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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Extra Case


Web-Based Tools for Electronic Commerce

Web Server Hardware and Performance Evaluation

Making Host or Not Host Decisions

Web Host Guild
     (WHG)

Web Platform Choices

EZ Webhost
Mindcraft Web server performance reports
Sun Microsystems

Web Server Benchmarking Tools

inetload
NetBench
ServerBench
SPEC SFS97
SPECweb96
WCAT
WebBench
WebStone

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Web Server Software Feature Sets

Log File Analysis Programs

Analog Web server log file analyzer
Marketwave Web server log file analyzer
Space telescope Web report

Web Site Link Checkers and Analysis Programs

Big Brother
Doctor HTML
Insight
     (Web traffic analysis.)
Linkbot Pro
Linkcop
LinkScan
net.Analysis Pro
     (Web traffic analysis.)
NetMechanic
SiteOwner
     (formerly SiteInspector.)
Web Site Garage

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Web Server Software and Tools

Popular Web Server Software

Apache
Microsoft Internet Information Server
Netscape Enterprise Server
WebSite

Web Server Surveys, Reports, Graphs, and Inspectors

Netcraft
Netcraft surveys
Web server side-by-side comparisons
What Web software is running on a site?

Other Tools and Web Server Resources

ASP
Crystal Reports
Servlets
Server Side Includes (SSI) tutorial
Web server comparisons

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Other Web Server Tools

Portals

Amazon.com
Excite
Microsoft Start
Netscape Netcenter
Yahoo!

Search Engines

Search Engine Watch
     (A source of search engine information.)
Media Metrix
AltaVista, Excite, Go, Google, Overture (was GoTo), HotBot
Inktomi, GO Network, Lycos, MSN, Netscape, Northern Light
Search.com, WebCrawler, Yahoo!

Intelligent Agents

AuctionBot
     (A general purpose Internet auction server.)
BuySell
     (formerly BargainFinder, Andersen Consulting.)
Bottomdollar.com
     (Pick a category and search from there.)
Excite shopping
     (It won't search for books or music.)
Kasbah
     (MIT Media Lab's on-line, consumer-to-consumer transaction system.)
mySimon
     ("This is the bot to beat," according to PC Magazine.)
Software Agents Group
     (A group of the MIT Media Laboratory.)
PersonaLogic
Tete-a-Tete
     (Cooperative, multi-term negotiation agent.)
WebMarket
     (Somewhat limited category searches.)
Yahoo!Shopping
     (This bot searches Yahoo! merchants first; afterwards, it will search
     others.)

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Additional Resources

Clickstream Data Analysis Companies, Products, and Reports

Accrue Software Inc.
     (Clickstream data analysis company/products.)
Web data goes under the microscope
     (An article about clickstream data analysis.)
WebTrends Corp.
     (Clickstream data analysis company/products.)

Internet in a Box: Inexpensive Thin Servers and Software

Cobalt Qube 2
eSoft TEAM Internet
FreeGate OneGate 150
Linux Hot-To site
WindDance Breeze NS

Marketing and Promotion

Submit Away!
     (Submit your site to high-visibility directories and search engines.)
Add It!
     (Automatic submission of your site to numerous sites at once.)
SelfPromotion.com
     (Automatic submission of your site to numerous sites at once.)

Web Hosting Services

HostPro

Web Page, Browser Compatibility, and Web Site Analysis Software

NetMechanic Tests
     (Home page of all the following tests.)
     dotBrowser Compatibility Check
          (See if your web pages are compatible with popular browsers.)
     dotGIFBot
          (Reduce the size of your graphics and speed up your site.)
     dotHTML Check
          (Spot bad tags and HTML errors.)
     dotLink Check
          (Check your site for dead links.)
     dotLoad Time Check
          (Test your pages for load times.)
     dotSpell Check
          (Check your pages for spelling errors.)
Exodus (formerly Service Metrics)
     (Real-time, Web site performance assessments and reports.)

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