Search Engine Delivers the Competition a Googly

Mumbai, India - February 11, 2003 - AltaVista, a leading global provider of search services, will sign an agreement with CricInfo.com, the home of cricket on the Internet, today at the Cricket Club of India. AltaVista will power search functionality on CricInfo.com and include CricInfo content on AltaVista sites worldwide. CricInfo will provide AltaVista cricket fans with audio content as well as fast links to the latest news stories and CricInfo's popular scores service. This alliance will provide search users with the most comprehensive sources of cricket information available on the Web.

The Cricket World Cup, which occurs every four years, begins on Sunday, February 9th and is expected to attract the attention of more than two billion fans worldwide. Not everyone will be able to travel to Africa to watch the matches in person, so AltaVista and CricInfo.com will bring the excitement to cricket enthusiasts around the clock.

Fan clubs and teams with sites of their own can now field a search box that searches either the entire AV database or just the cricinfo.com site. Cricket hungry web masters are encouraged to download the co-branded CricInfo and AltaVista search boxes fromhttp://be-fr.altavista.com/help/free/cricinfo so their visitors can find out how their favorite teams and players are doing.

"We normally serve over 15 million people with 200 million page views each month,*" said Dr. Badri Seshadri, Director, CricInfo Ltd. "Due to the considerable increase in traffic we anticipate for the World Cup, we knew we had to switch from our in-house search capability to a world-class search engine. AltaVista stood out from the competition because of their great technology combined with a shared focus on global markets."

"AltaVista offers people a fantastic search experience, including the most comprehensive multimedia and news coverage and access to unique online information," said Kevin Eyres, international general manager for AltaVista. "Cricket is often the dominant sport in countries and regions representing one quarter of the world's population. We are focused on expanding our already strong position in global markets as the number two search engine worldwide.** CricInfo is the premier provider of cricket programming and information making this an ideal pairing."

About CricInfo
CricInfo Limited is the world's leading digital cricket information company. CricInfo's web site, www.CricInfo.com is the most popular cricket site in the world and is among the Internet's most used sports sites, estimated to reach more than fifteen million fans in 180 countries. As well as publishing on the Internet, CricInfo delivers cricket content for a wide range of different platforms, including newspapers, TV and radio, and an increasing range of mobile devices.

About AltaVista Company
Internet search pioneer AltaVista Company is a leading global provider of search services and technology. The company continues to advance Internet search with new technologies and features designed to improve the search experience for all users. Built on a foundation of over 57 technology patents, with innovations in multilingual and translation support, AltaVista provides integrated search results to give users immediate access to relevant information including Web pages, multimedia files and up-to-the-minute news. Headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., AltaVista is a majority-owned operating company of CMGI, Inc. (Nasdaq: CMGI). For more information see http://www.altavista.com.

AltaVista is a registered trademark of AltaVista Company.
*Stats from ABC Electronic (www.abce.org.uk) the media arm of Audit Bureau of Circulation
**As indicated by ComScore, December 2002

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