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There are many things that go into making a great website. Making it to DAMICON's list requires that the site be useful and effective. It doesn't need to have visual appeal. It doesn't need to be blazingly fast. It just needs to provide good information in a clear and concise format.
What follows is a list of categories. Select any category and you'll get a list of effective sites. If you'd like us to consider adding or removing a site, please email us.
Please Note: These lists are the sole opinion of DAMICON, LLC and are provided as a public service. We do not receive compensation of any kind for listing these sites. We reserve the right to modify these lists at any time and without notice. Within each category, sites are presented in alphabetical order.
Great news and information site operated by the Boston Globe newspaper.
A comprehensive site with links to many other Boston-specific sites. Recommended.
Get information on attractions, hotels, nightlife, restaurants, services, shopping and more.
Get information about the 50 states and links to a variety of other sites with lots more data.
This is a "business technology knowledge portal". It's a bit overwhelming due to the vast array of content. Be patient. It's a wealth of information.
A valuable resource for researching companies and the countries in which they operate.
The site says "Make better decisions, faster". For a fee, you can get the scoop on just about any company around.
"The best source for Sales Leads.", according to them. Actually a very good service at a fair price. (Note: In the interest of full disclosure, DAMICON uses this service.)
If you want to know what's going on and who's involved when it comes to business meetings, this is the place "Where connecting people means business".
This is an outstanding information source. It puts unbiased business information and analysis at your fingertips. The best content is available for a price.
This is another resource for those interested in business conferences, seminars, and events.
Marketing Resource Center (associations list)
A searchable catalog of associations is provided at no charge along with links to their websites.
Management resources for enterprise projects, offering how-to workbooks, project plans and planning guides, tools, templates and checklists. A valuable management resource.
Get links to the websites of the 50 states and the major cities and towns within them.
Looking for a job in the Boston Area or advertising one? This is the best local resource. It's run by the Boston Globe newspaper.
Everything Dow Jones does that leverages the Wall Street Journal name is of high quality. Check it out!
These folks are number two. But, they're run by the Yahoo! team so they are a must see site.
They're number one. If you're looking for talent, this is the place to look.
This is a metasite. It contains information and links to many web resources for employers and job seekers.
An excellent resource for anyone considering a career in consulting.
When you need enterprise-wide software solutions, this site helps you create a short list and contact vendors.
If you haven't heard of Dell, you don't know much about computers. There are many good makes and models of computers. Dell is number one.
When you need ink cartridges for an Epson, Canon or Brother ink jet printer, this is the place to go. They provide great service, low prices and high-quality cartridges.
Reliable mail order and web-based retailer. Publishes monthly catalogs of equipment and software.
Very good local (NH) supplier of hardware and software.
If you're a software development team, these folks can supply any commercial development tools you'll need.
Used and refurbished equipment can be a very good deal. These folks specialize in this type of gear.
Try SmartDraw now! Easily create business process management and quality control flowcharts, affinity diagrams, Gantt charts, force field analysis diagrams, check sheets, and forms for TQM, ISO and Six Sigma. A 30-day trial is available!
Need to find out what an acronym or abbreviation means? This is the place.
Online translation to and from a variety of major languages.
This is an online dictionary metasite. If the word exists in the English language, this site will find it.
This is a set of electronic "guides" each of which is created by a human professional Guide.
Everyone knows Google as a search engine. They also produce an excellent directory site.
The largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.
This is the most widely known and best commercial directory. It is created and maintained manually, not by machine.
Receive faxes. Send faxes. Anywhere you can access email.
The power of voicemail, email and fax, all in one box.
They claim to be the most advanced email tracking, certification, and security service available on the Web.
Registered email that means business. Tracks email the way the Post Office uses registered mail to track letters and packages.
Provides fax solutions for businesses through the seamless integration of facsimile technology and Internet technology. (Note: In the interest of full disclosure, DAMICON uses this service.)
One of the most popular sites for charting stocks.
Very thorough site including news, information, mutual funds, and global markets.
Operated by The Bond Market Association, this site displays the treasury yield curve on the home.
An excellent site for researching companies and their stocks.
Another excellent site for researching companies and their stocks.
This page lists results for stock markets around the globe.
"When you have nothing better to do," visit this directory of fun and interesting sites.
Lots of web-based games for when you just need to relax.
Want to know how to do something? Start here!
Flash is for more than just advertising. These games are fun!
Want to know how that thing works? This is the place.
Search for online legal forms, some free and some not so free.
Prepare and purchase legal documents online.
Very good legal resource.
An online legal encyclopedia "putting the law into plain english".
"Market analysis and positioning services for business technology."
This firm "identifies and analyzes trends in technology and their impact on business".
Arguably the best known and most often quoted of the technology research firms.
Another highly regarded technology research organization.
Their service mark is "return on intelligence". Catchy!
An excellent resource for physicians and patients. Can help you find a doctor.
Interested in clinical trials? This site has the scoop.
If you want straight talk about prescription drugs, this site is a wealth of information.
A world renowned name offering expert health information.
Online edition of a well-respected medical manual.
A good reference source for information about vegetarian diets.
One of the oldest and best resources for movie information.
This site compiles reviews from respected critics and publications then aggregates the results.
Good place to find out what others think about a movie you want to see.
Links to news sources around the globe.
If you want to know what's really happening around the world, visit the BBC.
Google electronically aggregates over 4,500 news sources continually and provides up to the moment information.
This nationwide publication provides unrivaled business coverage. (Note: In the interest of full disclosure, Vin D'Amico is an IBJ columnist.)
An excellent source for technology news and information.
A joint venture of Microsoft and NBC providing an excellent online news resource.
One of the best newspapers in the U.S.A.
To find out the latest scores and track active games, you won't find a better site.
One of the premier open source websites. Home of the Apache web server, the Tomcat applet server, and many other developer components.
An international organization which promotes freedom and openness in the field of bioinformatics.
One of the oldest open source groups having launched in 1984. Check out the Free Software Directory
The place to check out open source for handheld devices.
An extensive collection of anything and everything related to Linux. An excellent resource.
Get your daily fix of what's happening in the open source community.
Mozilla is the basis for the Netscape browser. It has many more features and functions than Internet Explorer.
This publishing firm prints many technical books and is active in the open source community.
A collection of open source software with user comments and ratings.
"The world's largest open source software development website" says it all.
The official site of the National Association of Realtors. Lots of resources for anyone planning a move.
If you're looking to buy or sell a home in New England or Florida, check this out.
A service of Monster.com. Plenty of information and links for anyone planning a move.
This site is operated by the Wall Street Journal. Very high quality.
An excellent online reference source with substantial free content.
This directory of learning sites is a public service of the University of Michigan School of Information.
As with most Microsoft websites, this one is high quality. It's a little heavy on the advertising but it's free.
Search a vast archive of magazine articles on almost any subject.
This site is "...about indexing quality Internet sites and assisting visitors in navigating these sites".
This site is maintained by the CIA. It is an outstanding reference for information about any country in the world.
A leading provider of natural language search technology.
An odd name but a very good meta-site, that is, they submit your search to a variety of search engines and present all the results.
A comprehensive and fast web searching tool.
This is the penultimate search engine for the world wide web. It won't find everything but it comes close.
This is a well-known and well-respected search engine and portal.
Another meta-site that uses multiple search engines to find answers for you.
Here's a slightly different approach. These folks cluster search results providing some organization to the results.
Scott Ambler is a guru of object modeling and software development methodologies.
A site devoted to Scrum (a lightweight development process) and the Agile Alliance.
Interested in eXtreme Programming? This is the site for you.
A standards group focused on distributed object computing across the enterprise and beyond.
An excellent resource for project managers everywhere.
Part of Carnegie Mellon University and home of the Capability Maturity Model (CMM).
An online telephone book operated by Verizon.
The Boston Globe site uses this service. Its very good, at least in the Boston area.
This site produces good results with useful information.
This site includes international listings.
Want to learn more about programming the web? This site devoted to objects and components is a great place to start.
A wealth of information for software developers whether seasoned or starting out.
A service of the Web Design Group and a great HTML reference manual.
These folks provide a wealth of information and links. The site is a little tough to navigate but worth the effort.
This destination refers to itself as "A Web Development Tutorial and Information Site". It is!
Links to tutorials for all the major programming languages.
A standards group devoted to making the web a better place.
If you need to know about XML (eXtensible Markup Language), this is the place. Operated by O'Reilly.
If you're planning a trip, you have to check out Expedia, Orbitz, and Travelocity.
Weather reports and forecasts including a wide variety of meteorological maps.
The best known and most widely referenced mapping and driving directions location.
If you're planning a trip, you have to check out Expedia, Orbitz, and Travelocity.
Best known for their paper maps but up-and-coming in the online world.
I'm singling out SouthWest because they do not participate in the major reservations sites and they are a low cost leader.
If you're planning a trip, you have to check out Expedia, Orbitz, and Travelocity.
The World Wide Web is an amazing collection of resources. Most good. Some not so good. Most free. Some not so free.
Something for everyone!
We all have our favorite sites; those that we visit on a regular basis. Chances are that you won't agree with all of our choices. That's okay! If you find a few sites that are useful to you, then this page has served its purpose.
If you'd like to pass along a favorite site of your own, we'd be happy to surf through it and consider it for inclusion on this list as one of the web's most effective sites. Just drop us an email message.