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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2



                        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 June 8,
1999, except as to Note 11(c) which is as of June 25, 1999, relating to the
balance sheets of SNAP! LLC as of December 31, 1997 and 1998, and the related
statements of operations, members' deficit, and cash flows for each of the years
in the two-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