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Corporate information from the financial perspective is another sought after category. It is valuable for both, investors and analysts.

You can also include business information and case studies pertaining to different countries and government. Some such sites are WSJ.com and eMarketer.com

Community sites and directories

Several portals and community sites are found on the net that promote interaction and collaboration between select groups of members. A large number of these are subscription based member-only sites. You can think of your own idea of a community site – you can organize a sports league in your town to play tennis, badminton and squash; or a community of ‘low riders’ to interact. These community sites can benefit from providing additional services to their members; thus the sports league site could sell racquets or other sports gear, or it could have such suppliers advertise their wares on the site.

Community Directories include sites whose content is created in large part through the efforts of other site visitors, for example, Ancestry.com, IMDB.com and Classmates.com.

Personal advice, motivation and self help sites

There are several sites aimed at the individual - mainly motivational and self-betterment sites. Such sites offer tips, articles, advice and counseling on how to build self-esteem and self-confidence and reduce stress for a happier life. You may also provide great inspirational quotations, inspirational stories, motivational poems, and other resources to motivate and inspire your visitors. It could include psychology tests, IQ tests, emotional intelligence tests and personality tests for self-help improvement.

The market for personal advice and counseling, especially for students is pretty big. You can provide educational counseling through such sites. Professional advisory information and training is covered in a subsequent category.

Fitness and health, diets, weight loss sites

These sites provide complete guides, articles, tips and counseling on proper eating and exercising habits, benefits of diet and exercise, fitness techniques, diet articles and diet tips, weight loss, as well as some of the popular diet plans. It includes tips from fitness experts, reviews of fitness and diet programs, message boards, forums and discussions on health and fitness.

Information of various nutritional and diet supplements, healthy and non-healthy foods can be included. Some of the popular fitness and health sites are eDiets.com and WeightWatchers.com.

Not all the sites are comprehensive in nature; most in fact focus on some specific program(s) and try to promote those programs to their members. Members are provided not only great details about some proprietary programs, but also personalized guidance to suit their individual cases. Members are also able to share their experiences. Generally, such sites will also offer privileges and discounts to their members to avail of fitness equipments or nutritional supplements or membership of fitness clubs.

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