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Dropping a Dime

Industries 1. Internet Intelligence Index. Links to 25+ industries ... Did the trademark holder win? Internet Archive. Older versions of the site 2006 Jenkins ...

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Dropping a Dime

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    Slide 1:Dropping a DimeWithout Spending a Cent:Free CI Web Sites Dan Giancaterino Internet Librarian Jenkins Law Library v1.6 1/11/2006

    Slide 2:Keep in Mind You get what you pay for What is your time worth?

    Slide 3:Industries 1 Internet Intelligence Index Links to 25+ industries Reuters Industries Key Developments and Risk Alerts Valuation Resources 200+ industries, organized by SIC

    Slide 4:Industries 2 Yahoo Finance Industry Center Company Index and Industry Browser

    Slide 5:Industries 3 Government alphabet soup: BEA, BLS, Census, SEC EDGAR Fedstats covers 100 different agencies Don’t forget your local public library

    Slide 6:SEC Filings SEC Info Email alerts, search within filings 10k Wizard Free search within filings PubSub RSS alerts

    Slide 7:Niche Databases 1 Central Contractor Registration Companies doing biz with the gov’t Corporate Information Comparative Business Analysis Envirofacts Who’s dumping what where

    Slide 8:Niche Databases 2 FreeERISA EIN Finder Other cool stuff is at freeerisa.com Household Products Database All products by a manufacturer The Scannery Index to docs on corporate Web sites

    Slide 9:Niche Databases 3 Search Systems Public records databases Stock Market Yellow Pages Search public companies by description, 20 different sources

    Slide 10:Other Stuff 1 WHOIS Who owns which domains (FYI Dialog file 225 is out-of-date!) Gigablast and MSN Search Find all Web sites hosted at a particular IP address

    Slide 11:Other Stuff 2 WIPO Domain Name Dispute Panel Decisions Did the trademark holder win? Internet Archive Older versions of the site

    Slide 12:Other Stuff 3 A9 Maps Street-level images, compare with Google Local’s satellite images (use Google Earth for international) and Windows Live Local (45 degree angle “bird’s eye”)

    Slide 13:Patents & Trademarks 1 USPTO Search 30 years of full text patents and 3 million trademarks EPO Worldwide database includes Japanese patents

    Slide 14:Patents & Trademarks 2 JPO Machine translation to English (FYI most Japanese patents are not filed outside of Japan) WIPO Patents from 1997, plus current international trademarks

    Slide 15:Executives 1 eComp Executive compensation Forbes.com People Tracker 120,000 executives and members of the Forbes rich and celebrity lists GuideStar Non-profit boards

    Slide 16:Executives 2 Opensecrets.org Political donations Scandal Inc. The dirt on executives SEC EDGAR For board members, see 10-k item #10

    Slide 17:Executives 3 10k Wizard Search board members by name They Rule Who’s linked to whom Wikipedia Check the content for accuracy

    Slide 18:Executives 4 Zoom Info Employment history, boards, web references, and more

    Slide 19:News Alerts Google, Yahoo, Bizjournals, etc. Archives Bizjournals (40+ markets, 1996-present) NewsBank (550+ titles, 10-20 years)

    Slide 20:The Buzz Google Groups Especially for job postings ... while you’re at it, don’t forget Monster, Simply Hired or Yahoo HotJobs Fortune 500 Business Blogging Wiki Are employees blogging?

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