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| Yahoo! Europe Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year End 2000 Revenue and Traffic Figures |
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London, Jan. 10, 2001.Yahoo! Europe, which provides communications, commerce and media services through eight local Yahoo! sites, today announced revenue and traffic figures for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2000 and its fiscal year end 2000 highlights. The figures were released with today's announcement of financial results for Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO), which reported net revenues totalling $310,873,000 for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2000, a 53 percent increase from net revenues of $203,148,000 for the fourth quarter of 1999. Yahoo! Inc.'s non-U.S. operations, not including Yahoo! Japan, represented 16 percent of total consolidated revenues during the fourth quarter. Yahoo! Inc.'s net revenues for fiscal 2000 were $1,110,178,000, compared to net revenues of $591,786,000 in fiscal 1999, an increase of 88 percent. Yahoo! Europe Q4 Highlights
"We are delighted to report that during the year 2000, Yahoo! Europe achieved strong financial and operational results, significantly more than doubling our net revenue, more than doubling our monthly page views and almost doubling our number of unique users. Key progress was made in each of our strategic areas of focus, with the extension of our commerce platform across Europe, the introduction of mobile services into each local site, the introduction of Corporate Yahoo!™ into Europe, and the integration of rich audio and video content into our properties across Europe. We are committed to build upon these achievements in 2001 and, as one of the established market leaders in each of the European territories in which we operate, are well positioned for future growth". Audience Growth and Usage During the fourth quarter of 2000, Yahoo! Europe was ranked in the top three sites in home reach in the UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain and Germany1. Page views, for the month of December, grew to 1.4 billion, an increase of 155 percent compared to the same period last year. In December 2000, 31 million unique users throughout all of Western Europe visited the Yahoo! Network, almost double the users recorded in the fourth quarter of 1999. Mobile Services & Internet Access During the quarter, Yahoo! Europe signed an agreement with Packard Bell, the Consumer Division of NEC Computers International and leader in the European home PC market, to deliver the Yahoo! easy Internet experience through one-touch access on Packard Bell PCs. Over one million Packard Bell PCs will feature integrated functionality and customised Internet services from Yahoo!. The PCs will be available in Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. As part of the Yahoo! Everywhere initiative, Yahoo! Minitel will be launched in France, which makes Yahoo! Mail available to users of Minitel terminals. Reaching 15 million home and office users, Minitel remains the most popular device for accessing online services in France. The first Yahoo! Everywhere agreement was signed in Turkey with SuperOnline, Turkey's largest Internet Service Provider. Under the terms of the agreement, SuperOnline users will be able to access Yahoo! personal information management content in Turkish via a Yahoo! branded module on SuperOnline's homepage, which will also contain an English language website directory and search facility with links to Yahoo.com. Yahoo! Europe further expanded the range of mobile services available through its local Yahoo! Mobile sites. M-commerce was introduced in Spain with the launch of Yahoo! Auctions, along with Lottery. Yahoo! Alerts, delivering Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Sport and Yahoo! Weather updates were added, along with a mobile site of the week service, to the German mobile portfolio. Horoscopes were added in the UK & Ireland, Germany, France & Italy. Enabling Commerce Transactions Yahoo! Shopping was launched in Italy in the weeks preceding the Holiday shopping season, where merchants include La Rinascente, Mediaworld, Primestore.it, Best of Italy, Masterpiece.com and Peck.it. In the UK & Ireland, a Holiday Gift Centre for last minute shopping enhanced the site and a dedicated Yahoo! Shopping bricks and mortar shop was opened in London for a six week period to introduce and educate UK users to the on-line shopping experience. This was supported by an integrated online and offline marketing campaign, encompassing buzz events, radio, print and viral e-mail campaigns, to increase consumer awareness of Yahoo! Shopping. New shopping merchants on the UK site also included Leaping Salmon, Tesco Gifts and Thorntons. The Yahoo! Germany Holiday shopping campaign encompassed a series of TV adverts, buzz events in all the major cities across Germany, and an innovative 3D Santa Claus advertisement which occupied the entire frontage of the SAS Radisson Hotel in Hamburg. More than 10 news merchants were added to Yahoo! Germany including Buecher.de, Conley's, Käfers and My Paradise. Rich Media Services Yahoo! Europe's network of sites continued to benefit from the integration of rich media and streaming audio and video across its local properties. In Germany, Yahoo! FM was introduced to the German site, providing 24-hour audio broadcast of popular music, current affairs and Internet news, including the latest information on Yahoo! products and services. In an advertising first for Germany, Yahoo! also hosted audio and video rich media banners for Renault. In Spain, a weekly video Internet soap opera has been added to the entertainment site, in association with Boca Interactiva. Audio streaming from Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal Football club was added to the UK & Ireland sports site, along with the Nokia Night of the Proms 2000 to the UK entertainment site. In France, audio streaming from Sport O'FM, enhanced the sports offering. Business and Enterprise Services During the quarter, Corporate Yahoo!™ (http://corporate.europe.yahoo.com), a customised enterprise information portal based on the widely used My Yahoo! interface, was introduced to the European enterprise market. Corporate Yahoo!™ enables companies to integrate proprietary corporate content and applications with Yahoo!'s personalised Internet content and services behind existing firewalls. An agreement was signed with Bayer AG, to use the Corporate Yahoo! Solution across its European operations, beginning in the first quarter of 2001. In addition, in Sweden, My Yahoo! for Physicians, an extranet portal using the Corporate Yahoo! platform, was launched with the pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp & Dohme. Communications and Media In Entertainment, Yahoo! Europe was the exclusive chat provider for MTVi Europe, the online division of MTV Networks Europe, and the MTV 2000 Europe Music Awards. During the two hour webcast, MTV's host chatted with award winners, performers and presenters including Bono, Darude, and members of Aqua, Moby, Moloko and The Cardigans. Yahoo! Sweden was also present at the music awards, promoting Yahoo! Chat to the awards thousands of attendees. In France, two key new properties, Yahoo! Music and Yahoo! Games were added to the Entertainment site. In Finance, Yahoo! Germany integrated a dedicated banking centre on its site in conjunction with, amongst others, Motley Fool and Aspect Online. Users now have on-line access to their Deutsche Bank 24 savings and checking accounts, plus a variety of other features including comprehensive SMS alert services. In Italy, Yahoo! and ONBanca, the first Italian Internet bank, joined forces to offer an on-line banking service. A unique bank account, the ONClick Account, is now available to Yahoo! Italy users, offering a range of innovative features and allowing account holders to access their account on-line. In News, the UK & Ireland added Sky News to its aggregated news service to provide breaking UK, world and show business news. In France, news features added to the site include 'People', 'Oddly Enough' and 'Video of the Day' section. In Community and Communications, Yahoo! Denmark significantly expanded its range of services with the introduction of Yahoo! Photos, Yahoo! Briefcase, Yahoo! Invites and Yahoo! Companion. In Sports, Yahoo! Ski and Snow was launched in Yahoo! Spain, providing up to the minute news and information on recreational and competitive skiing. Interactive Marketing Services During the fourth quarter, Yahoo! Europe added a number of high profile brands to its advertising portfolio including, Givenchy Parfums, Oracle, BSCH, Land Rover, Dr-online.dk, KPN, MTV Awards, Compaq, Pfizer, Sonera, Armenager, Mothercare, Liberty, Mazda, Argos, Homebase, Umbro, Yardley and Allders. In the UK & Ireland, Germany and France, a marketing alliance with Amazon was extended enabling access to local Amazon sites via graphic links which appear on every search results page generated by the Yahoo! directory. About Yahoo! Yahoo! Europe provides commerce, communication and media services throughout Europe to meet the needs of local consumers. Yahoo! Europe is comprised of the Yahoo! sites for the UK & Ireland (www.yahoo.co.uk), France (www.yahoo.fr), Germany (www.yahoo.de), Italy (www.yahoo.it), Spain (www.yahoo.es), Sweden (www.yahoo.se), Norway (www.yahoo.no) and Denmark (www.yahoo.dk). The Yahoo! offices in London, Paris, Munich, Milan, Madrid, Stockholm and Copenhagen are staffed by local nationals and Yahoo! Europe is headquartered in central London. Yahoo! Inc. is a global Internet communications, commerce and media company that offers a comprehensive branded network of services to more than 180 million individuals each month worldwide. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the leading guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach. Yahoo! is the most recognized and valuable Internet brand globally, and is ranked No. 38 among all consumer brands in the world. The company also provides online business and enterprise services designed to enhance the productivity and Web presence of Yahoo!'s clients, including Corporate Yahoo!, a popular customized enterprise portal solution; audio and video streaming; store hosting and management; and Web site tools and services. The company's global Web network includes 24 World properties. Yahoo! has offices in Europe, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, Canada and the United States, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. The matters discussed in this release contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others; the slower spending environment for advertising sales, including the lack of access to capital to fund early stage companies; the actual increases in demand by customers for Yahoo!'s branded services; the ability to successfully change the customer mix among the Yahoo!'s advertising customers; and general economic conditions; and the dependence on third parties for technology, content, and distribution. More information about potential factors that could affect the company's business and financial results is included in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 1999, and Yahoo!'s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three- and nine-month periods ended Sept. 30, 2000, including (without limitation) under the captions, "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Additional information will also be set forth in those sections in Yahoo!'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2000, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to March 31, 2001.
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