GENERAL BUSINESS INFORMATION
- Business Web
is a specialized search engine that indexes only business web sites and is searchable by 11 industries, 1,800 business content classifications, and company name. Business Web has a directory of 24 main categories and numerous subcategories. In addition, it allows users to search Hoover’s Online and Deja.com. Users can search using basic keyword and advanced Boolean search capabilities.
- BizBot
is a specialized directory that sorts through web sites and weeds out any non-business sites. This site has discussion forums and provides the latest articles from Internet marketers through "Entrepreneur’s Corner." In addition to containing a directory of categories, the site has basic keyword search capabilities that allow users to focus on any terms or all terms. Users can also rate or comment on the sites & services in the directory.
- BizWiz
features numerous online searchable business databases and agents from 150 categories and 3,000 subcategories. Users can search for business news articles, conference information, marketing information, strategic thinking information, business intelligence, and various other types of information. The site also has an extensive market industry sector directory.
- Finding Business Information
is a specialized directory that provides information about many print, CD-ROM, and Web sources that are useful for locating business information. The directory provides links to subject specific research, company research, and industry research. In addition, the site contains a "Real Librarian" section where users can e-mail questions to a librarian who can help them locate business sources and information.
- 1st Headlines-Business
is a search engine and directory for business news articles. Users can search by keyword or choose a topic or company from the directory.
- Money
is a specialized search engine for general business information including company information, financial and investment information, and business news.
COMPANY INFORMATION
- AllBiz
is a specialized directory for local and regional companies in the Unites States. Users can search for businesses by state.
- Company Locator
is a specialized search engine and directory for company and industry information that connects buyers to sellers. Various industries are represented at this site, including medical equipment, plastics and chemicals, computer and electronics, financial services, hardware, furniture, and many more. Users can search by keyword or just click the icon of an industry to get a list of links to companies within that industry.
- CompaniesOnline
is a free online database of company information on more than 100,000 U.S. public & private companies. The database is searchable by company
name, geographic location, industry, ticker
symbol, and URL as well as through its
industry directory. The database's search
engine supports wildcards. Registration is free and
registered users can access information on
annual sales, employee size, company
trade names, parent company, contact
information, e-mail, and location. Users
should beware that companies can pay to
get a premier listing which results in their
listing at the top of the search results page.
- Company Sleuth
is a specialized search engine that scours the Internet to bring users the latest company information for U.S. publicly traded companies. This site provides stock quotes, business news, insider trades, domain, trademarks, patent registrations, SEC filings, earnings estimates, press releases, federal litigation, and more.
- Internet 800 Directory
is a specialized search engine that searches for U.S. companies that have 1-800 telephone numbers. Users can search by product, service, company name, and toll free telephone number and can limit their search by state.
- 1 Jump
is a fee-based, subscription information service for business users of the Internet. The site offers its members company information for over 1,000,000 selected global public and private companies. The site provides eighteen possible types of business info for each company through nine search methods. The site offers information about patents, laws, and brands as well as links to SEC filings, news, and financial charts. 1Jump is designed for investors, competitive intelligence professionals, salespeople, corporate, executives, marketers, HR professionals, finance professionals, research and information professionals, manufacturers, government agencies, job seekers, corporate lawyers, and anyone else using the Web for business.
ECONOMIC INFORMATION
- Inomics
is a specialized search engine for economic information and is a member of the Search Engine Alliance. The site is searchable by economics departments at universities, institutions/government, other economics information, and discussion papers from ReREc project and contains a directory. The search engine is searchable by basic keyword searching as well as Boolean, phrase, proximity, quantity and structured searching. The engine is useful for locating job openings and conference information in the field of economics.
FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT INFORMATION
- Finance Media Linx eXchange
is an investment search engine that allows users to search by keyword, company name, and company ticker symbol. The site also contains a business and financial directory, company profiles, a directory of world market indices by country, and links to news articles of world business.
- Financial Web
is a global e-financial marketplace useful for searching for stock quotes, market data, research, news, options, and funds by a company's ticker symbol. Users can open a personal account and portfolio for free.
- Investor Guide
is an online investing guide and company directory. Users can search stock quotes, research, financial charts, news, and stock lists by ticker symbol and can set up their own portfolios for free. The site offers a question & answer section that is great for the novice investor.
- Investorama
is an online investing guide and directory. The site contains stock market predictions, an investment dictionary, message boards, and links to financial guides. Registration is free, and registered members can set up their own portfolios.
- MoneyWeb
is an international financial and business directory. The site has basic keyword search with the ability to limit to any words, all words, and location in the world as well as advanced search capabilities including Boolean, phrase, and URL searching. In addition, users can customize their search page. Search words or phrases in upper case are treated as case sensitive.
- Silicon Investor
is an investment search engine that allows users to search for stock quotes and other investment information for a company via its ticker symbol. The site contains news articles about stock markets and links to market tools and research as well as online trading. Users can register for free to set up their own portfolio.
- Trading Day
is an investment search engine that allows users to search for financial and investment information of companies by their ticker symbol. The site also contains a directory that allows users to search for stock research, stock quotes and charts, mutual funds, economic information, market information, investment strategies, and investment guides. The site also links to news articles about the stock market.
- Whisper Number
is an information service that provides whisper numbers (unofficial earnings estimate) to the investor. The site is searchable by ticker symbol or by industry, and users can register for free to put your own whisper on the site.
GLOBAL BUSINESS INFORMATION
- ComFind
is a global business search engine and directory. Users can search the site by business category, product or service, and company name.
- Corporate Information
is a search engine that indexes over 300,000 company profiles located at global sites. In addition, the site provides research reports of 15,000 companies, links to 1,000 other financial sites, and a directory. The engine allows users to search by company name and ticker symbol using phrase searching with quotation marks and Boolean searching.
- GlobalBiz
is a global business directory that contains over 10.6 million company profiles. Users can conduct keyword searches by product & service, brand, company name, or regulatory or advanced searches by city, county, state, postal code, phone number, or address.
- Pronett
is a global business search engine and directory useful for searching for stock information. The site also links to business news and Internet news. Users can search by ticker symbol, topic, city, and country.
- World Trade Search
is an online database for trade between the west and the orient. The site concentrates especially on Asian, American, and European companies. Users can search by keyword in any language and have the option of searching for any or all of the words. The site serves as a link for sellers and buyers of products and services.
INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION
- Annuities Net
is a specialized search engine and directory designed to retrieve annuity industry information. Users can search by company name, category, and Web address. Users can search for annuity rating services as well as news about annuities, regulatory information, annuity sponsors and brokers, and resources about annuities.
- Electronic Engineer's Master Online
is a specialized search engine and directory designed for the electronic engineering industry. Users can search by products or manufacturing company within this industry and can request product catalogs.
- Electronical Search
is a specialized search engine designed to find information about the electrical marketplace on the Internet and is comprised of over 800 Web sites relevant to the electrical industry. The site was developed by a group of ten companies in the electrical industry for consumers, distributors, specifying engineers, plant electricians, and OEM's. Users can search for associations, contractors, distributors, engineers, manufacturers, publications, services, standards and codes, utilities, and other industry information. Users can search the engine using basic keywords, Boolean and proximity operators, wildcards, phrase searching, and query operators. Users can also limit searches by date and document field. The site contains a helpful search tips page that explains these search features.
- Global Spec
is a specialized search engine and directory for the engineering industry. The site provides information and technical resources and connects suppliers with purchasers. The site is searchable by specification.
- MRO-Explorer
is a specialized industrial search engine and directory designed to retrieve product and service information from the Internet. The site allows distributors & manufacturers to communicate directly with the customer when the customer retrieves product and service information. In addition, it allows distributors and manufacturers to showcase their maintenance products, repair solutions, and serve buyers, engineers, and maintenance personnel by posting their web site for free. The search engine has basic search capabilities.
INFORMATIONAL FOR BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS
- ProfessionalCity
is a free online database of web sites for business professionals in five neighborhoods including accounting, human resources, information technology, law, and marketing. Registration and membership is free. The site provides members with direct links to free and fee-based journals, news services, current events, and discussion groups related to the users’ profession. The site also provides a Cybrarian service that will provide research and a written brief on the topic of research for a fee.
SMALL BUSINESS INFORMATION
- Small Biz Planet
is a specialized search engine that hunts through web sites to find those with information on small businesses. Users can search for periodicals in the "Magazine Rack" section, fundamental information in the "Business Basics" section, and award winning businesses in the "Award Winners" section. The site provides a section to help users with their business plans by searching for articles on business plans, reviewing sample plans, and using the mini-plan service to construct business plans.
OTHER GUIDES TO BUSINESS INFORMATION
- Search Engine Guide-Business
is a directory to business search engines. This directory contains many links not already covered in this Web guide.
