Excite (NASDQ:XCIT) posts $4.6 million, $0.10 per share loss before charges, beating the ‘Street consensus of $0.42 loss per share. With charges loss reaches $1.72 per share vs. $0.46 loss per share 2Q97. Revenue hits $33 million vs. $10.1 2Q97. The Excite Network grows page views 10% vs. 1Q98 to 44 million per day. Yahoo generates 115 million per day and also beat expectations with its 2Q numbers.
Auctioneer eBay just filed its intention to go public with the goal of raising $64 million. It’s similar to the already public ONSALE (NASDAQ:ONSL) in some ways but more diverse in products auctioned. It has almost 1 million registered users. It agreed to acquire smaller auction site, Jump, in a move that we think may be to polish the product for the public market. More in future in-depth analysis next week in Internet Stock Report.