Showing the beauty of New York City and the world is NyLocations.com. The website of Sam Rohn — a location scout and manager for film, music videos, and photography — NyLocations.com features beautiful photography from New York, the USA, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Of course, Rohn also offers his expertise in location scouting and filming with past clients including the NFL, IKEA, Mercedes, Apple Computer, Honda and a whole host of other Fortune 500 companies.
Naukri.com is the number one employment site in India. In addition to the regular menu of job finding options (searching through ads, posting resumes and placement opportunities), Naukri.com offers email and RSS feeds of new postings, recruitment solutions through mobile phones and a career services department to help polish up your resumes, cover letters and other documents.
PetSnails.co.uk is the home of an active website and forum community devoted to keeping pet snails. With information on care, taxonomy, identification, environment, species, classifieds and or snail-based FAQs, PetSnails.co.uk is a great source for information whether you currently are a snail owner or are thinking about becoming one. PetSnails.co.uk also includes a number of DIY projects for snail owners.
NIH.gov — As the primary agency in the United States for medical research, the National Institutes of Health’s official website is a repository for information about news, press releases, e-columns and other research and funding provided by the NIH. The website also provides grant and funding opportunities as well as an A-Z topical index of health-related issues. The NIH.gov is part of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
People looking for a good contractor in Australia have to look no further than HomeHelp4U.net. This website helps users signup for and compare prices from contractors all over Australia. Whether it’s for building a garden, having work done on your house, or installing a swimming pool, HomeHelp4U.net can get you started. They also provide a tips and planning section with info on a variety of topics from choosing a color scheme to creating a butterfly garden, as well as expected costs for building and maintaining your new pool, spa, jacuzzi or garden.
Helping to keep you on top of world news and financial data is Reuters.com. The Reuters Group provides market data, research and analytics to the financial markets, as well as being a major news service providing reports from around the world to newspapers and broadcasters. Competitors include The Associated Press, Bloomberg, and The Dow Jones Newswires.
Looking for a deal in the UK? DealsLocally.com searches by town, city or county for bargains at hotels, shops, restaurants, and entertainment venues. Clicking on the list of deals for a specific locality provides a detailed description about the special offers along with address, website and other contact info. The database of DealsLocally.com is still growing, but they represent a great place to start when looking for special offers, discounts, local sales and other bargains in the UK.
GoogleEarth.com is a downloadable application for both Mac and Windows machines. This software allows you to “look down” on the planet as it zooms in from outer space onto locations of your choosing. Utilizing satellite imagery and 3D data to give you a “bird’s eye” view might sound like a cool toy, but Google Earth can be used for much more. Combining data from Google, Google Maps and Google SketchUp, users can search for resaurants, hotels and even get driving directions inside of the Google Earth Environment.
GetSharing.com is another website throwing their hat into the social networking arena. Like many social networking sites, they allow users to create profile pages for pictures, blogs, videos and music. What GetSharing.com brings to the table is different take on how to form the community. When registering with the site, users are asked to add three interests to their accounts. These interests are then cross-linked with other users with the same interest, allowing the community to be built in that fashion as well as the traditional word-of-mouth used by such social networking sites as MySpace, Orkut and Classmates.com.
FoxSports.com is a sports fan’s playground, with up-to-date news, highlights and scores from the sporting world, as well an in-depth analysis, fantasy sports impact and discussion boards about all your favorite sports. FoxSports.com also offers video highlights and sports t-shirts, mugs and other bling.