Is Find Me Here.com a social networking website?

No, but it is a website for amicable business networking. Find Me Here is one of three websites in a network freely offering resources for moving forward with plans for enterprise development that lead to economic development. Find Me Here is where you search the global directory of contacts maintained by The Network in support of its mission.

Social networking is a communal activity which establishes and maintains mutually agreeable relationships beyond that of meeting and greeting. It requires a desire for sociability.

Social networking websites tout their value as places online for building business relationships. Their value in that regard is is closely related to the shotgun approach to doing business. If you business thrives off of purchasing list of sales leads, perhaps social networking websites have something to offer in exchange for an extensive investment of your time.

MySpace and Facebook are examples of social networking websites. See the 2006 article (published by Knowledge@Wharton): MySpace, Facebook and Other Social Networking Sites: Hot Today, Gone Tomorrow? The following quote is from the article:

(Social networking websites) ... are changing the human fabric of the Internet and have the potential to pay off big for investors, butgiven their youthful user base -- they are unusually vulnerable to the next 'new new' thing. As quickly as users flock to one trendy Internet site, they can just as quickly move on to another, with no advance warning, according to Wharton faculty and Internet analysts.

One thing social networking websites don't offer is a strictly business approach.

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How does one qualify for a record in the Global Registry of Contacts? ... answer

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How does one apply for a free record in the Global Registry of Contacts? ... apply

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I found a broken link while using The Network. Now what?

Send an email asking for search promise delivery. Tell us where you found the broken link.

Suggestion: Copy and paste to your email memo the URL address string of the problem webpage along with the text line or identity of the graphic element where you found it.

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Why are there instructions for sending an email?

The old adage which says, the idle mind is the devil's workshop, holds part of the answer. As you are likely to already know, there are Internet users whose minds are not in gear. Some are children with devious minds and some are cripples whose minds are inexplicably impaired There are certainly cyberthugs in both categories who either spam or perpetrate crimes and create virtual chaos. All of these make it impractical today to operate a free and open online information service with an email address that is a text link as The Network was able to do for several years. Instructions are necessary, in our case, to allow serious email inquiries to be easily separated and prioritized. We regret any inconvenience but you'll need to follow instructions to send us (who we are) an email or run the risk of having your inquiry trashed upon arrival at our server. FYI. the idle mind quote was found at www.worldofquotes.com/author/Proverb/36/index.html.

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What is search engine should I use for the Global Registry of Contacts?

The original search tool installed when Find Me Here.com was introduced in 1997 remains available. It is useful because you can search for words that begin with capital letters, such as the names of contacts and locations. The GRC is widely know by web crawlers used by search engines because it has been around for so long. Crawlers regularly check GRC pages online for new or updated information. To submit information to the GRC, CLICK HERE.

The second recommendation is the Google/.network search engine. After that, any one of the most-used search engines will do. No matter what search engine enterprise developers or site selectors choose to query the Web for resource and service providers or places of interest and their location data suppliers, they find themselves covered by the promise of The Network.

See the Google/.network search engine with extra radio buttons for querying the websites of publications that focus on site selection, real estate and economic development. It suggested here as an example of the extent to which we go to support the mission of The Network.

definition of strictly business:

... businesslike; having a impersonal, official, bureaucratic, or ceremonial (formal) demeanor when interacting, networking, communicating or dealing with others. Business networking sometimes requires providing personal information in a formal manner, for example, when observing the traditions or prevailing event-guidelines of a specific group. Social networking on the other hand thrives on amicability. That's not to say, however, that the friendly approach is avoided as efforts are made to build or sustain working relationships in the business environment.

The .network guide, Eight Essentials for Successful Networking, starts out by suggesting that you name should be presented in print, for example on your business card, the way you introduce yourself. The comments in the above paragraph about networking are applicable

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The art of war and the art of management By Raymond Floyd @ All Business.com

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information from www.findmehere.com/search/infohelp/webpage_explus.htm#hp

The paragraphs below are copied from the webpage represented by the above URL address string. The duplication aids searches for keywords which were at one time published here in answer to a question that is no longer frequently asked. Page up for answers to other questions that continue to be often asked of The Network or to Google the Web for answers to other questions. If you have a question for The Network, CLICK HERE.

More than 50% of visitors to websites never get past home pages according to Marketing lessons from E-failures reported in The McKinsey Quarterly (2002). At about the same time another report stated that 60% of visitors never bother to use the scroll barmore.

According to the last report we've seen, 40% of the people online don't select linked graphics, even those images which are clearly buttons that aid navigationmore.

According to key findings from several years of surveying business decision makers (members of the target audience of The Network) building and maintaining relationships with peers ... is the leading source of information influencing. The surveys also indicated that visiting with decision makers is the most effective way to promote ... business networking is more effective for generating interest in a place seeking economic development than is advertising. See comments about publishers of business periodicals and directories for more information about the status of advertising and how to best draw the attention of prospects to locations.

The last report from the subject surveys was done at a time when area and local development contacts were rushing to publish data profiles and other information online ... sixty-five percent of respondents indicated a strong likelihood that they would use an economic development organization’s website in their next site location searchmore.
There is also a paragraph about politics and economic development with notes taken from comments in a blog by an executive, Ted Levine, of DCI/Development Counsellors International, New York, NY. Andy Levine (Andrew T. Levine) is the DCI executive who has made presentations regarding the findings of the surveys mentioned in the two paragraphs above.

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