have found on any subject matter and carving out their place on the Net as an expert.

About Infoseek

Infoseek Corporation (Nasdaq: SEEK) is the home of GO Network, a premier global media network that offers consumers solutions for everyday life by combining integrated Internet services with leading consumer brands. Now one of the top five sites on the Internet, GO Network was launched in January 1999 by Infoseek, in partnership with The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), and is the online home of leading world brands such as ABCNEWS.com for news, ESPN.com for sports, Disney.com and Family.com for kids and family, Infoseek for search, and Disney.com and ABC.com for entertainment.

In addition, Infoseek licenses its Ultraseek Server search and navigation software to companies for their own intranet, extranet and Internet sites. Infoseek is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. For more information about Infoseek, please visit Infoseek's corporate Internet home page at http://info.infoseek.com or to request additional information about Infoseek, call our Investor Relations Request Line at 408/543-6960 or visit our investor relations Web site at http://www.ir-infoseek.com .

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