Chris Nerney

While public offerings from high-profile Internet companies such as iVillage and GeoCities tend to draw the most public attention, the bulk of the

A man who stumbles upon the iVillage network of Web sites while surfing the 'Net might feel as though he has parachuted into the middle of a women's

That sound you've been hearing since New Year's Day is the Internet stock engine revving into hyperdrive. While many pundits and traders have been saying

Audience measurement services company Media Metrix is in a fairly unique position among Internet start-ups: It has a legitimate chance to fend off the

If you were choosing the soundtrack for IPO Musicmaker.com, music from a disaster movie might be most appropriate. It's not that Musicmaker.com doesn't

MapQuest.com first made a splash on the Internet in 1996 with a Web site that spit out instant driving directions (and accompanying maps) from anyplace to

On Tuesday, we looked at pcOrder.com, one of three e-commerce companies scheduled to price IPOs this week. Today we'll look at the other two. Name your

One reason the Internet stock market is so exciting these days is because almost everybody knows the thrill ride won't go on forever. And that's because

There's nothing like some high-visibility coverage by prestigious Fortune magazine to help build a buzz around your company's pending IPO. That is unless