Short Take: Xoom.com adds ads

Free home page provider Xoom.com is adding a navigation bar to users' pages. Dubbed the XoomBar, the feature will serve as a sponsored ad button and search bar. Xoom.com's tests of the feature earlier this month alarmed some users. Xoom.com also announced it would offer unlimited hosting space; the previous limit was 11MB.

Paul Festa Staff Writer, CNET News.com

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Jan. 2, 2002 4:43 p.m. PT

Free home page provider is adding a navigation bar to users' pages. Dubbed the XoomBar, the feature will serve as a sponsored ad button and search bar. Xoom.com's tests of the feature earlier this month alarmed some users. Xoom.com also announced it would offer unlimited hosting space; the previous limit was 11MB.

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