Research Resources

WWW Research Resources
MediaFinder	A searchable database over 80,000 publications. See who your competition is or find a "specialty" publication to advertise in.
Online Advertisers	A list of over 750 large corporations that advertise online. Find an advertiser for your website or newsletter.
InfoScavenger	Tips on search engines; how they work an how to get ranked higher
Hot 100 Websites	Up to date list of the most active websites divided into two dozen categories
The Un-official Internet Book List	Links to hundreds of free online manuals and books on everything from internet netiquette... to using FTP... to HTML, Java, and CGI programming
Industry Event Calendar	A list of different events, conferences, and trade shows around the country (listed by industry). These are great places to network (or even sell your product/service at the trade shows)
Free DOS business programs	A list of Free DOS programs that can be useful to some business (ie. address database management, label makers, etc). If you are on a tight budget, check some of these out instead of buying new software
Small Business Administration Loans	A list of the different loan programs that the SBA offers. It is relatively easy to get a loan up to $25,000 for a new business.
Download.com	The #1 place on the net to look for software that you need. Everything from freeware, to shareware, to paid-for software. You may have a need for a program that does a specific task... just type in a few keywords in their "search" feature and you may find a program that does exactly what you require
Tucows.com	The most comprehensive list of internet programs available on the net (ie. web browsers, email, telnet, and hundreds more). All are reviews and rated for their quality and effectiveness.
Patent Info	If you are interested in patenting a product or registering a trademark, everything you need to know is here.
Tutorial for HTML and web site design	If you are a beginner and want to learn HTML or website design techniques, this site is an excellent interactive tutorial.
Free images, icons, and graphics	Links to hundreds of free images, icons, and graphics to use in your webpages
Free CGI programs	Free CGI scripts to use in your website so you can have counters, message boards, guest lists, submission forms, automated mailing lists, search engine capabilities for your site, and much more. These would cost hundreds of $ to make.
Lookup USA	Need to find a phone number for someone? Lookup USA has over 88 million households and 10 million businesses listed in their searchable database

Convert almost anything to HTML - downloadable programs that will convert your word processing document or just about any document into HTML webpage code automatically -- very cool!

EventWeb - good national list of conferences and trade shows for your industry (go and network!)

FaxAway - a great source of how to send cheap overseas faxes (if you send a lot of faxes overseas)

Hall of malls - links to hundreds of general, regional, and specialty malls... a great resource

Internet Mechanic - incredible resource - a robot will check your HTML to make sure there are no mistakes so it will work on all browsers… and it will surf your links to make sure there are no broken links

On Sale Auction - fantastic source to buy computer hardware at below wholesale prices

Searcher.com - send an email to almost any editor of any magazine or newsletter, TV station or radio.... or any government official you can imagine… and lots of other incredible tools

Smartbooks.com - has books for every topic you can imagine for the internet, marketing, programming, and web design

The JAVA Universe - learn about java and where to get free JAVA scripts for your site

The Small Business Marketing Directory - this is the ultimate webpage for links to niche directories, free and paid classifieds, press release sites, search engines, award sites, and much more!

Travelocity - if you fly a lot, after you have checked with your local travel agent, check out airfare prices here. A tip is to go to the lowest fares section and search for your destination instead of just going to the regular fares section (they are easily mistaken)

Web Promotions - get your site submitted manually by hand to the top 50 website for $99.00.

WebSource - in depth info on HTML, JAVA, shockwave, and other web page design info. Also hundreds of free images, icon and graphics to use for your webpage

If you need a definition or description of anything internet/web related, it is here www.whatis.com

Free Icons, Buttons, Graphics, Logos,
And More For Your Webpages

The Top Ten Search Engines

Free Icons, Buttons, Graphics, Logos, And More For Your Webpages

The Top Ten Search Engines

Free Icons, Buttons, Graphics, Logos,
And More For Your Webpages