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Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
The Board of Directors
About.com, Inc.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in this registration statement on Form
S-3 of About.com, Inc. of our report dated January 24, 2000, relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of About.com, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December
31, 1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders' (deficit) equity and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 1999, which report appears in the December
31, 1999, annual report on Form 10-K of About.com, Inc., and to the reference to
our firm under the heading "Experts" in the registration statement.
/s/ KPMG LLP
KPMG LLP
New York, New York
November 27, 2000
