The simple fact is big budgets and optimization of search technology tend to win the battle.

The trouble with a budget is that it's hard to fill up one hole without digging another.

We believe drivers are under economic pressure and there is no room in household budgets to pay fines. We offer economic protection.

We're moving to a mode where marketers and advertisers are putting serious budgets behind the idea of communicating with people via cell phones.

We've just closed another great year in online commerce. Consumers spent an average of $200 million per day throughout November and December, bringing holiday growth to just about the top end of our forecast of 25 to 30 percent.

Online travel sales fared even better this year. The sector was up 35 percent versus 2002 and has more than more than doubled since 2001. Non-travel sales recovered impressively from war-related softness early in the year, with 2003 posting a healthy 22 percent total increase over 2002.