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APPLICATIONS--Commerce
- Information
- ACN: The American Community Network (ACN) provides a point of access to information and contacts regarding economic and business development in America's cities, communities and regions (http://www.acn-net.com)
- Advertising Blacklist: a compendium of advertisers who have misused Net access, compiled by Axel Boldt (http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/~axel/BL/blacklist.html)
- Advertising Guide: The Internet Advertising Resource Guide, maintained by Hairong Li, Michigan State University; links to a large number of sources of information about Internet advertising, including collections and topics, studies, storefronts, and other information (http://www.admedia.org/internet/)
- Advertising/marketing law: emphasis on infomercials, home shopping, and direct response tv, includes intellectual property and telemarketing, by Lewis Rose (http://www.webcom.com/~lewrose/home.html)
- BizWeb: a subject-oriented directory of companies on the Web (http://www.bizweb.com)
- Business Top: the top business information resources on the Web, reviewed and rated (http://www.december.com/web/top/business.html)
- Canadian Business: Canadian Internet Business Directory (http://www.cibd.com)
- Career Mosaic: high-tech companies offering career information (http://www.careermosaic.com/cm/)
- Commercial Services: a list of telnet connections to many commercial information services, from The World (gopher://gopher.std.com:70/11/Commercial)
- Computer+Communications: Computer and Communication Company Sites on the Web, by James E. (Jed) Donnelley (http://www.cmpcmm.com/cc/)
- Cyberatlas: a collection of information about Internet statistics and demographics; includes detailed analysis of demographic surveys; for example, looking at A. C. Neilsen's work on Internet demographics; includes quick facts such as registered domains; in general, fairly thorough and easy to use; well worth a stop to see what the current trends are in Internet technology use (http://www.cyberatlas.com)
- EOTW: Entrepeneurs on the Web, useful business information and services for entrepreneurs (http://www.eotw.com)
- ESS: how to start and conduct business on the Internet, a forum for getting individuals together (via the Internet and otherwise)et in an ethical manner (http://www.entrepreneurs.net/iess/iess.html)
- FECRS: Fairfax Electronic Commerce Resource Center; Electronic Commerce (EC), Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Continous Acquisition Lifecycle Support (CALS) , Enterprise Integration (EI) and Business Process Re-Engineering (BPR) (http://www.ecrc.gmu.edu)
- GovBot: database of US Government Web sites to support business (http://www.business.gov)
- Hermes: research project on the commercial uses of the World Wide Web (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~sgupta/hermes.htm)
- Ho, Thomas: favorite Electronic Commerce WWW resources, includes information sources, links to articles, economic development, service/presence providers (http://e-comm.iworld.com)
- Hoover's Online: directory of business information (http://www.hoovers.com)
- InterQuote: continuously updating stock market information service (http://www.interquote.com)
- Inet Marketing: archives of the Internet Marketing mailing list (http://galaxy.einet.net/hypermail/inet-marketing/)
- IOMA: Institute Of Management and Administration, Information Services for Professionals (http://starbase.ingress.com/ioma/)
- Marketing Top: the top marketing information resources on the Web, reviewed and rated (http://www.december.com/web/top/marketing.html)
- Marketing/CMEs: Marketing in Computer-Mediated Environments Home Page, from Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA (http://www2000.ogsm.vanderbilt.edu)
- Money Top: the top money information resources on the Web, reviewed and rated (http://www.december.com/web/top/marketing.html)
- Net value: the Web Strategy Forum, includes Interesting Business Sites on the Web, by Bob O'Keefe at the School of Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (http://www.owi.com/netvalue/)
- Publications: Print Publications Related to Business Use of the Internet, from Tenagra (http://arganet.tenagra.com/Tenagra/books.html)
- Ventana 500: the most useful online business resources from Ventana Media (http://www.vmedia.com/vvc/onlcomp/business/index.html)
- Marketplaces
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Shop D Net: a list of virtual marketplaces, from Blake and Associates, Internet Marketing Consultants (http://www.neosoft.com/citylink/blake/malls.html)
----- Selected Instances of Marketplaces
- CommerceNet: Internet-based infrastructure for electronic commerce, created and operated by a consortium of major Silicon Valley users, providers and developers under Smart Valley, Inc. (http://logic.stanford.edu/cit/commercenet.html)
- Digital's Emall: Digital Equipment Corporation's Electronic Shopping Mall (http://www.service.digital.com/html/emall.html)
- eMall: WWW shopping and information (http://eMall.com)
- IBC: Internet Business Connection, An electronic shopping mall and a service for companies that would like to promote their products or services on the Internet (http://www.intbc.com)
- Internet Shopping Network: products from hundreds of vendors, along with query interface (http://www.internet.net)
- Sofcom: home shopping, information providers, non-profits (http://www.sofcom.com.au)
----- Lists of Marketplaces
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Shop D Net: a list of virtual marketplaces, from Blake and Associates, Internet Marketing Consultants (http://www.neosoft.com/citylink/blake/malls.html)
Business has discovered online communication. While it was only a few years ago that some major corporations had no idea of the online world, today many companies use the Internet for commerce, communication, marketing, and even sales. This section highlights where you can find out about business online and some examples of the use of the Internet for marketing.