LONDON, , 1998 -- Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO - news) the world’s most popular guide to the Internet, and CompuServe, the largest pan-European online service provider, announced today that Yahoo! has been chosen as the preferred navigational resource for CompuServe’s European customers.

CompuServe members in the UK, France and Germany will have access to customised Yahoo! directories, which will guide them to a selection of CompuServe web products with a focus on European content as well as to the full range of Yahoo! programming and services and the entire web. CompuServe members will be able to find their homepages and content easier and faster.

Yahoo!’s Managing Director of European Operations, Heather Killen, commented:

" We are pleased that CompuServe has recognised Yahoo! as the best vehicle for extending web-wide navigation to its 400,000 UK users and its 900,000 European users. We hope this creative, new online service will enable CompuServe to offer the best possible experience of the Internet to its subscribers."

CompuServe’s European Vice President Jerry Roest, commented: "Integration of Yahoo! into the new CompuServe communities is a key part of our strategy to make the CompuServe service more compelling, relevant, and easier to use. The navigational facility on Yahoo! enables powerful yet easy to use navigation of the best WWW in Europe and worldwide, including all CompuServe web products."

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) is a global Internet media company that offers a network of branded Web programming that serves millions of users daily. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the single largest guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach, and is one of the most recognised brands associated with the Internet. Yahoo! Inc. provides the targeted Internet resources and communications services for a broad range of audiences, based on demographic, key-subject and geographic interests. Yahoo! is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif.

Founded in 1969, CompuServe Incorporated provides the world’s most comprehensive online/Internet access through its two brands, CSi and Sprynet. Through CompuServe, its Japanese licensee NIFTY SERVE and its affiliates around the world, more than 5 million home and business users in more than 185 countries are connected online and to the Internet.

CompuServe Network Services, a leading network integrator, provides more than 1,200 companies around the world with complete, fully integrated Internet, Intranet, and Extranet connectivity solutions. With world headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, the CompuServe organisation includes offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands.

SOURCE: Yahoo! Inc.