FMicrosoft is developing advertising and
transaction-based Web sites
for each of the main areas of classified ads:
automobiles, housing
and employment.
FMicrosoft's CarPoint site is generating $10 million in
car sales each week.
FThe software giant is planning a real estate listings
site for the second
quarter of '98.
F"Microsoft represents an immediate threat to
newspapers and their
classified ad revenue," says a VP of Arlen Communications Inc.