1. Headline: "Relocating to Seattle? Visit Office Space Online." Free information on the web? That you can rely upon? Almost sounds like a contradiction, but John Suryan’s Office Space Online strives to be exactly that—the authoritative database for the Seattle leasing market. Check it out by clicking the Headline hyperlink.

2. New and Notable. Julian J. Studley provides national commercial services from 8 offices. Ryon & Associates offers commercial services in Tampa Bay. Wadley-Donovan, a management consulting firm, specializes in corporate location and employee relocation. NAREIT, the National Association of REITs, has done a magnificent job of upgrading their site. Associated Estates Realty Corporation is an REIT specializing in multifamily properties in Ohio and Michigan. Hacienda Owners Association represents one of the major business parks in the San Francisco Bay Area. *Find these sites using Text Search by entering a complete or partial word.*

3. Web Growth. Web servers grew from 130 in June of 1993 to 100,000 in January 1996 hosting over 260,000 domains, like pike.net. Each day 500 new companies put up web sites, joining over 20,000 existing corporate sites.

4. Changes at PikeNet. Our Text Search function has been improved to allow for partial word searches without the need for a wild card character. This makes finding a site review easier, even if you do not know the complete spelling. We have added a "new" symbol which appears on a "hit" list for 7 days after a site is added.

5. Advertising Banners. We are now selling banners at three levels—top, Market Area or Site Review screens. By default, top screen banners are continued if other banners are not bought. Interested in advertising or buying a banner over your review? Click the hyperlinked word "banner" on the home page and review the online "Media Kit." Or e-mail me at ppike@pike.com.

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-- Peter Pike