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The .network file that has economic development marketing resources provides a search tool along with a suggested Web query for the following italicized words: location site selection data marketing. Among the resources found when we tested our suggestion were those at ...

was http://jobfunctions.bnet.com.

Specifically, our search of the Web came up with a page of resources inside the BNet website. The page stepped to site selection through (1) White Papers, (2) Operations, (3) Real Estate. To conduct your own step-through, first, access Job Functions Bnet.com. You should see, Find White Papers & Webcasts. Scroll to select Real Estate under Operations. Next, use the tool at the top of the Real Estate page to search for the words: real estate site selection. Search results should show you a selection of white papers that BNet has to offer.

FYI: BNet URL address string: http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/Operations/Real+Estate

An alternative way to possibly find and access the the same resource and more would be to copy and paste the following italicized words in the search box (top of this page) and google:

Search the Web for ... bnet.com white papers real estate site selection

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economic development marketing for site selection:

In his Management Quarterly, March 2006 article, Robert H. Pittman wrote that in economic development marketing ... understanding the customer and the location/expansion decision process is a key ingredient to success. When a company has narrowed its list to the final three or four locations, understanding the hot buttons driving a location decision frequently makes the difference between closing the deal and losing the customer to another service territory. Co-op executives and local leaders who understand the business location process and know how to write a winning proposal enjoy a significant competitive advantage(website of ECNext, Inc. has the article from which the quote is taken). More about site selection and economic development marketing at ...

http://www.findmehere.com/network/edm.htm

Bob Pittman is listed in the Global Registry of Contacts as being with CH2M Hill, Atlanta, GA (formally Lockwood Greene Consulting). His name can also be found online indicating that he is executive director of The University of Central Arkansas' Strategic Growth Institute and Community Development Institute.

... University of Central Arkansas (UCA) now offers community development consulting to cities nationwide through its new Strategic Growth Institute (SGI) ... (more)

* listed among economic development marketing consultants in Global Registry of Contacts.

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business knowledge source:

A .network user asked who was behind http://businessknowledgesource.com and how to get in touch. We investigated and came up with Don Crowther, Breakthrough Consulting, whose services focuses on pay-per-click advertising and online publicity: Breakthrough Consulting Inc., 5335 Agatha Turn, Racine, WI 53402, telephone 262-639-2270.

The question of whether The Network does Web scraping came up in conjunction with the above request for help in finding information. That's not the case according to what Wikipedia has to say about Web scraping and scraper sites; although, we do use Google's AdSense services to provide you with the Google/.network search engine. Wikipedia mentions Google AdSense.

Another source of information about Web scraping is Webmaster World.com. The following quote comes from its website: Google is a scraper site. A scraper site is any site that does not make their own content and uses a bot to crawl the web and publish snippets of other sites.

The Network is a specialized online information service that basically passes its users through to resource and service providers; however, we do publish a lot snip pits and quotes. See our mission statement to better understand. The basis for publishing information gathered from the Web and other sources is a commitment to provide personal search assistance for .network users. We refer to our commitment as a search promise. The above information about one of the Breakthrough Consulting websites is an example of delivery on our promise.

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