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                                                                  INITIAL GRANT

                              INFOSEEK CORPORATION
                    NOTICE OF GRANT OF NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR
                             AUTOMATIC STOCK OPTION


                  Notice is hereby given of the following option grant (the
"Option") to purchase shares of the Common Stock of Infoseek Corporation (the
"Corporation"):

                  Optionee:  

                  Grant Date:  

                  Exercise Price:  $   per share

                  Number of Option Shares: 7,500 shares

                  Expiration Date:  

                  Type of Option:  Non-Statutory Stock Option

                  Date Exercisable:  Immediately Exercisable

                  Vesting Schedule: The Option Shares shall initially be
                  unvested and subject to repurchase by the Corporation at the
                  Exercise Price paid per share. Optionee shall acquire a
                  vested interest in, and the Corporation's repurchase right
                  shall accordingly lapse with respect to, the Option Shares
                  in a series of four (4) successive equal annual installments
                  upon Optionee's completion of each year of service as a
                  member of the Corporation's Board of Directors (the "Board")
                  over the four (4)-year period measured from the Grant Date.
                  In no event shall any additional Option Shares vest after
                  Optionee's cessation of Board service.

                  Optionee understands and agrees that the Option is granted
subject to and in accordance with the terms of the automatic option grant
program under the Infoseek Corporation 1996 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan
(the "Plan"). Optionee further agrees to be bound by the terms of the Plan and
the terms of the Option as set forth in the Automatic Stock Option Agreement
attached hereto as Exhibit A.

                  Optionee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the official
prospectus for the Plan in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. A copy of the
Plan is available upon request made to the Corporate Secretary at the
Corporation's principal offices.
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                  REPURCHASE RIGHT. OPTIONEE HEREBY AGREES THAT ALL UNVESTED
OPTION SHARES ACQUIRED UPON THE EXERCISE OF THE OPTION SHALL NOT BE TRANSFERABLE
AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO REPURCHASE BY THE CORPORATION, AT THE EXERCISE PRICE
PAID PER SHARE, UPON OPTIONEE'S TERMINATION OF SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE
CORPORATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH REPURCHASE
RIGHT SHALL BE SPECIFIED IN A STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT, IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE
SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION, EXECUTED BY OPTIONEE AT THE TIME OF THE OPTION
EXERCISE.

                  No Impairment of Rights. Nothing in this Notice or in the
attached Automatic Stock Option Agreement or the Plan shall interfere with or
otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Corporation or the Corporation's
stockholders to remove Optionee from the Board at any time in accordance with
the provisions of applicable law.

                  Definitions. All capitalized terms in this Notice shall have
the meaning assigned to them in this Notice or in the attached Automatic Stock
Option Agreement.


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         Date


                                            INFOSEEK CORPORATION


                                            By:________________________________

                                            Title:_____________________________



                                            ___________________________________
                                            1~, OPTIONEE

                                            Address:___________________________

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ATTACHMENTS
EXHIBIT A - AUTOMATIC STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT B - PLAN SUMMARY AND PROSPECTUS

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