Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news), a leading global Internet communications, commerce and media company, today announced that Yahoo!® GeoCities (http://geocities.yahoo.com) is expanding its Web hosting capabilities with the introduction of two additional packages -- GeoCities Plus and GeoCities Advantage -- to meet the increasing needs of consumers and small businesses. Yahoo! GeoCities now offers four Web hosting for-pay packages: GeoCities Plus, Pro, Webmaster, and Advantage.

While Yahoo! GeoCities remains a free service, the addition of GeoCities Plus and Advantage gives users greater access to advanced page-building tools and features that offer greater storage capacity, further personalization, and more flexibility with their individual Web sites. Whether setting up a personal home page for the first time or creating a professional site for a small business, the GeoCities Plus and Advantage packages offer affordable options tailored to meet the diverse interests and needs of consumer and business users alike.

"Yahoo! GeoCities now offers a full range of options, from building free and easy personal Web pages to robust and advanced small business sites," said Mark Hull, director of Yahoo! Community Services. "With the introduction of the GeoCities Plus and Advantage packages, we are furthering Yahoo!'s strategy to offer bundled products and well-defined for-pay services that add value to our users' lives."

GeoCities Plus -- Flexibility In Creating Personal Web Sites
For only $4.95 per month with a one-time, $10 set-up fee, the GeoCities Plus package is ideal for users who want to create an ad-free site with flexibility in the tools used to build their personal Web page. This basic package provides 25MB of storage, FTP access, and increased bandwidth making it easier to share larger files such as photos and graphics. Yahoo!'s tools continue to help people build their Web pages quickly and easily.

GeoCities Advantage -- Build a Professional Online Presence
Designed for experienced Web site builders, the GeoCities Advantage package meets the needs of small businesses and organizations looking to establish a professional online presence. For $19.95 per month plus a one-time, $25 set-up fee, GeoCities Advantage offers a comprehensive Web hosting package available for users who want an advanced and feature-rich site.

With access to 20 SiteWizard templates and advanced editing tools, GeoCities Advantage customers can build an ad-free, dynamic and professional Web site that fits their specific needs. This package includes 100MB of storage, a domain name and up to 15 sub domains, and Yahoo! Mail -- Business Edition (http://business.mail.yahoo.com) ad-free e-mail service, providing five separate 25MB mailboxes.

GeoCities Advantage also offers PHP scripting capabilities, making it possible to create a dynamic Web site that can be tailored to each unique visitor's experience. In addition to password protection and site search functionality, GeoCities Advantage customers also receive added reliability and security with hourly snapshots taken of their Web site to prevent the loss of files.

With the addition of GeoCities Plus and Advantage to the existing suite of Yahoo! GeoCities' Web hosting packages, including GeoCities Pro and GeoCities Webmaster, Yahoo! continues to strengthen its competitive lead within the industry and expand its user base into new market segments. Yahoo! GeoCities introduced GeoCities Pro and Webmaster packages in August 2001, providing consumers with added space, more personalization and greater flexibility with personal Web sites.