Web Finder 101 » Reference http://www.finder101.com Showcasing some of the World's most popular and useful websites... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:54:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 CBS News http://www.finder101.com/cbs-news/ http://www.finder101.com/cbs-news/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:54:15 +0000 finder http://www.finder101.com/?p=689 CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. Its current president is Sean McManus who is also head of CBS Sports.

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]]> http://www.finder101.com/mapquest-com/feed/ 0 Sohu.com http://www.finder101.com/sohu-com/ http://www.finder101.com/sohu-com/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:09:58 +0000 finder http://www.finder101.com/?p=445 Sohu.com Inc. (simplified Chinese: 搜狐; traditional Chinese: 搜狐) (NASDAQ: SOHU) is a search engine company headquartered in Haidian District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China.[3] This company and its subsidiaries offer advertising, a search engine, on-line multiplayer gaming and other services. For the fiscal year ended 31 December, 2007, Sohu.com Inc.’s revenues increased 41% to $188.9M. Net income increased 31% to $35M.[4] As of April 2010, Sohu is currently the 42nd overall in Alexa’s internet rankings.

]]> http://www.finder101.com/sohu-com/feed/ 0 About.com http://www.finder101.com/about-com/ http://www.finder101.com/about-com/#comments Sat, 15 May 2010 03:15:14 +0000 finder http://www.finder101.com/?p=373 About.com is an online source for original information and advice. It is written in English, and is aimed primarily at North Americans. It is owned by The New York Times Company.

About.com is divided into topic sites, which are grouped into channels and cover diverse subjects such as home repair, pediatrics, model railroading, atheism and weather. The content is written by a network of writers, referred to as Guides, who have experience in the subject they look after. Each Guide looks after one subject only, and is the exclusive writer for that subject. Content on the site can vary between articles, online courses, interactive quizzes, videos and so forth.

Guides are compensated with a base stipend plus bonuses for increased traffic; according to About.com, several guides are averaging over $100,000 per year, although the exact number is not disclosed.

]]> http://www.finder101.com/about-com/feed/ 0 Internet Movie Database (IMDb) http://www.finder101.com/internet-movie-database-imdb/ http://www.finder101.com/internet-movie-database-imdb/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 04:55:18 +0000 finder http://www.finder101.com/?p=354 The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information related to movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, video games, and most recently, fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. IMDb launched on October 17, 1990, and in 1998 was acquired by Amazon.com.

]]> http://www.finder101.com/internet-movie-database-imdb/feed/ 0 CNN http://www.finder101.com/cnn/ http://www.finder101.com/cnn/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 04:38:57 +0000 finder http://www.finder101.com/?p=341 CNN.com delivers the latest breaking news and information on the latest top stories, weather, business, entertainment, politics, and more. For in-depth coverage, CNN.com provides special reports, video, audio, photo galleries, and interactive guides.

]]> http://www.finder101.com/cnn/feed/ 0 Reference.com http://www.finder101.com/referencecom/ http://www.finder101.com/referencecom/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:42:56 +0000 finder http://www.finder101.com/referencecom/ Reference.com is an online information source that provides encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, and other content. The site also provides text translation and serves as a web search engine portal for Ask.com.

Reference.com was launched by InReference, Inc in February of 1997. The site was later acquired by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. In 2005, Lexico announced that Reference.com would begin offering searches of Wikipedia content. In mid-2007, the site typically ranked in the mid-200s among the most popular sites on the Internet. On July 3, 2008, Ask.com acquired Lexico Publishing Group, LLC and its three properties: Thesaurus.com, Reference.com, and Dictionary.com.

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  • Type of site  Reference (encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, etc.)
  • Available language(s)  English
  • Owner  Ask.com
  • Created by  Lexico Publishing Group, LLC

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]]> http://www.finder101.com/referencecom/feed/ 0 The Free Dictionary http://www.finder101.com/the-free-dictionary/ http://www.finder101.com/the-free-dictionary/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:31:37 +0000 finder http://www.finder101.com/the-free-dictionary/ TheFreeDictionary.com is an online dictionary and encyclopedia which gathers information from a variety of sources. This site cross references the contents of Wikipedia, Columbia Encyclopedia, Hutchinson Encyclopedia (subscription), The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Computer Desktop Encyclopedia, the Acronym Finder database, several financial dictionaries, legal dictionary, and other content.

The site also has a feature which allows a user to preview an article while positioning the mouse cursor over a link. One can also double click on any word and look it up in the dictionary. The site is run by Farlex, Inc./ Ahmed Group.

In January 2006, TheFreeDictionary released a home page which can be personalized by the user. The website used Ajax to provide individual users with a personal window to the web.

Farlex Inc. also maintains the companion title TheFreeLibrary.com, an online library of out-of-copyright classic books and a collection of periodicals of over two million articles dating back to 1984, and Sex-Lexis.com, a dictionary of sexual slang and other terms.

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]]> http://www.finder101.com/the-free-dictionary/feed/ 0 Encyclopedia.com http://www.finder101.com/encyclopediacom/ http://www.finder101.com/encyclopediacom/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:14:30 +0000 finder http://www.finder101.com/encyclopediacom/ As the Internet’s premier collection of online encyclopedias, Encyclopedia.com provides you reference entries from credible, published sources like Oxford University Press and Columbia Encyclopedia.

At Encyclopedia.com, you get free access to nearly 200,000 reference entries from sources you can cite. Plus, more than 50,000 topic summaries feature related pictures, videos, topic summaries, and newspaper and magazine articles from around the world. Encyclopedia.com also provides innovative tools that allow you to rate and sort the reference content you find to be the most useful.

Other Web sites that allow anyone to rewrite reference entries can be fun. But when you need credible information from reliable sources you can cite, Encyclopedia.com (www.encyclopedia.com) is the place to go.

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  • Headquarters and Technical Operations
    65 E. Wacker Place, Suite 400
    Chicago, Illinois 60601
    Phone: 312-782-3900
    Fax: 312-782-3901

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