Hosted components for web sites and hosted services for web site owners. These don't require software to be downloaded or installed on a web server. The component or service must be hosted on the servers of the site providing the component or service. If the component or service is hosted on the web site owner's server or the web site owner's hosting company server then the site can not be listed in this category.
Some of these are intended only for the site owners, though most are intended for visitors to the site. In the case of the latter, the site owner usually just needs to link to the site or copy and paste some script or markup.
Services listed here can be pay, ad-supported, or free.
Submit sites offering a specialized hosted service with no appropriate subcategory, or sites offering services that span multiple listed categories.
Sites offering non-commercial online tools in multiple areas of web site development, or provide a usable service to webmasters to help design/build/maintain a website will not be listed here -- they should be submitted to the appropriate subcategory underneath Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Authoring/Online_Tools/.
Sites selling software to help design/build/maintain a website will not be listed here -- they should be submitted to the appropriate subcategory underneath Computers/Software/Business/.
Sites offering hosted promotion services will not be listed here -- they should be submitted to the appropriate subcategory underneath Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Promotion.
Sites offering web hosting plans will not be listed here -- these should be submitted to the appropriate subcategory underneath Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Hosting.
sites offering web design, development, and programming services will not be listed here -- these should be submitted to the appropriate subcategory underneath Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Designers.
Chat rooms should be submitted at Computers/Internet/Chat/.
Sites listed here provide hosted content services to other webmasters to display on their websites. Webmasters are required to place a small amount of php or asp code onto web pages. The content is delivered from the content provider's servers to the webmaster's web pages.
Ad supported hosted content providers place a small ad at the bottom of the content for their advertisers.
Services listed here can be pay, ad-supported, or free..
Hosted content for web sites. These don't require software to be downloaded or installed on a web server. The content must be hosted on the servers of the site providing the content.
If the content is hosted on the web site owner's server or the web site owner's hosting company server then the site can not be listed in this category.
The Web Counter category is an index of remotely-hosted counter services and includes both advertising-based and higher quality premium counters. The index covers a wide range from basic hit counters to advanced web trackers.
Ad supported hosted content providers place a small ad at the bottom of the content for their advertisers.
Services listed here can be pay, ad-supported, or free.
Provides hosted customer services such as live chat, help desk, knowledge base, contact management and email management.
Sites that provide software for the above services should be listed under Business/Customer_Service/Software/.
Customers services listed here can be pay, ad-supported, or free.
This category is for remotely hosted customer services such as live chat, help desk, knowledge base, contact management and email management. If the hosted customer service is hosted on the website server or the server of the website hosting company then the site offering the customer service can not be listed here.
This category is for remotely hosted website database. If the database is hosted on the website server or the server of the website hosting company then the site offering the database service can not be listed here.
Services listed here can be pay, ad-supported, or free.
This category is not for hosting companies offering database service as a component of their hosting plans nor as a separate database hosting plan.
Hosting companies must be listed under the appropriate Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Hosting/ sub-category.
Choosing a hosted service (listed in the main category) involves less work than a script-based solution (see CGI Scripts sub category), but ad based guestbook service will require their banner advertisements displayed on the pages and you may have less flexibility. You are also dependent on the continued availability of their service. Many cheaper webhosting services may not allow you to run CGI Scripts, limiting you to a hosted solution.
Guestbook services listed here can be pay, ad-supported, or free.
If you have a script for people to run their own guestbook then please submit to the CGI Scripts sub-category. This means a server-side application in a language such as Perl, PHP, ColdFusion, C/C++ or ASP
If you have a guestbook on your page, but do not provide guestbooks for other websites, then this category is not for you. Please find a category more related to your main content.
Message boards about web design are located in Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Chats_and_Forums/.
Guestbook services listed here can be pay, ad-supported, or free.
Message boards about specific topics should be submitted to Computers/Internet/On_the_Web/Message_Boards/.
Sites that offer hosted shopping carts that are available for use with any website or hosting provider. Also listed here are hosted web stores and ecommerce platforms that include shopping carts as part of their functionality. The site offering the shopping cart, web store or ecommerce platform must host the software on the site's servers. If the software is hosted by the client's servers or by the client's hosting company servers then the site can not be listed in this category.
If the main service offered is general hosting with only a cart add on it would be better listed in Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Hosting/.
If the site is selling the shopping cart software it would be better listed in Computers/Software/Business/E-Commerce/.
For quicker placement in the directory please follow these Submission Tips:
Title: Name of Business or Organization
Description: This describes the website and should note distinguishing features found on the site without the use of hype, personal pronouns, or repetitive terms.
Example: Features completely hosted shopping cart software and ecommerce solutions. Offers merchant accounts, automatic responders, ad tracking and marketing tools.