Free
International Advertising
As the Internet has grown,
so too have the opportunities
to have your firm know
internationally. The following
are but some of the places
where your firm can be listed
free of charge:
- dmoz open directory
project – dmoz is a
volunteer staffed indexing
service where you are able
to list your website and a
brief description of
services rendered for
free. Please contact: http://www.dmoz.org/.
This site is also indexed
by leading search engines.
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Hoovers
- Austin, Texas-based
Hoover's provides business
information online through
its flagship Web site,
Hoover's Online: The
Business Network – http://www.hoovers.com.
Hoover's Online also
provides news, business
features, lists, stock
quotes, and other business
information such as
Hoover's Industry
Snapshots (global industry
overviews). Hoover's
covers some 14,000 public
and private enterprises
worldwide. Free,
advertiser-supported
information is available
on all 14,000 companies;
Hoover's also offers
access to information on
another 35,000 companies.
In-depth information on
8,000 of the enterprises
is available only to the
company's more than
100,000 paying
subscribers. News and
features are free to all
visitors, as are most
searching and screening
tools. Technology based
firms should contact: update@hoovers.com.
- OneSource CorpTech
Profiles - http://www.corptech.com.
OneSource publishes
high-quality data
(contacts and company
information) on one of
America's strongest
business segments,
high-tech manufacturing,
development and services:
companies that make,
develop and provide
services related to
everything from lasers to
computers, and from
biotech products to
advanced materials. An
advantage of being listed
in CorpTech is indexing by
several leading search
engines. Technology
based companies are
encouraged to contact editorial@corptech.com.
- SuperPages –
Owned by GTE, SuperPages
serves as an electronic
"Yellow Pages".
Unique functions enable
your firm to be displayed
with a map of where
you’re located as well
as detailed driving
directions. Our nationwide
Yellow Pages provides
essential business
information including
phone, fax, &
toll-free numbers,
addresses, maps &
driving directions, URLs
and much more! To
obtain a free listing,
visit:
http://www.superpages.com/about/new_chg_listing.html
- The Thomas Global
Register (TGR) is a
directory of 500,000
manufacturers and
distributors from 22
countries, classified by
10,500 products and
services categories. Its
mission is to bring
industrial buyers and
sellers together on the
web to facilitate the
purchasing process. To
become listed, please
click here:
http://www.tgrnet.com/
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The
Thomas Register –
Published annually, Thomas
Register of American
Manufacturers is by far
the most complete and
helpful specifying and
buying guide published
today. The Thomas Register
is used by Commercial
Sections of the US
Embassies worldwide to
identify prospective
suppliers of products and
services. The internet
based version has greatly
expanded the availability
of information to
prospective foreign
buyers. It provides
"instant"
sourcing information on
nearly 58,000 industrial
products and services,
along with comprehensive
specifications and
availability information
from thousands of
manufacturers. In all,
more than 1,700,000
individual product/service
sources are included.
Thomas Register in print
contains a complete 3 -
volume Company Profile
section and a
comprehensive 8 - volume
Catalog File section.
Headquarters and branch
addresses, phone numbers
and asset ratings are
provided on more than
156,000 U.S. and Canadian
firms. The CD-ROM version
contains the same product,
service and company
profile information as the
print edition. The CD also
contains over 5,100
company catalogs. Visit:
http://www2.thomasregister.com/
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TMOnline
- TM
OnLine is a database
of U.S. small businesses
that seek to export their
products. To be included
this database, a U.S.
small business must first
register its company and
export information and
receive a password for
future reentry to update
their exporter profile. TM
OnLine is also a search
engine for foreign firms
and U.S. businesses
seeking a U.S. business
partner or supplier,
through such means as
direct product sales,
licensing or franchising
agreements. TM OnLine will
also be used by the SBA to
recruit for foreign trade
missions and to provide
trade leads to registered
companies. To
register:
https://pro-net.sba.gov/pro-net/enterexport.html
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Agricultural
Technology
-
Communications
& Information
Technology
-
Environment
& Energy Technology
-
Health
Technology
To register,
please visit: http://trade.usgtn.net/
These are but a few of the
opportunities for your firm to
gain an additional web
presence. Everyone who uses
the www to source products has
their own favorite
directories, search engines,
browsers and databases that
they use. If you want to be
known on the WWW, don’t rely
on the search engines alone
where the best
"Yahoo" has only
been able to index about
twenty percent of web content.
For further information on
how to use the WWW for
international marketing of US
goods, please contact your
nearest US
Commercial Service Office.
Date Updated: March 27, 2007
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