THE 7 KEYS TO EFFECTIVE WEB SITES

by DAVID SACHS and HENRY STAIR

Following are the URLs for the links referenced in Appendix A in the book:

KEY 1: Visually Appealing

Classroom Connect
URL: http://www.classroom.net

Condé Nast Traveler
URL: http://travel.epicurious.com/travel/g_cnt/home.html

Cybertown Home Page
URL: http://www.cybertown.com

Interactive Imagination's Riddler
URL: http://www.riddler.com

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab
URL: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov

Mecklermedia's iWorld: Internet News & Resources
URL: http://www.iworld.com

(Actually, this has really become a better example of a site that is Valuable, Useful or Fun -- but take a look anyway!)

Metaverse
URL: http://metaverse.com

NetManage Corporation
URL: http://www.netmanage.com

(Again, probably a better example today of a site that is Valuable, Useful, or Fun)

Novell World Wide: Corporate Home Page
URL: http://www.novell.com

Sprint
URL: http://www.sprint.com

The Smithsonian Institution Home Page
URL: http://www.si.edu

Stanford University
URL: http://www.stanford.edu

Pathfinder Travel
URL: http://www.pathfinder.com/travel

Paramount Voyager
URL: http://voyager.paramount.com

The White House
URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov

KEY 2: Valuable Useful, or Fun

CIA's World Fact Book
URL: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

City.Net
URL: http://www.city.net

This has turned into Excite Travel; a very rich site with lots of valuable travel information.

Claritin Allergy Relief
URL: http://www.allergy-relief.com/

DejaNews Research Service
URL: http://www.dejanews.com

GE Plastics
URL: http://www.ge.com/plastics/index.htm

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
URL: http://www.goodyear.com

Hoover's Online
URL: http://www.hoovers.com

Infoseek Guide
URL: http://www.infoseek.com

IRnetserv, Inc. (Investor Relations Network Services)
URL: GONE -- THIS SITE NO LONGER EXISTS

The List
URL: http://thelist.internet.com/

NewsPage
URL: http://www.newspage.com/

Southwest Airlines Home Gate
URL: http://www.iflyswa.com/luvhome.html

Starting Point
URL: http://www.stpt.com

Weblint
URL: http://www.cre.canon.co.uk/~neilb/weblint/index.html

Wild Dunes
URL: http://www.wilddunes.com/contents.htm

KEY 3: Current and Timely

ABC News Reports
URL: http://www.realaudio.com/contentp/abc.html

Electronic Newsstand
URL: http://enews.com/

ESPNET SportsZone
URL: http://espnet.sportszone.com/

Intellicast
URL: http://www.intellicast.com/

Interactive Weather Browser
URL: GONE - THIS SITE NO LONGER EXISTS

IRS - The Digital Daily
URL: http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/cover.html

LA Freeway Speeds
URL: http://www.scubed.com/caltrans/la/la_big_map.shtml

Mercury Center
URL: http://www.sjmercury.com/

National Public Radio
URL: http://www.npr.org

NETworth by GALT Technologies (Has Changed To Quicken.com)
URL: http://www.quicken.com/investments/

The New York Times
URL: http://www.nytimes.com

Playbill
URL: http://www.playbill.com

Purdue Weather Processor
URL: http://wxp.atms.purdue.edu/

THOMAS: Legislative Information
URL: http://thomas.loc.gov/

USA Today
URL: http://www.usatoday.com

The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
URL: http://interactive3.wsj.com/home.html

KEY 4: Easy to Find and Use

3M Innovation Network
URL: http://www.mmm.com/

Amazon.com Books
URL: http://www.amazon.com

American Stock Exchange
URL: http://www.amex.com/

CareerPath.com
URL: http://www.careerpath.com

Compaq Computer Corporation
URL: http://www.compaq.com

Eastman Kodak Company
URL: http://www.kodak.com

Excite Netsearch
URL: http://www.excite.com

Mobil Corporation Home Page
URL: http://www.mobil.com

Mountain Travel*Sobek
URL: http://www.mtsobek.com

Pointers To Pointers
URL: THIS SITE HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED

However, if you are still interested in learning how to promote your site, then take a look at:

Net Submitter Pro
URL: Net Submitter Pro

Schwab Online
URL: http://www.schwab.com

Shareware.com
URL: http://www.shareware.com

Siemens in the USA
URL: http://www.siemens.com

Submit It!
URL: http://www.submit-it.com/

The Virtual Reference Desk
URL: http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/

What's New?
URL: http://home.netscape.com/home/whats-new.html

KEY 5: Intuitive On-Page Navigation

Alta Vista
URL: http://altavista.digital.com/

Better Business Bureau - NOTE -- SITEMAP/SEARCH FEATURE
URL: http://www.bbb.org/

CNN Interactive
URL: http://www.cnn.com

Continental Cablevision/U.S.West MediaOne
URL: http://www.mediaone.com

Discovery Channel Online
URL: http://www.discovery.com

The Internet Movie Database
URL: http://us.imdb.com/

Internet Waterway Online
URL: http://www.iwol.com

Money Magazine
URL: http://www.pathfinder.com/money

PC Computing
URL: http://www.zdnet.com/~pccomp

Shop.Com -- (Seems to have disappeared!)

Silicon Graphics
URL: http://www.sgi.com

StockMaster
URL: http://www.stockmaster.com

Telecom Atlas - (Now part of WorldCom)

Web Review
URL: http://webreview.com/

KEY 6: Involve The Visitor

Build-A-Card
URL: http://buildacard.com

Coldwell Banker Online
URL: http://www.coldwellbanker.com

Crestar Student Lending
URL: http://www.student-loans.com

DealerNet-The Virtual Showroom
URL: http://www.dealernet.com

FedEx
URL: http://www.fedex.com

Freeways by Alamo Rent A Car
URL: http://www.goalamo.com/

The Golf Circuit
URL: http://www.golfcircuit.com

PC Travel
URL: GONE -- TRY THESE:
http://www.expedia.com
http://www.travelocity.com
PhotoDisc Index
URL: http://www.photodisc.com

Progressive Farmer Online
URL: http://progressivefarmer.com/

San Francisco Reservations --
URL: http://www.hotelres.com

Sandra Gering Gallery
URL: http://www.users.interport.net/~gering

Speak To Me Catalog
URL: http://www.clickshop.com/speak

UPS
URL: http://www.ups.com

Windham Hill Records
URL: http://www.windham.com/

KEY 7: Responsive To Its Users

Apple Feedback Page
URL: http://survey.info.apple.com/tango/feedback/feedback.qry?function=form

Black Box On-Line Catalog
URL: http://www.blackbox.com

c|net online
URL: http://www.cnet.com

Cyberian Outpost
URL: http://www.cybout.com

IBM Corporation
URL: http://www.ibm.com

Internet Business Reply
URL: GONE -- NO LONGER THERE

Jim Knopf--The Father of Shareware
URL: http://www.halcyon.com/knopf/jim.html

Lycos, Inc.
URL: http://www.lycos.com

Mama's Cucina
URL: http://www.eat.com/

McAfee Network Security & Management -- (Now known as Network Associates)
URL: http://www.nai.com/default_mcafee.asp

NetMind Free Services
URL: http://www.netmind.com/

Paperless Guide to NYC
URL: http://www.mediabridge.com/nyc/

Virtual Vineyards
URL: http://www.virtualvin.com

Yahoo!
URL: http://www.yahoo.com

New and Emerging Web Features

Adobe Acrobat
URL: http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/

HTML - HyperText Markup Language
URL: http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/MarkUp/#specs

Sun Microsystems' Java Language
URL: http://java.sun.com/

Netscape's JavaScript Language
URL: http://www.jsworld.com/

QuickTime from Apple
URL: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/

RealAudio
URL: http://www.realaudio.com/

Shockwave from Macromedia
URL: http://www.macromedia.com/

VRML -- Virtual Reality Modeling Language
URL: http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/VRML/VRMLHome.html

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