Advertising; business management; business administration; office functions; advertising and promotional services and information services relating thereto, all provided online from a database or a global computer network (the Internet) (including web-sites); compilation of advertisements for use as web pages on a global computer network (the Internet); business information services, all provided online from a computer database or a global computer network (the Internet); dissemination of advertising for others via an online electronic communications network; the bringing together for the benefit of others a wide variety of goods and services so others can conveniently view and purchase those goods and services; retailing by electronic or computer means relating to the sale of a wide variety of goods and services; marketing research; marketing studies; auctioneering; cost price analysis; radio advertising; television advertising; television commercials; rental of advertising space; sales promotion for others; distribution of samples; retail department stores; retail online department stores; retail convenience stores; retail online convenience stores; computerized online ordering featuring general merchandise and general consumer goods; providing an online commercial information directory; providing a searchable database in the field of business information available via a global computer network (the Internet); providing a searchable, online advertising guide featuring the goods and services of other online vendors; database management services; directories for telephone numbers, business addresses, electronic mail addresses, network home page addresses, addresses and telephone numbers of people, places and organizationsprovided online