Business Startup Activity Remains Strong; Infrastructure Activities Increase.Business.com Business.com is a business-related Internet search engine and web directory. Business.com, Inc. is based in Santa Monica, California. It was founded in 1999 by Jake Winebaum (previously chairman of the Walt Disney Internet Group) and Sky Dayton (founder of Earthlink). Releases September Business Barometer Results SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , Calif. -- Business.com, the web's leading business search engine and directory, today released its September Business.com Barometer, a monthly measurement that provides a snapshot (1) A saved copy of memory including the contents of all memory bytes, hardware registers and status indicators. It is periodically taken in order to restore the system in the event of failure. (2) A saved copy of a file before it is updated. of the rising and falling business search trends among small business Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f . This month's Barometer reveals that business startup activity remains very strong and the need for infrastructure and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. are on the rise. "For the second consecutive month, queries related to small business formation dominate the top of our list," said Jake JAKE Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment Winebaum, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Business.com. "Especially interesting is the increase in business systems-related queries. For example, queries related to Computer Security, Point-of-Sale Equipment and Phone Systems were up significantly, which indicates that not only are new businesses being formed, but existing businesses are investing in systems to support their growth. These are signs of a healthy small business environment."
Top 10 Categories > > > >
September 2006 > > > >
> > > >
CurrentMonthRank > > > >
PreviousMonthRank
Category Name
> > > >
1 > > > >
1
Starting a Small Business
2 > > > >
27
Business Plans
3 > > > >
2
Business Cards
4 > > > >
35
Computer Networking
5 > > > >
120
Business Travel
6 > > > >
3
Office Furniture
7 > > > >
4
Tax ID Search
8 > > > >
79
Point of Sale Equipment
9 > > > >
90
Laptops
10 > > > >
5
Display Cases and Racks
Top Gainers >
September vs. August 2006 >
>
Category Name >
% Change
>
Financial Asset Protection >
1172%
Commodity Trading >
588%
401(k) Plans >
480%
Computer Security Software >
429%
Business Travel >
322%
Business Phone Systems >
311%
Laptops >
240%
Workplace Communication >
235%
Point of Sale Equipment >
232%
Business Plans >
198%
Top Losers >
September vs. August 2006 >
>
Category Name >
% Change
>
Business and Computer Forms >
-46%
Automotive Transport >
-31%
Liability Insurance >
-31%
Recruiting >
-25%
Sales >
-25%
Real Estate Trends and Forecasts >
-25%
VoIP >
-24%
Pharmaceutical Contract Manufacturing >
-19%
Restaurant Supplies >
-18%
Banking >
-18%
Query data is combined across Business.com and Business.com Network partners, representing the business search needs of over 28 million unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. each month.(a) The results are gathered based on the query volume occurring on Business.com and the Business.com Network. The Business.com Barometer includes query data across Network partners, such as: BusinessWeek, Forbes.com, Entrepreneur entrepreneur (än'trəprənûr`) [Fr.,=one who undertakes], person who assumes the organization, management, and risks of a business enterprise. .com and AllBusiness.com. About Business.com Business.com is the leading search engine designed and organized strictly for businesses. It provides professionals easy access to business products, services, companies, news and other business information to help them get their jobs done more efficiently. In October 2006, Business.com launched Work.com (http://www.work.com), a Web 2.0 site designed to help the more than 25 million U.S. small business owners run their businesses. Work.com features unique "How-to Guides" for more than 1,000 business topics, ranging from start-up Start-up The earliest stage of a new business venture. basics to advanced management techniques. The Guides are written by business experts who can now share their expertise with others through a new form of "Expert Generated Content" (EGC EGC École de Gestion et de Commerce (French) EGC Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica EGC Enhanced Group Call EGC Equal-Gain Combining EGC Equipment Grounding Conductor (NCCER) EGC Economic Growth Center ). Business.com was founded in 1999 by eCompanies. With more than five years of growth and three consecutive years of profitability, Business.com was recently named to the Inc. 500 as one of the top five fastest growing private media companies. Privately held, Business.com has attracted leading investors, including Benchmark Capital Benchmark Capital is a venture capital firm responsible for the early stage funding of some very successful startups, including eBay. In 1995, the firm invested $6.7 million in eBay, which became worth more than $5 billion by the spring of 1999 and resulted in one of Silicon , Institutional Venture Partners, Evercore Partners Evercore Partners NYSE: EVR is a boutique investment bank and private equity investment firm located in New York. It was founded by Blackstone Group alumni Austin Beutner and Roger Altman in 1996. , Reed Business Information Reed Business Information is a large business publisher in the United States, United Kingdom, continental Europe, Australia and Asia. It is a division of Reed Elsevier. In 2005, Reed Business Information started the Quill Awards, a literary award broadcast on NBC. and McGraw Hill. (a) comScore Media Metrix June 2006 |
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