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                                                         EXHIBIT 23.1





                        Consent of Independent Auditors

The Board of Directors
CNET, Inc.



We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Forms
S-8 (File Nos. 333-07667, 333-34491 and 333-67325) and Forms S-3 (File Nos.
333-46203, 333-56633 and 333-73023) of CNET, Inc. of our report dated February
9, 1999, except as to paragraph 5 of footnote 5 and footnote 10 which are as of
March 22, 1999, and our report on Schedule dated March 22, 1999, relating to
consolidated balance sheets of CNET, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31,
1998 and 1997, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders' equity (deficit), and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 1998, which report appears in the December
31, 1998 annual report on Form 10-K/A of CNET, Inc.


                                                           /s/ KPMG LLP


San Francisco, California

August 2, 1999