More Web Companies Set IPO Plans in Dec.

Soaring prices for Internet stocks have caused a flurry of companies with “com,” “net” or “web” in their name to announce plans for initial public offerings of stock.

About 10 Net-related companies filed plans in December with the Securities and Exchange Commission for IPOs, compared with one in November, according to a Bloomberg News compilation.

Those companies include Priceline.com Inc., a Stamford, Conn.-based airline and hotel reservations broker, and WebTrends Corp., a Portland, Ore.-based maker of software to track the performance of corporate Web sites.

“Companies are saying, ‘This window of opportunity for raising public money on Internet deals is still open, and we want to get through that window before it closes,’ ” said Lawrence York, portfolio manager for the Lexington, Ky.-based WWW.Internet Fund.