(EMAILWIRE.COM, February 16, 2002 ) Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO), a leading global communications, commerce and media company, has announced that its free online greetings service, Yahoo! Greetings (http://greetings.yahoo.com), reached a new milestone yesterday - delivering more than 11 million online greeting cards on Valentine's Day. Despite tremendous Valentine's Day traffic, Yahoo! Greetings provided reliable and fast service to the millions of consumers who visited the site.

By sending more than 11 million cards on Valentine's Day, Yahoo! Greetings solidified its position as one of the leading, free online greeting card services. On Valentine's Day:

More than 14,000 Yahoo! Greetings were sent per minute at the peak of traffic on Valentine's Day
Three times as many Yahoo! Greetings cards were sent this year compared to last Valentine's Day
A selection of more than 400 online Valentine's Day cards were available on Yahoo! Greetings
Not only was this the busiest ever Valentine's Day for Yahoo! Greetings, it also marks the first time that the service ever delivered 11 million online cards in a single day. It also marks the first Valentine's Day season in which Yahoo! Greetings introduced a selection of exclusive content in the form of Yahoo!-branded cards.

"Valentine's Day is typically the biggest day of the year for Yahoo! Greetings," said Lisa Pollock, director of Messaging Products, Yahoo!. "As one of the few remaining free online greeting card services available to consumers, we expected this to be our most successful year yet, and we're very pleased to have exceeded those expectations."

Yahoo! Greetings is one of the largest, free online greeting services where consumers can choose from more than 7,000 electronic cards. Consumers can also easily and safely send money to family and friends with Yahoo! Greetings using the Yahoo! PayDirect (http://paydirect.yahoo.com) service.

About Yahoo!

Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet communications, commerce and media company that offers a comprehensive branded network of services to more than 219 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 No. 1 Internet brand globally and reaches the largest audience worldwide. Through the Yahoo! Enterprise Solutions division, the company also provides online business and enterprise services designed to enhance the productivity and Web presence of Yahoo!'s clients. The company's global Web network includes 24 World properties. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Yahoo! has offices in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Australia, Canada and the United States.

Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo, are registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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