Netscape itself was a casualty of the cycle, but other companies that learned from it are now posting performance that justifies the early Internet hype.

I'll admit I was curious about all this Internet hype, but it reeked of the very world I'd abandoned in order to escape.

If 1998 was the year of Internet hope, and 1999 the year of Internet hype, maybe 2000 will be the year of Internet reality.

Eddie has the looks, the talent and a self-promotional scheme involving phony Internet hype and MP3's.

This sumptuous show last fall at the Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan represented the avant-garde not of theater but of Internet hype.

Uncertain that the album's Internet hype would significantly bolster the album's sales, the label did not heavily promote it.

Internet hype can turn age-old problems into new grave threats.

The clamor has not quite reached the level it did during the O. J. Simpson trials - the high-water mark for Internet hype.

Due to the Internet hype surrounding the film, industry analysts estimated the film's opening box office to be between US$20-30 million.

"Wired's done well at positioning itself in the middle of the Internet hype because it's caused a lot of the Internet hype," he said.