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<p>The <b>Business</b> component of the Open Directory generally lists and categorizes English-language sites that cover:</p>
<h3>Business as an activity:</h3>
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<li>Sites covering industrial and commercial activities involving the exchange of commodities, services, or financial resources.</li>
<li>Sites offering supporting services, information and resources to business and business people, such as trade associations, educational institutions and training programs, business and economic news, events, etc.</li>
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<h3>Business as an entity:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Official web sites for and about corporations and commercial enterprises (including subsidiaries) that manufacture, distribute, market and sell goods and services to other businesses (B2B) and/or consumers (B2C). <b> Note:</b> If the purpose of the site is to serve as a Shopping destination for consumers (or consumers <u>and</u> businesses), the site should be listed in the <a href="/Shopping/">Shopping</a> branch.</li>
<li>Sites that exist solely to provide information about a company and its goods and services. <b>Note</b>: a company's brand name sites that focus on providing information to consumers are listed under <a href="/Home/Consumer_Information/">Home: Consumer Information</a>. See the <a href="/Home/Consumer_Information/faq.html#10">Consumer Information FAQ</a> for more information.</li>
<li>Sites that focus on the theoretical, practical or operational aspects of a business enterprise: accounting, finance, human resources, management, marketing, etc.</li>
</ul>
<b>Sites generally <u>not listed</u> in the Business category:</b>
<ul>
<li><b>Online shopping</b>: Sites that exist primarily to sell goods and services directly to the consumer should be listed in the <a href="/Shopping/">Shopping</a> category. See the <a href="/Shopping/desc.html">Shopping category description</a> for more detail. </li>
<li><b>Commercial sites (particularly "dot.coms")</b> whose main purpose is to provide information and resources to the consumer, as an end-user of the product or services (e.g. <a href="http://www.google.com/">Google</a>, <a href="http://www.consumersearch.com/">ConsumerSearch.com</a>, <a href="http://www.xml.com/">XML.com</a>, <a href="http://www.mp3.com/">MP3.com</a>, etc.)</li>
<li>Sites that <b>focus on providing information to consumers</b> are listed under <a href="/Home/Consumer_Information/">Home: Consumer Information</a>. See the <a href="/Home/Consumer_Information/faq.html#10">Consumer Information FAQ</a> for more information.</li>
<li><b>Local businesses</b>: Sites for inherently local businesses -- such as types of business that are commonly found in most localities and serve primarily the people and businesses in that area -- are in most cases listed exclusively in <a href="/Regional/">Regional</a> categories.</li>
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