December 14, 2000

Bridges.com Inc. (TSE:BIT) ), North America's leading provider of career and educational planning solutions, will provide career-related content to the AltaVista and eFront career channels starting in December 2000. Bridges' Career Advantage and other consumer products will be accessible at www.altavistacareers.com and www.careers.efront.com.

"AltaVista and eFront's career portals offer high-traffic, high-profile places for our content," said Doug Manning, CEO of Bridges.com. "In addition to enabling our emerging services for individual consumers, these partnerships improve market awareness of the Bridges brand."

"We selected Bridges.com because of their leadership and expertise in their market segment. We are excited that they are a content partner, and believe they will add considerable value to our career visitors," said Dan Cahn, Founder of Worklife Solutions, Inc.

Worklife and its partners provide exclusive content to the AltaVista and eFront career channels. Worklife has brought together a consortium of employment industry leaders as content partners to help end-users easily find the best employment and career information on the Web.

Bridges' market-leading school-based products currently provide career-planning solutions to career educators, parents and students. This agreement is expected to significantly expand Bridges' consumer reach - more than 26 million users (13 million Alta Vista users and 13 million eFront users) each month are potentially becoming aware of the following Bridges.com resources:

• Career Parent Magazine - http://careerparent.com
  -- Free weekly magazine for parents of kids aged 8 to 18-plus.
• Career Pro News - http://careerpronews.com
  -- Free daily news and resource connections for career professionals.
• @bridges and Career Channel - http://at.bridges.com and http://careerchannelnetwork.com
  -- Free career information services for readers aged 18 to 34.
• Career Advantage - http://careeradvantage.com
  -- Subscription service for youth or adults in transition from school to work, or career to career.

About AltaVista Company

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 Free Access combined with the AltaVista microportal. AltaVista is a majority-owned operating company of CMGI, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMGI - news), Andover, Massachusetts. Compaq Computer Corporation holds the remaining minority stake in AltaVista. AltaVista is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

About eFront Media, Inc.

eFront (http://www.efront.com) is currently one of the most visited networks on the Internet for compelling destination content. The eFront Network provides leading destinations for content such as Computing and Technology, Entertainment, Gaming, Small Business and Webmasters, Music, Finance and Career, Shopping, and Women's Interests. Services include Web search and navigation, communications and personalization tools, Web community services and shopping. Unified through the eFront Web Guide, these services help each individual user locate, retrieve and manage information tailored to his or her personal interests. The Web Guide offers visitors a guide to information on the Web as well as easy access to their favourite services. Through its acquisitions of over 150 Web communities catering to diverse demographics, the eFront Network is the fastest growing online content portal.

About Worklife Solutions, Inc.

Worklife Solutions Inc. is a leading provider of Internet career portals. In 1995 it created one of the first career centres on the Internet for MSN.com, aggregating over 30 leading career, human resources and entrepreneur brands. For AltaVista Careers, it has brought together over 20 leading job boards to offer the first unified search for job seekers, as well as career, human resources and entrepreneur content from a number of leading authors.

About Bridges.com

Bridges is North America's leading provider of career and educational planning solutions. The company's core business is the preparation of three million graduating North American students for their first career/life transition from school to a post-secondary program or to work.

The company's key products, Career Explorer and Choices, are currently sold by subscription to over 10,400 North American middle and secondary schools (30 per cent of the market). In addition, Bridges provides career resources to elementary schools, homes and adult career planners.

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