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Accounting (Bookkeeping)
This category contains web sites related to the accounting profession.
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Advertising
This category is for businesses specialising in advertising and promotion services. (We include businesses involved in Internet marketing/promotion (for their
clients).)
This category is not for businesses to advertise their own services.
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Agriculture and Forestry
This category contains web sites with information about the agricultural and forestry industries and web sites of businesses involved in agriculture and forestry.
It includes commercial animal husbandry.
This category does not include web sites related to pets.
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Art and Entertainment
This category contains web sites related to the business aspects of the art and entertainment industries. This include management, bookings, distribution,
equipment and marketing. It has to do with suppliers to the art and entertainment industries.
We include web sites focusing on the “retail” of art and entertainment and the category therefore includes web sites of artists, theatres, galleries and other
suppliers of art and entertainment to the general public. Suppliers to arts and craft workers and dealers in arts and crafts are also included as are web sites providing information about these industries.
For retail in music products (such as CDs, sheet music and musical instruments), see Music.
Note: The ODP excludes web sites focusing on “retail” of art and entertainment.
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Books and Publications
This category is for web sites of businesses selling or providing books, magazines/periodicals and other publications.
For publication of books, see Publishing For printing, see Printing
Note: This category was taken from the ODP’s “Publications”, a sub-category of “Shopping”.
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Building, Construction and Maintenance
This category contains web sites with business resources for industries involved in designing, building and maintenance of buildings and for the consumers of
these services and products. We also include suppliers to the building and construction industries.
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Business Services
This category is for businesses providing specific services to other businesses.
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Client Services
This category contains resource web sites with information related to the broad topic of client services (including client satisfaction, technical support, etc).
It contains a combination of informational web sites broadly related to the theory of client services and the practical application thereof and of interest to professionals involved with client satisfaction in all
industries and occupations. It also contains resource lists of people (practices)(companies, government, academics) involved in some aspect of client services (consulting, facilitating, training, etc.).
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Clothes
This category contains web sites related to the selling of clothes and services related to clothes (make, wash, iron, repair, mark, laundry).
Note: This category does not appear in the “business” category of the ODP but was taken from its “shopping” category.
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Consultation Services
Business/management consultansts are individuals or organisations with expertise in the field of business procedures, practices and policy. All types of
organisations use consultants and the consultants analyse the organisations from a wide operational persepctive while applying a variety of skills to obtain a specific outcome, solution or result.
By studying and analysing, consultants solve problems or provide solutions to prevent problems in the areas of running of the business, infrastructure and
performance.
Consultants fulfill many roles ranging from support within an existing team to temporary leadership in a specific problem area and other activities performed at
the request of the organisation.
Note: “Sales Consultants”, i.e. sales people or marketers will not be considered to be suppliers of consulting services.
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Electronic Products (consumers)
This category contains web sites of organisations selling and repairing (maintaining) electronic equipment such as television sets (TVs), radios, HiFi, video
cameras, video recorders and other audio visual equipment.
Also see Photography
Note: This category does not appear in the “business” category of the ODP but was taken from its “shopping” category
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Energy (including Electricity, Gas, Oil and Coal)
This category contains web sites related to energy, methods of generating energy, sources, industry organisations, facilities, technologies and related services.
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Environment and Safety
This category is for web sites related to safety and the environment.
Note: The ODP only includes safety in this category and web sites related to the environment are referred to a scientific category. Since BusinessCenturion does
not currently have any categories other than “business”, we do include businesses and informational web sites related to the environment in this “Environment and Safety” category.
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Financial Services
This category includes banks, loans and extention of credit. We also include investment services.
Note: For insurance, see Insurance.
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Food and Related Products
This category includes web sites of suppliers/merchants supplying food and related products and services (including distribution and consulting services). We
include food retailers (such as grocery retailers and restaurants) in this category.
Note: The ODP exclude food retailers.
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Health
This category contains web sites related to health care services and products and includes medical services, dentists, psychological services, pharmaceutical
products (medicine/drugs) and related products and services. Beauty products and services are also included.
Nota: This category does not appear in the “business” category of the ODP but was taken from its “shopping” category.
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Home and Garden
This is a very broad category includng everything related to products and services for the home (house) and garden. This includes furniture, tools and appliances
and products for home improvement, garden tools, swimmimg pool equipment, plants and electrical equipment.
This category might be subdivided in future.
Also see specialist categories such as:
Note: This category does not appear in the “business” category of the ODP but was taken from its “shopping” category.
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Human Resources
Human Resources covers a range of topics, all dealing with the “People” aspect of running a business. HR has two major components: HRM (management of people) and
HRD (learning and development of staff). Typically larger companies have their own HR department but may buy in specific services from a specialist firm. Smaller companies may opt to have all their HR managed by an
external HR company.
This category contains web sites for companies specialising in Human Resource services. This may be an HR service provider to other companies or as provider of
advice/resources/consultancy to HR departments.
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Information Technology (IT)(including Computers and Internet)
This category includes all aspects of information technology, including computer hardware, software (programs) and services as well as topics related to the
Internet.
Computer tools used in other categories of business should not be included here but in their respective categories. For example: Web sites about music, including
electronic music and software tools for music generation and use by musicians should be listed in the “Art and Entertainment” category.
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Insurance
This category contains web sites about various types of insurance and insurers.
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Law (including Advocates, Attorneys and Laws/Legislation)
This category contains web sites related to the law and the practicing of law, including law firms, information about laws and legislation, primary law material,
paralegal services, law publications, law technology, expert witnesses, litigation experts and other providers of service to the law profession.
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Management
This category is for businesses containing information about the general topic of management. This includes web sites with information broadly related to
management theory and the application thereof and that are of importance to managers and related professionals and practices involved in some aspect of management (business, government or academic).
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Manufacturing (including fabrication and production)
This category is for web sites related to the manufacture (production) of final products (goods), parts or materials.
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Marketing
This category is for businesses providing marketing services to other businesses. This includes consulting, market(ing) research and information about marketing.
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Mining and Drilling (including Exploration)
This category is for web sites of mining companies, drilling companies and businesses serving the mining and drilling industries.
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Music
This category contains web sites related to the business/management aspect of music, particularly web sites aimed at professionals in the music industry as well
as web sites of retailers in music (such as selling CDs, sheet music and musical instruments).
For musical performances and musicians, see Art and Entertainment.
Note: The ODP excludes retail and focuses only on web sites related to the business/management aspect of music.
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Office Products
This category contains web sites with information, products and services related to office products. This includes office furniture, office
services and office equipment.
Note: This category does not appear in the “business” category of the ODP but was taken from its “shopping” category.
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Pets
This category includes web sites about all producst and services related to pets, including pet shops, food, accessories, care and veterinarians for pets.
Note: This category does not appear in the “business” category of the ODP but was taken from its “shopping” category.
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Photography
This category contains web sites related to the selling of photographic equipment and services.
Also see Electronic Products
Note: This category does not appear in the “business” category of the ODP but was taken from its “shopping” category.
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Printing
This category is aimed at web sites related to printing. This includes informational
business web sites. We include printers and suppliers to the printing industry.
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Property
This category contains web sites related to the buying, selling, leasing, development or study of fixed property (land and buildings).
Web sites of suppliers of property financing (bonds, financiers) must not be placed in this category but should be listed in Financial Services.
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Publishing
This category is aimed at publishers of books, literature, magazines/periodicals, etc.
This category does not include individual books.
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Retail
This category is for web sites of suppliers to the retail industry. It is aimed at information, rating/bench marking of suppliers, resources for retailers and
manufactureres of certain items used by retailers.
This category does not contain retailers as such, i.o.w. it is not for businesses selling to the general public. Business opportunities, multi-level marketing and
pyramid schemes will also not be allowed.
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Security
The security industry consists of organisations primarily involved in the protection of people, property and information.
This category contains web sites offering security services, products or other professional, scientific or technical services (related to security) to people,
governments and businesses.
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Sport
This category includes all web sites related to sport products or services. It also includes web sites of professional sport organisations but does not include
web sites about sporting events.
Also see Art and Entertainment for web sites about sporting events.
Note: This category does not appear in the “business” category of the ODP but was taken from its “shopping” category.
The ODP does not include web sites of sport organisations.
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Telecommunication
Telecommunication is the industry involved in (electronic) communication in any form, for example land line, satellite, telephone and radio.
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Toys and Games
This category contains web sites related to toys and games.
Also see Sport for sport equipment.
Note: This category does not appear in the “business” category of the ODP but was taken from its “shopping” category.
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Transportation
This category contains web sites of businesses and organisations involved in the transport of people, freight, cargo, goods, merchandise and products, carried by
land air or sea. It also includes importing, exporting, customs brokers, packaging, warehousing and storage.
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Travel and Accommodation
This category includes all web sites related to travelling and accommodation, including travel agencies, suppliers of travel products, tourism information and
suppliers of accommodation (hotels, guest houses, B&Bs, etc.)
Note: This category does not appear in the “business” category of the ODP but was taken from its “shopping” category. The “Travel” category of the ODP only
includes travel accessories.
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Vehicles
This category includes all web sites related to motor vehicles, including motor dealers, garages, service stations, suppliers of fuel, filling stations, panel
beaters and other motor services.
Note: This category does not appear in the “business” category of the ODP but was taken from its “shopping” category.
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Other
This category includes web sites that do not fit into any of the other specific categories and will only be used in special cases.
Note: This category does not appear in the ODP classification.
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