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http://www.allbusiness.com
This site offers more than 40 tools and services, roughly 350 downloadable business forms, and lots of solid tools. 

http://www.thebestwebmaster.com
Large companies can afford to spend whatever it takes to keep their sites up to speed. They have in-house departments which focus totally on constantly improving their sites. But it doesn't make financial sense for a small to medium size company to hire a full time in house webmaster to maintain and update your site. Here's how thebestwebmaster.coms web site maintenance service will create a program to guarantee your site's continuing success. 

http://www.benefitmall.com
Geared for small businesses with less than 100 employees, BenefitMall.com is an online exchange for buyers, sellers and providers of employee benefits. The site offers online access to more than 4,000 employee benefits plans from more than 100 insurance carriers. BenefitMall.com works with existing insurance brokers instead of selling direct. Companies can compare benefit plans online, get answers to their questions, obtain quotes and then use their personal broker to obtain coverage, or choose from a network of more than 10,000 independent brokers. BenefitMall.com is the fastest growing company in its field. 

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http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright
You've created a masterpiece and want to ensure it's protected by the full weight of the law. Time to copyright it. The online copyright office has all the information you need to keep your intellectual property safe. Start with copyright basics, frequently asked questions, and registration procedures. You can search registration documents, study copyright law, and print out the appropriate forms. If you really get hooked, you can thumb through the office's information circulars. It's all a service of the Library of Congress. Remember, it's a dangerous world out there--better get protection. 

http://www.cli.org/
Cyberspace Law Institute - This site features a collection of courses and articles on cyberspace law, including extensive areas on copyright law, fair use, and intellectual property. 

http://www.count-me-in.org/
Count Me In. Establishing a national fund to provide small business loans and scholarships for women. 

http://www.ssrn.com/lsn/index.html
Cyberspace Law for Non-Lawyers - Check out especially the 12 lessons on cyberspace copyright. 

http://www.digitalwork.com
This site is set up to be a "Do-it-yourself" business workshop and lives up to its billing, offering 11 workshops on such topics as PR, recruiting and travel. 

http://www.employeesavings.com
employeesavings.com provides Employer Sponsored Value Plans (ESVPs) to Fortune 1000 corporations as a means of keeping precious talent happy. The site negotiates exclusive offers on groceries, apparel, electronics, sports equipment, cars, entertainment, travel, financial and insurance services, and resulting savings are passed along to employees. Employers control the types of benefit offers and how they are presented to their work force. employeesavings.com creates the plan and the communications vehicle. 

http://www.findlaw.com
Browse the guide to more than 25,000 legal sites, search for legal cases, or join "LegalMinds," a virtual community. 

http://www.intranets.com
Businesses and small groups can create an intranet using this free application. 

http://www.ithaca.edu/library
Sure there is information about anything you can think of on the web. Online, beware because information's value is directly proportional to the soundness of its source. Here a librarian tells you how to evaluate online info and provides a wealth of valuable sites where good information resides. 

http://www.law.com
Legal news, book sales, legal course offerings and job openings. Law com also offers reginal sites for 11 different states. 

http://www.mediafinder.com
Mediafinder is a searchable database of thousands of magazines, catalogs, newsletters, journals and newspapers. You can search by keyword for industry specific publications and create your own database of reporters who may be interested in receiving your publicity. 

http://www.netratings.com
Hats off for the invaluable and free weekly "Nielsen// NetRatings Reporter" email newsletter. Each issue highlights headline news, top 25 weekly properties, top 10 advertisers, top 10 ad banners and a few quick Web average usage stats -- resulting in a top 10 position on the WDFM reading list. A rotating home page design means you might have to dig for the buried newsletter subscription sign-up, but do it. It's worth it. 

http://www.newsbureau.com
Generate online media coverage via Internet News Bureau's e-mail press release distribution service. Receive a 15% discount and access to our free online marketing tutorial. 

http://www.privacycouncil.com
Helps you mind your own business.  

http://www.promotionworld.com
One of the most comprehensive sites on the web for information and advice about site promotion  

http://www.quadzilla.com
The ultimate site for learning html at your own speed. 

http://www.startupfailures.com
Sometimes you get the bear and sometimes the bear gets you. For those who've been gotten, there's startupfailures.com. Whether you're the one who's made the mistakes or you're just trying to learn from some other poor geek's misfortunes, here's the site that gives the dirt on all those Internet startups that didn't quite reach the brass ring, as well as tips from entrepreneurs who made it. Of course, no business failure site would be complete without job referrals and interviewing advice. So before you max out your MasterCard while "ramping up" for your first round of venture capital financing, go for a brief, painful walk in someone else's shoes.

http://www.stratfor.com
"Delivering news at the speed of television with the depth of print" is Stratfor.com's claim to fame, and it delivers. This Internet news company explores international trends with an eye toward corporate intelligence. Originally focused on supplying information to business clients, and providing meta-commentary on world events via the highly touted Global Intelligence Update (GUI), Stratfor.com is transitioning from a private intelligence company to open-source cyber-intelligence. 

http://www.smartonline.com
More than 17 Web-based tools, along ith nearly 4,000 forms and documents, this site will give you what you need to solve finance, legal, HR, and sales problems. 

http://www.score.org
Score is a nonprofit partner of the Small Business Administration. It's site is the first ones that someone should go to for free, one-on-one online business counseling. 

http://startup.wsj.com
The Wall St. Journal has an excellent free site for startup businesses. It's got help for writing business plans, a database of venture capitalists, and relevant business stories broken out by category, all free. 

http://www.useit.com
Please subscribe to and read every word of the best newsletter on the Internet (besides What's Next Online,thebestwebideas.com newsletter!) It is Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox. Nobody has a better handle on what it takes to build a great site than Nielsen. Be sure to read his Ten Good Deeds In Web Design.  

http://websiteawards.xe.net/
Home of the Awards and Website Awards Worksheet, a free resource that helps you apply for Web awards to over 800 Award Sites around the world and track your activities. A great organizer.  

http://www.workingsolo.com/
If you're self-employed, a home-based business owner, a free agent, an  e-lancer, a telecommuter, a consultant, or other independent professional -- or you dream of being one -- then this is the right place!

http:// www.worldspacemedia.com/worldspacemedia
Domain Registration and Get More For Less! World Space Media

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