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So are these good times or bad times for Internet stocks?

It's gotten harder to tell these past few months. Google(GOOG Quote), Yahoo!(YHOO Quote), eBay(EBAY Quote) and Amazon.com(AMZN Quote) have been tossing out the occasional small acquisition and new feature, yet investors have grown increasingly concerned that they're just not cutting the financial mustard anymore.

By the end of this week, everyone should have a better idea of just how bad or good things are getting: Yahoo!, eBay and Google are reporting their earnings (Amazon will report next week). First up is Yahoo!, the company that has the best shot of dazzling Wall Street with strong numbers. ...