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Current Top 10

Date of course: 15th June 2005

Yet again the delegates nearly came to blows when trying to narrow down their collective list to 10, so we allowed them a round dozen this time. Interestingly, a number of these were search tips rather than individual sites, which emphasises the need to have advanced search techniques at your finger tips as well as key sites.

  1. RBA Business Information on the Net www.rba.co.uk/sources/ - this site listing business resources by type. Inevitable, really. We use it throughout the day as a "jumping off" point and by the end of the workshop the delegates have been totally brainwashed into using it :-)
  2. Use specialist tools such as Scirus www.scirus.com and Google Scholar scholar.google.com for peer reviewed articles and invisible web resources.
  3. Try Google's "similar pages" search feature to look for pages that are similar in content to a page that you have already found.
  4. Use the link commands to search for pages that link to a page that you have already found. Pages that are similar in content tend to link to one another and this trick often picks up annotated and evaluated listings of sites on a subject. The Yahoo! linkdomain command is the most comprehensive. Syntax is linkdomain:www.sitename.com e.g. linkdomain:www.ukeig.org.uk
  5. Buslib-L discussion list - listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/buslib-l.html - an electronic forum that addresses all issues relating to the collection, storage, and dissemination of Business Information within a library setting regardless of format. Excellent resource for tapping into expertise world-wide.
  6. Europages - www.europages.com - free directory of over 550,000 companies in 35 countries
  7. Turboscout - www.turboscout.com - enables you to quickly run your search in several web, blog and reference search tools one by one.
  8. Twingine - www.twingine.com - compares results from Google and Yahoo side by side.
  9. Nationmaster www.nationmaster.com - a good starting point for statistics that repackages information from many different sources and generates tables and rankings.
  10. Kompass - www.kompass.com - database of 1.9m companies in 75 countries with excellent options for searching by sector and product.
  11. Search within a site - use this advanced search feature to search within large sites that have appalling navigation or poor inbuilt search facilities. Available with most of the major search engines on the Advanced Search screens.
  12. Abyz News Links www.abyznewslinks.com - fast-loading site that lists over 15,600 newspapers and other news sources by country and by region within each country

Date of course: 7th October 2004

  1. FT www.ft.com - for news, surveys and company information.
  2. Usenet via Google Groups groups.google.com - for views and opinions (often extreme!) on companies and products.
  3. BUSLIB-L listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/buslib-l.html - discussion list for business information.
  4. Zapdata www.zapdata.com - D&B marketing directory of US companies.
  5. Biz/ed www.bized.ac.uk - a "unique service for students, teachers and lecturers of business, economics, accounting, leisure and recreation, and travel and tourism".
  6. Find.com www.find.com - a new search tool focusing on business information.
  7. Nationmaster www.nationmaster.com - a good starting point for statistics that repackages information from many different sources and generates tables and rankings.
  8. BBC www.bbc.co.uk for news, background information on a story/event, business news and markets, and country profiles
  9. Google www.google.com and Yahoo! www.yahoo.co.uk . For their excellent web and image databases and news services plus alerts. Google also has Usenet and Yahoo! a Finance section for information on stock exchange listed companies.
  10. Abyz News Links www.abyznewslinks.com - fast-loading site that lists over 15,600 newspapers and other news sources by country and by region within each country and RBA Business Information on the Net www.rba.co.uk/sources/ - this site (!) listing business resources by type.

Date of course: 22nd September 2004

Drawing up a Top 10 on this course proved difficult. Rather than force a vote, the delegates decided to pair up some of the resources, hence we have a Top 13!

  1. Google www.google.com and Yahoo! www.yahoo.co.uk . For their excellent web and image databases and news services plus alerts. Google also has Usenet and Yahoo! a Finance section for information on stock exchange listed companies.
  2. BBC www.bbc.co.uk for news, background information on a story/event, business news and markets, and country profiles
  3. Yell.com www.yell.com for its BT yellow pages and new Super Search and AskAlix www.askalix.co.uk for its company search using D&B data.
  4. Companies House www.companieshouse.gov.uk . Official UK registry for companies offering free access to basic information on registered companies and subscription and pay as you go access to more detailed data and company documents.
  5. UK National Statistics www.statistics.gov.uk . Starting point for UK official statistics.
  6. Official Statistics on the Web www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/stats/offstats/OFFSTATSmain.htm . One of the best starting point for statistical sources by country, topic or subject.
  7. Carolworld www.carolworld.com . Links to the Annual Reports pages of companies in Europe, the US and Canada, share prices and priced credit reports.
  8. London Stock Exchange www.londonstockexchange.com . Mainly for its Regulatory News Service.
  9. Best for Business www.bestforbusiness.com and Cobra at www.cobwebinfo.com providing essential information for SMEs.
  10. RBA Business Information on the Net www.rba.co.uk/sources/ - this site!

Date of course: 9th February 2004

  1. Yahoo! and Yahoo! Finance - http://www.yahoo.co.uk/ (click on the Finance link). Useful Web directory, and free share price information and news on listed companies including historical share prices.
  2. Killerinfo http://www.killerinfo.com/ - meta search tool that organises your results into topics. Quick Peek allows you to look at the web pages without leaving the results list.
  3. Pinakes http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/pinakes/pinakes.html - provides links to evaluated listings on a wide range of subjects and industry sectors.
  4. HM Treasury http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/ - excellent source for UK economic data and statistics.
  5. Europages http://www.europages.com/ - free searchable directory of European companies.
  6. BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/ - for news, background information on a story/event, business news and markets, and country profiles (provided by BBC World Monitoring).
  7. Governments on the Web http://www.gksoft.com/govt/ - comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web: parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-governmental institutions etc. Also includes political parties.
  8. Bureau van Dijk free directory http://www.bvdep.com/ - free directory search of the 10.4 million companies contained in the BvD SUITE. Free summary for every company gives you company name, town, country, sector, registered number and size (very large, large, medium, small, very small)
  9. Corporate Information http://www.corporateinformation.com/ - useful listing of sites by country and/or markets covering stock exchanges, company directories and sector based sites.
  10. RBA Business Information on the Net http://www.rba.co.uk/sources/ - this site!

Date of course: 28th October 2003

  1. Google http://www.google.com/ - general Web search tool also providing access to Usenet, news, news alerts and image searching.
  2. Yahoo! Finance - http://www.yahoo.co.uk/ (click on the Finance link) - free share price information and news on listed companies, including historical share prices.
  3. PricewaterhouseCoopers EdgarScan http://edgarscan.pwcglobal.com/ - a service providing access to SEC EDGAR filings, some parts of which are made available as Excel spreadsheets and RTF files. Further analysis can be performed on one or more companies using the Java based Benchmark Assistant.
  4. Company registration around the world http://www.hrasg.ch/eng/welt-e.htm - a list of official company registers around the world maintained by the Commercial Register Office of the Canton St. Gallen.
  5. Watch that Page http://www.watchthatpage.com/ - a useful service for monitoring changes to individual Web pages.
  6. Telephone Directories on the Web http://www.infobel.com/teldir/ - links to telephone directories across the world organised by country.
  7. Knowx http://www.knowx.com/ - enables you to search the company databases of most of states of the US. These include Limited Liability Companies (LLC). Follow the link "Corporate Records", which is under "Ultimate Business Finder".
  8. BUBL Link http://bubl.ac.uk/link/ - evaluated listings of sites organised by subject/industry sector and country.
  9. Corporate Information http://www.corporateinformation.com/ - useful listing of sites by country and/or markets covering stock exchanges, company directories and sector based sites.
  10. Official Statistics on the Web http://www.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/stats/offstats/OFFSTATSmain.htm - one of the best starting point for statistical sources by country, topic or subject.

Date of course: 2nd October 2003

  1. Google http://www.google.com/ - general Web search tool also providing access to Usenet, news and image searching.
  2. Killerinfo http://www.killerinfo.com/ - meta-search tool that organises results into subject folders and has a "Quick Peek" option for previewing the pages in your results list.
  3. LexisNexis http://www.lexis-nexis.co.uk/ - information on companies, markets and news. Priced service with both subscription and pay-as-you-go options.
  4. CAROL http://www.carol.co.uk/ - provides links to annual reports and accounts on company Web sites (covers Europe and the US).
  5. Yell.com http://www.yell.com/ - business and residential telephone listings for the UK. Also a link to the pay-as-you-go mailing list option.
  6. FT.COM http://www.ft.com/ - free access to current news from the FT. Archives, surveys and company information available to annual subscribers.
  7. BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ - access to current and archive news on events world-wide plus links to background information and relevant sites. Free service.
  8. KellySearch - http://www.kellysearch.com/ - covers UK suppliers of industrial and commercial products and services. 
  9. UK Business Park (http://www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk/) - provides one sentence summaries of events involving UK listed companies and industry sectors. Industry sectors are accessed by selecting from a list of headings.
  10. Yahoo! Finance - http://www.yahoo.co.uk/ (click on the Finance link) - free share price information and news on listed companies, including historical share prices.

Date of course: 28th April 2003

  1. Factiva http://www.factiva.com/ - information on companies, markets and news. Priced service with a pay-as-you-go option for news.
  2. Companies House http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/ - essential starting point for information on UK registered companies. Basic directory type information is free: company documents are priced.
  3. LexisNexis http://www.lexis-nexis.co.uk/ - information on companies, markets and news. Priced service with a pay-as-you-go option.
  4. Yahoo! Finance - http://www.yahoo.co.uk/ (click on the Finance link) - free share price information and news on listed companies, including historical share prices.
  5. Allwhois - http://allwhois.com/ - useful service for checking who owns a domain name as part of information quality assessment.
  6. BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ - access to current and archive news on events world-wide plus links to background information and relevant sites. Free service.
  7. Official Statistics on the Web http://www.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/stats/offstats/OFFSTATSmain.htm
    One of the best starting point for statistical sources by country, topic or subject.
  8. Corporate Information http://www.corporateinformation.com/ - useful listing of sites by country and/or markets covering stock exchanges, company directories and sector based sites.
  9. Google http://www.google.com/ - general Web search tool also providing access to Usenet, news and image searching.
  10. Marketresearch.com http://www.marketresearch.com/ - provides access to over 50,000 market research reports from 350 content providers. Priced pay-as-you-go service.

Date of course: 30th January 2003

  1. Companies House http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/ - essential starting point for information on UK registered companies. In particular, the option for searching "previous names" can prove invaluable when trying to track down a company that has changed its name several times.
  2. Governments on the WWW http://www.gksoft.com/govt/ - the most extensive collection of links to national and local governments, government departments and political parties organised by country.
  3. Her Majesty's Stationery Office - UK Acts of Parliament and Statutory Instruments http://www.hmso.gov.uk/ - access to the full text of Acts of Parliament starting from February 1996 and Statutory Instruments (SIs) from January 1997.
  4. Eur-lex http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/ - official EU Law portal, providing access to Official Journals, treaties, legislation in force, proposed legislation, cases and parliamentary questions.
  5. Trade Association Forum http://www.taforum.org/ - searchable directory of UK trade associations.
  6. Trade UK http://www.tradeuk.com/ - free directory of UK exporting companies.
  7. BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ - access to current and archive news on events world-wide plus links to background information and relevant sites.
  8. BUBL http://bubl.ac.uk/ and BUBL Link http://bubl.ac.uk/link/ - provides access to sites via subject trees and annotated listings. A valuable resource for anyone trying to find quality information on any subject.
  9. RBA Business Information on the Net http://www.rba.co.uk/sources/ - this site!
  10. Better Business http://www.better-business.co.uk/ - Web site of the magazine for small and growing businesses. Includes a directory of freelance experts.
    and
    Gary Price's Resource Shelf http://www.resourceshelf.com/ - a weblog of useful sites for information professionals. Also has links to Gary Price's Fast Facts and List of Lists.

Date of course: 26th November 2002

The delegates on the Key Business Resources on the Net workshop held on November 26th came up with a slightly unusual Top 10. For the first time in over a year, Google was not nominated as a top 10 site. When I asked them why not, they said that it was generally accepted that Google was a key starting point for research and didn't need a special mention!

  1. Companies House http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/ - essential starting point for information on UK registered companies. In particular, the option for searching "previous names" can prove invaluable when trying to track down a company that has changed its name several times.
  2. Hoovers http://www.hoovers.com/ -information on larger companies world-wide.
  3. Corporate Information http://www.corporateinformation.com/ - good starting point for locating business information of all types for countries world-wide.
  4. Buckinghamshire County Council - or any other UK local government Web site for up to date information on what is going on in your area.
  5. Bureau van Dijk Bvd Suite http://www.bvdsuite.com/ - free information from Amadeus on the top 20 European companies and a free directory of companies (free display of information is limited). Also Web access to BvD's priced company information products.
  6. Yahoo UK & Ireland http://www.yahoo.co.uk - access to current news, current and historical share price information, and annual reports.
  7. BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ - access to news on events world-wide plus links to background information and relevant sites.
  8. UK Online http://www.ukonline.gov.uk/ - starting point for accessing UK central and local government departments and locating government publications.
  9. CIA World Factbook http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ Good, general background information on countries across the world.
  10. Hemmington Scott http://www.hemscott.net/ - good selection of free information on UK listed companies plus priced services for more detailed information.

Date of course: 8th October 2002

  1. Corporate Information http://www.corporateinformation.com/ - good starting point for locating business information of all types for countries world-wide.
  2. Telephone Directories on the Web http://www.teldir.com/ - links to telephone directories across the world organised by country.
  3. Trade Association Forum http://www.taforum.org/ - searchable database of UK Trade associations.
  4. Google http://www.google.com/ - excellent general purpose search engine with a useful option to view its own cached copy of a Web page, Advanced Search facilities, searching PDF files and other file formats, News and Usenet
  5. Bureau van Dijk Bvd Suite http://www.bvdsuite.com/ - free information from Amadeus on the top 20 European companies and a free directory of companies (free display of information is limited). Also Web access to BvD's priced company information products .
  6. Official Statistics on the Web http://www.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/stats/offstats/OFFSTATSmain.htm - one of the best starting point for statistical sources by country, topic or subject.
  7. Companies House http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/ - essential starting point for information on UK registered companies.
  8. Hemmington Scott http://www.hemscott.net/ - good selection of free information on UK listed companies plus priced services for more detailed information.
  9. BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ - access to news on events world-wide plus links to background information and relevant sites.
  10. RBA Business Sources on the Net http://www.rba.co.uk/sources/ This site!

Date of course: 12th June 2002

Eleven "top ten" sites were chosen by the delegates:

  1. Yahoo UK & Ireland http://www.yahoo.co.uk/ - good general starting point plus news and stock market information
  2. Google http://www.google.com/ Excellent general purpose search engine with a useful option to view its own cached copy of a Web page, Advanced Search facilities, searching PDF files and other file formats, News and Usenet
  3. Factiva http://www.factiva.com/ Excellent source for news. Priced service with subscription and pay as you go options.
  4. BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/ Free source of news plus weather, background and supporting information for TV and radio programmes, and links to other relevant sites.
  5. Bigcharts http://www.bigcharts.com/ Free share price information service, including historical prices, for the US, Canada, UK and several other countries around the world.
  6. Corporate Information http://www.corporateinformation.com/ - good starting point for locating business information of all types for countries world-wide.(The new site allows you only three searches a day free of charge.)
  7. Hemmington Scott http://www.hemscott.net/ - good selection of free information on UK listed companies plus priced services for more detailed information.
  8. RBA Business Sources on the Net http://www.rba.co.uk/sources/ This site!
  9. Joint number 9 are: Gary Prices list of lists http://www.freepint.com/gary/listof.htm - as the name implies a list of lists including lots of links to company rankings of various sorts; and The Internet Tourbus http://www.tourbus.com/ - a twice weekly newsletter on viruses, spam, privacy, urban myths and hoaxes.
  10. Official Statistics on the Web http://www.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/stats/offstats/OFFSTATSmain.htm - one of the best starting point for statistical sources by country, topic or subject

Date of course: 12th June 2002

  1. Google http://www.google.com/ Excellent general purpose search engine with a useful option to view its own cached copy of a Web page, Advanced Search facilities, searching PDF files and other file formats, News and Usenet
  2. Finance Yahoo UK & Ireland http://www.yahoo.co.uk/ (click on Finance link)- good starting point plus for news and share price information on listed companies around the world.
  3. A collection of Special Search engines http://www.leidenuniv.nl/ub/biv/specials.htm
    A useful list of directories and subject specific search tools.
  4. Corporate Information http://www.corporateinformation.com/ - starting point for locating business information of all types for countries world-wide
  5. RBA Business Sources on the Net http://www.rba.co.uk/sources/ Erm.....this site!
  6. CountyWeb http://www.countyweb.co.uk/ Information on businesses in the UK by county. Lists of top UK companies top companies by county are available.
  7. Hoovers http://www.hoovers.com/ Information on over 50,000 listed companies world-wide including links to stock quotes, news, main competitors and links to corporate Web sites.
  8. Governments on the WWW http://www.gksoft.com/govt/ Extensive collection of links to national and local governments, government departments and political parties, covering over 220 countries and territories. (This site has not been updated since the beginning of 2001).
  9. Telephone Directories on the Web http://www.teldir.com/ Residential and business telephone directories organised by country.
  10. Companies House http://www.companies-house.gov.uk/ - Official UK companies register

Date of course: 13th March 2002

  1. Google http://www.google.com/ Excellent general purpose search engine with a useful option to view its own cached copy of a Web page and for searching PDF files, other file formats and Usenet
  2. Companies House http://www.companies-house.gov.uk/ - Official UK companies register
  3. BIRD Online (Business Information Resources Directory) http://www.bird-online.co.uk/ Index of free sources of UK and Irish business information and links to pay-as-you-go access to ICC Keynote reports, company information and news from Lexis-Nexis.
  4. Corporate Information http://www.corporateinformation.com/ - starting point for locating business information of all types for countries world-wide
  5. Yahoo UK & Ireland http://www.yahoo.co.uk/ - good general starting point plus news and stock market information
  6. Exportall http://www.exportall.com/ - starting point for locating business information for 45 countries in Europe plus US and Canada
  7. 192.com http://www.192.com/ UK Directory for locating people, businesses and the UK Electoral Roll (incomplete).
  8. Marketresearch.com http://www.marketresearch.com/ - Service that enables you to search for market research reports from a wide range of publishers and purchase individual reports or, in some cases, sections of reports.
  9. Dialog/DataStar http://www.dialog.com/ - well established priced service that provides access to a wide range of information.
  10. RBA Business Sources on the Net http://www.rba.co.uk/sources/ Erm.....this site! [fx: blush]

Date of course: 27th November 2001

  1. LexisNexis (http://www.lexisnexis.com/) For news, company information and people..
  2. Google (http://www.google.com/) Excellent general purpose search engine with a useful option to view its own cached copy of a Web page and for searching PDF files, other file formats and Usenet
  3. FT.com (http://www.ft.com/) Current news as well as an archive going back three years, industry and country special reports. Also information on markets world-wide.
  4. Profound (http://www.profound.com/) For market research
  5. OneSource (http://www.onesource.com/) For company and industry information world-wide.
  6. BvD Suite (http://www.bvdsuite.com/) Web access to Bureau van Dijk's range of company information products.
  7. ICC Juniper (http://www.icc.co.uk/) Access to information on European companies, both large and small.
  8. IRN Research (http://www.irn-research.com/) Excellent starting point for locating sources of market research on the Internet and trade associations.
  9. Alacra (http://www.alacra.com/) - for Portal B (an index/directory of business Web sites) and access to over 80 premium databases
  10. Zephus (http://www.zephus.com/). Extensive information and alerting service on mergers and acquisitions.

Date of course: 1st October 2001

  1. Investext - analysts reports on companies and industries. Available direct from Research Bank Web (http://www.investext.com/), or through other services such as Dialog (http://www.dialog.com/) and NorthernLight (http://www.nlsearch.com/). Priced service.
  2. FT.com (http://www.ft.com/) Current news as well as an archive going back three years, industry and country special reports.
  3. Google (http://www.google.com/) Excellent general purpose search engine with a useful option to view its own cached copy of a Web page and for searching PDF files and Usenet
  4. Reuters Business Briefing (http://www.briefing.reuters.com/) News and information on companies and industries around the world. Priced service.
  5. Moreover (http://www.moreover.com/)News service pulling together stories from over 1800 sources world-wide.
  6. Zephus (http://www.zephus.com/). Extensive information and alerting service on mergers and acquisitions.
  7. Standard & Poors (http://www.standardand poors.com/). Analysis and financial information world-wide. Priced service.
  8. Brand Republic (http://www.brandrepublic.com/). News and information from Haymarket Business Publications including Campaign, Marketing, PR Week. Priced service.
  9. Amazon (http://www.amazon.co.uk/). Well known and established online book, video and CD seller.
  10. This is Money (http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/). Consumer oriented site from Associated New Media with articles on personal finance and comparisons of mortgage rates, pensions, credit cards and savings schemes.

Date of course: 9th May 2001

  1. Google - Excellent general purpose search engine with a useful option to view its own cached copy of a Web page and for searching PDF files and Usenet
  2. Corporate Information - starting point for locating business information of all types for countries world-wide
  3. ISI Emerging Markets - priced service but an essential resource for those needing quality information on the emerging markets
  4. Sift Groups - community-based sites offering access to evaluated industry specific information, for example AccountingWeb
  5. Hotbot - good general purpose search engine with a wide range of advanced search features
  6. Free Pint - twice monthly electronic newsletter
  7. Copernic - metasearch software for your PC
  8. Moreover - news service pulling together stories from over 1800 sources world-wide.
  9. Companies House - UK companies register
  10. Bloomberg - news and stock market information, both free and priced
    and
    TenK Wizard - useful form enabling you to easily search SEC filings by industry, type of filing and date

Date of course: 2nd March 2001

  1. Corporate Information - starting point for locating business information of all types for countries world-wide
  2. Yahoo UK & Ireland - good general starting point plus news, stock market information, weather
  3. Google - good general purpose search engine with a useful option to view its own cached copy of a Web page
  4. Northern Light - Search engine which also searches market research reports and trade and industry publications, plus alerting service
  5. Reuters/Factiva (priced service)
  6. World Markets Online (priced service) Same-day intelligence on 185 countries plus political, economic, legal, tax, operational and security background reports.
  7. UK Office of National Statistics
  8. BBC News
  9. CIA World Factbook
  10. Free Pint - twice monthly electronic newsletter

Date of course: 29th January 2001

  1. Corporate Information - starting point for locating business information of all types for countries world-wide
  2. Yahoo UK & Ireland - good general starting point plus news, stock market information, weather
  3. Google - good general purpose search engine with a useful option to view its own cached copy of a Web page
  4. Governments on the Web - most comprehensive listing of governments, government departments and local government bodies.
  5. Northern Light - Search engine which also searches market research reports and trade and industry publications
  6. FT.com - Global Archive for searching the top business newspapers and and magazines. Also "People Dossiers"
  7. Hoovers - Access to snapshots and information on major corporations across the world
  8. IRN Research - offers a Market Research Locator and an annotated list of trade associations.
  9. Moreover - news service pulling together stories from over 1800 sources world-wide.
  10. Zephus - free mergers and acquisitions data
    and
    Deja - for searching Usenet newsgroups

Date of course: 21st November 2000

Yahoo UK & Ireland - good general starting point plus news, stock market information, weather
Corporate Information - starting point for locating business information of all types for countries world-wide
Exportall - starting point for locating business information for 45 countries in Europe
IRN Research - offers a Market Research Locator and an annotated list of trade associations.
Governments on the Web - most comprehensive listing of governments, government departments and local government bodies.
Hemmington-Scott - UK Equities Direct - good starting point for information on UK listed companies.
Moreover - news service pulling together stories from over 1500 sources world wide.
Companies House - UK companies register
BBC News - for current events, news and links to other generally useful services
Europages - searchable directory of 500,000 European companies

There were three runners-up:

County Web
Teldir - Telephone Directories on the Web
Eurostat

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