21.   Internet companies are buying multimillion dollar television ads to draw visitors to their Web sites.

22.   Internet companies are rushing to introduce products that make repeated visits to Web sites unnecessary.

23.   Internet companies are spending billions of dollars online, in print and on television to establish their brands.

24.   Internet companies argue that there is a gaping methodological flaw in this formula, namely that the customer base number is cumulative.

25.   Internet companies face few restrictions on how they use customer data.

26.   Internet companies have earned their share of criticism in the last few years, whether through hubris or incompetence.

27.   Internet companies like Yahoo and CMGI, which were darlings for much of last year, were hammered.

28.   Internet companies that sell airplane tickets?

29.   Internet companies typically offer free access and earn money by charging advertisers.

30.   Internet companies, and others, have frequently used such nonstandard pro forma presentations, but this practice has come under increasing criticism by the Securities and Exchange Commission.