AltaVista: Live! Money Channel to Distribute IPO and SEC Data from EDGAR Online

EDGAR Online Expands Reach through Leading Web Portal

SOUTH NORWALK, CT, December 6, 1999 — EDGAR Online (NASDAQ: EDGR), announced today that AltaVista, the Internet’s premier media and commerce network, began distributing IPO and SEC data from EDGAR Online in connection with today’s launch of the AltaVista Live! Money Channel at http://money.av.com/. EDGAR Online data is accessible when users look up a stock quote in the “stocks” section via a co-branded destination at http://edgar.av.com/. EDGAR Online (www.edgar-online.com) is the leading provider of business, financial and competitive intelligence information derived from SEC filings.

The co-branded site, developed by EDGAR Online, gives users the latest up-to-date information by supplying feeds of all public company SEC filings along with the latest information and pricing activities in the IPO market. AltaVista Live! Money Channel users will also have access to EDGAR Online’s IPO Express service and a complete database of SEC reports on over 15,000 public companies including the company’s EDGAR Online People service.

“AltaVista Live! Money is all about offering our users the most accessible, comprehensive and relevant real-time information they need to make informed investing decisions,” said Ross Levinsohn, vice president and general manager of AltaVista New Media. “EDGAR Online is an extensive resource for IPO and SEC data that gives our users a trusted source for this information.”

“AltaVista Live! Money is an important new distributor for our data. Now with the syndication of IPO Express, companies such as AltaVista can offer their customers a comprehensive and easy to use resource for IPO information,” said Jay Sears, vice president of marketing and business development for EDGAR Online.

About EDGAR Online

EDGAR Online, Inc. (http://www.edgar-online.com and http://www.freeedgar.com and http://www.ipo-express.com) is a Web-based provider of business, financial and competitive information derived from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission data. Additional services include value-added functions like IPO Express, a service that provides easy-to-use, detailed information on IPO filings, pricings and performance, EDGAR Online People (http://www.edgar-online.com/people), a service that allows users to conduct research on corporate executive and directors, EDGAR Online Personal, which provides real-time Web and email based alerting, and other personalized advanced searches of SEC data.

Based in Norwalk, Connecticut, with offices in Kirkland, Washington and New York City, EDGAR Online, Inc. has strategic relationships with portal, business and financial information Web sites including Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO), Lycos, Inc. (Nasdaq: LCOS), Infoseek's GO Network (Nasdaq: SEEK), CNET's SNAP (Nasdaq: CNET), PointCast, Infospace (Nasdaq: INSP), CBS MarketWatch (Nasdaq: MKTW), SmartMoney.com (NYSE: DJ), CMPnet's TechInvestor, Hoover's (Nasdaq: HOOV), Motleyfool.com, Quote.com, Business Wire, Track Data (Nasdaq: TRAC), MSNBC Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and NBC/General Electric (NYSE: GE), Big Charts, and Raging Bull. For more information, please visit the Company’s Web site at http://www.edgar-online.com/news.

About AltaVista

AltaVista Company is the premier media and commerce network offering Internet users up-to-the-minute news, live video, content, search and shopping resources. The company integrates unique technology, products and services to deliver relevant results faster for both individuals and businesses. By combining distinctive 'best of the Web' relationships with personalized service, the AltaVista Network at www.altavista.com creates the smartest Internet experience. AltaVista is building on its heritage of technology and innovative leadership, offering informative services including AltaVista Live!, AltaVista Search, AltaVista Shopping.com, AltaVista Local, and FreeAccess combined with the AltaVista microportal. AltaVista is a majority-owned operating company of CMGI, Inc. (Nasdaq: CMGI), Andover, Mass. Compaq Computer Corporation holds the remaining minority stake in AltaVista. AltaVista is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif.

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"Forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 may be included in this news release. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. These statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results. EDGAR Online, Inc. disclaims any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. Please refer to the documents filed by EDGAR Online, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to risks associated with changes in general economic and business conditions (including in the online business and financial information industry), actions of our competitors, the extent to which we are able to develop new services and markets for our services, risks in connection with our recent acquisition and other acquisitions which we may consummate in the future, the time and expense involved in such development activities, the level of demand and market acceptance of our services and changes in our business strategies.

AltaVista is registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Shopping.com and Homebase are trademarks of AltaVista Company or its affiliates. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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