Web Ratings - 0=Awful, 10=Great - ratings of Latin American web sites

Latin Trade, March, 2000

                      WEB RATINGS (0=Awful, 10=Great)
NAME                         URL                        LANGUAGES CONTENT
PORTALS/SEARCH ENGINES
Exite                        www.exite.com                  M        7
Terra Networks (Spain)       www.terr.es                   P,S       8
Webcrawler                   www.webcrawler.com             M        7
Yahoo                        www.yahoo.com                  M        8
StarMedia                    www.starmedia.com             P,S       8
University of Texas          www.lanic.utexas.edu           E        8
NEWS
El Tiempo (Colombia)         www.eltiempo.com               S        8
Agencia Estado               www.agestado.com.br           P,E       8
Clarin (Argentina)           www.clarin.com                 S        8
El Mercuiro (Chile)          www.elmercurio.cl              S        8
La Nacion (Argentina)        www.lanacion.com.ar            S        8
El Nuevo Herald (Miami)      www.elherald.com              S,E       7
El Universal (Mexico)        aguila.el-universal.com.mx     S        8

BUSINESS NEWS
Porvenir                     www.provenir.com             E,S,P      9
Bloomberg Latin America      www.bloomberg.com            E,S,P      9
                             /sa/sahome.html
Alto Nivel (Mexico)          www.altonivel.com.mx           S        8
Financial Times              www.ft.com                     E        8
FINANCE
Latin Stocks                 www.latinstocks.com          E,S,P     10
Edgar Online                 www.edgar-online.com           E       10
The Bank of New York         www.bankofny.com/adr           E        8
Patagon.com                  www.patagon.com               P,S       8
Wright Investors' Service    www.wisi.com                 E,F,S      9
BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS
VerticalNet                  www.verticalnet.com            E        9
TradeOut.com                 www.tradeout.com               E        8
Latin American Business Link labl.com                      E,S       8
Global Sources               www.globalsources.com         C,E       8
BOOKS
Yenny.com                    yenny.com                      S        8
Bertelsmann On Line          www.es.bol.com                 S        8
Submarino                    www.submarino.com.br.          P        8
NAME                         DESIGN NAVIGATION OVERALL
PORTALS/SEARCH ENGINES
Exite                          8        8       8.25
Terra Networks (Spain)         9        8       8.25
Webcrawler                     8        8       8.25
Yahoo                          7        8       8.25
StarMedia                      8        8       8.00
University of Texas            8        9       8.00
NEWS
El Tiempo (Colombia)           9        8       8.00
Agencia Estado                 8        7       7.75
Clarin (Argentina)             8        8       7.75
El Mercuiro (Chile)            8        8       7.75
La Nacion (Argentina)          8        8       7.75
El Nuevo Herald (Miami)        8        8       7.75
El Universal (Mexico)          8        8       7.75
BUSINESS NEWS
Porvenir                       8        7       8.25
Bloomberg Latin America        8        7       8.25
Alto Nivel (Mexico)            9        8       8.00
Financial Times                9        8       8.00
FINANCE
Latin Stocks                   8        8       8.75
Edgar Online                   7        8       8.00
The Bank of New York           9        8       8.00
Patagon.com                    8        8       8.00
Wright Investors' Service      7        6       7.75
BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS
VerticalNet                    8        7       7.75
TradeOut.com                   8        8       7.75
Latin American Business Link   7        7       7.50
Global Sources                 7        7       7.50
BOOKS
Yenny.com                      8        9       8.00
Bertelsmann On Line            8        9       8.00
Submarino                      8        8       7.75
NAME                         COMMENTS
PORTALS/SEARCH ENGINES
Exite
Terra Networks (Spain)       Lots of information and well-
Webcrawler                   organized. Clear links to Spain-
Yahoo                        based Terra Networks' Latin
StarMedia                    American sites. Combines nicely
University of Texas          the channel format with Yahoo-
NEWS                         style directory layout.
El Tiempo (Colombia)         Colombian daily newspaper's
Agencia Estado               site is first rate.
Clarin (Argentina)
El Mercuiro (Chile)
La Nacion (Argentina)
El Nuevo Herald (Miami)
El Universal (Mexico)
BUSINESS NEWS
Porvenir                     $ You may have to learn another
Bloomberg Latin America      language or two to read all of the
                             notices and reports, but there's a
Alto Nivel (Mexico)          lot of good information here.
Financial Times
FINANCE
Latin Stocks                 The only knock against this site
Edgar Online                 is an annoying ad you have to
The Bank of New York         click away. but it's well worth the
Patagon.com                  business, economic and political
Wright Investors' Service    news offered.
BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS
VerticalNet
TradeOut.com
Latin American Business Link Clean and simple.
Global Sources
BOOKS
Yenny.com                    Argentine book site shines in
Bertelsmann On Line          every segment.
Submarino
AUCTIONS
MercadoLibre             www.mercadolibre.com         P,S  9 8 7  8.00
Gibraltar                gibraltar.com.br              P   8 8 7  7.50
Derematecom              www.deremate.com             P,S  8 7 6  7.25
MUSIC
CDNOW                    www.cdnow.com               E,P,S 9 8 8  8.50
RitmoTeca.com            www.ritmoteca.com           E,P,S 8 8 8  8.25
eRitmo                   www.eritmo.com               E,S  7 8 8  7.75
Fnac                     www.fnac.com.br               P   8 7 8  7.50
Som Livre                www.somlivre.com.br           P   8 6 8  7.25
JOBS
HotJobs.com              www.hotjobs.com               E   9 8 9  8.25
Latin Americas           www.latpro.com              E,S,P 7 9 8  8.25
Professional Network
Monster.com              www.monster.com               E   9 8 8  8.00
CareerPath               www.careerpath.com            E   8 8 8  7.75
Curriculum               www.curriculum.com.br         P   8 7 7  7.25
SPORTS
SportsYa                 www.sportsya.com              S   8 8 10 8.25
Latinsoccer.net          www.latinsoccer.net          P,S  7 8 8  7.75
Element7.com             www.element7.com              S   8 7 7  7.25
TRAVEL
Mexico Desconocido       www.mexdesco.com             S,E  9 7 8  8.00
Travel Net               www.travelnet.com.mx          S   8 8 8  7.75
Ferias Brasil            www.feriasbrasil.com.br       P   9 8 7  7.75
Travelocity              www.travelocity.com           E   8 7 9  7.75
Cheap Tickets            cheaptickets.com              E   9 7 7  7.50
Expedia                  www.expedia.com               E   9 7 7  7.50
MISCELLANEOUS E-COMMERCE
Floramour's Online Store www.floramour.co.cl          E,S  8 8 8  8.00
EthnicGrocer.com         www.ethnicgrocer.com         E,S  8 8 8  8.00
Novica                   www.novica.com                E   8 8 8  7.75
Vinhos importados        www.vinhosimportados.com.br   P   8 7 8  7.50
Fiera.com                www.fiera.com                 S   8 7 7  7.25
AUCTIONS
MercadoLibre             Pretty page. Neat and
Gibraltar                clean organization.
Derematecom
MUSIC
CDNOW                    The Portuguese and
RitmoTeca.com            Spanish sites are mixed
eRitmo                   with some English, but the
Fnac                     wide somewhat expensive
Som Livre                music selection more than
                         makes up for it.
JOBS
HotJobs.com              The first words you see on
Latin Americas           the home page are: "Find
Professional Network     me a job." And the site's
Monster.com              got the tools to do just
CareerPath               that, quickly.
Curriculum
SPORTS
SportsYa                 Excellent site, well orga-
Latinsoccer.net          nized, has great potential.
Element7.com
TRAVEL
Mexico Desconocido       Good travel info on Mexico,
Travel Net               including food, history.
Ferias Brasil
Travelocity
Cheap Tickets
Expedia
MISCELLANEOUS E-COMMERCE
Floramour's Online Store Nice clean presentation.
EthnicGrocer.com         Flower prices clearly marked
Novica                   with big pictures. Channels
Vinhos importados        allow you to select occasion.
Fiera.com
KEY TO WEB RATINGS
C = Chinese
E = English
F = French
G = German
M = Multilingual
P = Portuguese
S = Spanish
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