New Internet-Based Computer Shopper Introduced; Investors Welcomed.CHARLESTON Charleston, cities, United States Charleston. 1 City (1990 pop. 20,398), seat of Coles co., E Ill.; inc. 1835. Charleston is an industrial, rail, and trade center located in an agricultural area; shoes are also made. Eastern Illinois Univ. , S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 1998--BuyinGuide, a new Internet-based shopping guide for computer hardware and software with the market's broadest database and best product search mechanism, has debuted at http://www.buyinguide.com. The company now welcomes investors with contacts and marketing experience to help turn BuyinGuide into the leading electronic commerce service of its kind. BuyinGuide offers services for shoppers of computer hardware, software and PC systems. It offers more computer product data than any other source on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , including the only comprehensive online shopping guide to computer software. It is also the only service of its kind that provides product descriptions, side-by-side comparisons, comparative tables of product specifications, and links to each product's manufacturer as well as reviews from a wide variety of industry publications. With this detailed information and the structure of the site, users can easily zero in on the particular product category they need, evaluate competitive products, compare prices and buy directly from vendors' web sites. Most competitive services limit themselves primarily to product names and prices. BuyinGuide was created by Tom Fair, a former business consultant for Duke University's CALIS CALIS China Academic Library & Information System (cooperative library cataloging system) CALIS Covariance Analysis of Linear Structural Equations (SAS procedure) (Computer-Assisted Language Instruction System) project, retail electronics store owner, and computer consultant to many small businesses. Fair's clients expressed confusion and frustration over the proliferation proliferation /pro·lif·er·a·tion/ (pro-lif?er-a´shun) the reproduction or multiplication of similar forms, especially of cells.prolif´erativeprolif´erous pro·lif·er·a·tion n. of new computer products, inspiring Fair to develop the BuyinGuide concept. Early response to the product has been strong. Software BuyinGuide has been selected as an Editor's Choice Web Site by The Web magazine, and software publishers have endorsed the concept by volunteering to send product information directly to BuyinGuide. Multiple revenue sources, numerous opportunities to diversify diversify To acquire a variety of assets that do not tend to change in value at the same time. To diversify a securities portfolio is to purchase different types of securities in different companies in unrelated industries. and the explosive growth of the Internet present an opportunity for rapid growth and high profits. For more information, contact Tom Fair at 803/573-9528 or e-mail majortom@buyinguide.com. CONTACT: BuyinGuide Corporation 803/556-9899 http://www.buyinguide.com or S&S Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Caroline Car·o·line adj. Relating to the life and times of Charles I or Charles II of England. [Medieval Latin Carol Pasquesi, 800/287-2279 ext. 277 Caroline@sspr.com |
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