internet.com's BOT 2001 Seminar to be Held in San Francisco On January 25.

Business Editors/Interactive & Multimedia Writers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 2001

internet.com Corporation (Nasdaq: INTM), the Internet Industry Portal, today announced that it will be hosting BOT 2001, the leading seminar on bot technology, on January 25, 2001 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, California.

Leading bot expert Marcus P. Zillman will bring together the leading bot and intelligent agent developers, researchers and academics to discuss the latest happenings in the field.

BOT 2001 will be hosted by internet.com, BotSpot.com and BotTechnology.com, and sponsored by Artificial Life and Agence Virtuelle Group. BOT 2001 will cover all aspects of bots and intelligent agents allowing the most inexperienced observer to the seasoned professional to have a better understanding of this field. Leaders in the field will diffuse the latest hype and give you specific information on how to implement bots and intelligent agents into your marketing or research plans.

Marcus P. Zillman, creator/founder of BotSpot.com and Executive Producer of BOT 2001 San Francisco, stated "the excellent response from BOT2000 New York led to the creation of BOT 2001 San Francisco with expanded speakers and panelists." "The World Wide Web is moving very quickly to SearchBots, ChatterBots, KnowledgeBots and as well as Mobile Agents for wireless access," said Zillman. "This is one of the most dynamic times for this field and BOT 2001 will give you the knowledge to understand the enormous opportunities that will soon be here." At the conclusion of the conference attendees will be able to understand the concepts and protocols of bots, know the latest happenings as it relates to bots and intelligent agents and receive exact implementation strategies from leaders in the field.

Anyone interested in BOT 2001 should go to http://seminars.internet.com for more information and registration procedures. For sponsorship information, contact Frank Fazio, Jr., Seminar Sales Manager, at [phone] or [e-mail].

In addition to paid seminars, internet.com also runs numerous free InternetBreakfastForums throughout the United States and the world. For more information on these free InternetBreakfastForums, go to www.internetbreakfastforums.com.

About internet.com

internet.com Corporation (http://www.internet.com), the Internet Industry Portal, is headquartered in Darien, CT. It is a leading provider of global real-time news and information resources for Internet industry and Internet technology professionals, Web developers and experienced Internet users. internet.com owns and operates a network of 164 Web sites, over 300 e-mail newsletters, over 400 online discussion forums and more than 100 moderated e-mail discussion lists that generate over 250 million page views monthly. Total "views," which include Web site page views, e-mail newsletter views and e-mail discussion list views, are over 300 million per month. According to NetRatings, internet.com has over 3.7 million unique users in the United States alone. Over 25% of internet.com's views are from outside of the U.S. internet.com's global presence includes editions for Arabia, Asia, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Espanol, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Interested advertisers should contact Susan Leiterstein, Vice President and Publisher of internet.com, at [e-mail] or [phone]. For commerce and licensing opportunities, contact David Arganbright, Vice President, Commerce and Licensing, at [e-mail] or [phone].

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