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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 $ = paid subscription required
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