• There are more than 142 million web sites in the Internet (NetCraft, October 2007), most of them in English and geared to a North American audience.

According to "Industrial Suppliers Lack Web Presence" by Enid Burns,in The ClickZ Network, May 19, 2006:

• 73% of buyers of industrial equipment look for new sources on search engines and online directories.
• Search engines are the first place to query for new vendors, online industrial directories account for 21 percent of first searches.
• Online sources exceed initial searches through traditional channels like recommendations from colleagues,manufacturer sales calls, trade magazines, and direct mail.
• However the distributors they want to locate are slow to build an online presence

Vertical portals, hubs, "watering holes" focused in specific issues, with international prestige and valuable content appealing a qualified audience, in the language of the intended audience, contribute to the prominence of their participant companies in these new markets.

Port of Entry is in the first position in the first page of all search engines searching by por "negocio ambiental" (Spanish for "environmental business") and in first or second page of some search engines searching by "environmental business". Try it.

To contribute to the relevance of your company and products Port of Entry has developed a Directory and Catalog service with three participation levels. See more information

Participate in Port of Entry and reach a qualified audience of environmental professionals in industry, government, consulting firms and universities.

This service is especially designed for:

• companies targeting Latin American and Caribbean and emergent environmental markets
• companies that wish to form alliances/partnerships with Latin American/ Caribbean counterparts

For additional information, please or call 1 (416) 234-5057, Canada.