Celebrity News
Celebrity News is a new concept for Xenite.Org: a search portal for selected celebrities. Rather than try to be all things to all people, Celebrity News picks some of the most popular celebrities today and preconfigures searches across search engines and video archives to filter out some of the seedier items (although many people do look for mature content). The idea behind Celebrity News is to provide a family-friendly search portal for the kinds of news stories and entertaining videos that fans of popular celebrities are looking for.
The Internet Authors Network
When Michael published Visualizing Middle-earth in October 2000, he realized that authors -- particularly self-published authors -- had virtually no free resources for promoting their books on the Internet. There were book listing sites which accepted submissions from authors, but they provided little or no traffic or sales. So, Michael decided to give authors everywhere a little help in promoting their books online. He created The Internet Authors Network. The network, like so many other Xenite.Org sites, has suffered some setbacks from server problems in the past, but it continues to exist and still provides free tutorials. The network also sponsors a moderated discussion group at Yahoo! Groups. Why not provide a forum on Xenite.Org? Because Michael felt that he may one day have to relinquish control over the network to someone else. In fact, the Yahoo! group is now largely overseen by Louise Underdahl, a writer from California. Hopefully, the lost free services -- and perhaps some new ones -- will be restored.
Small Business Internet Marketing
The business community has been exploring the power of the Internet for many years. However, most online business activity is either conducted by Internet entrpreneurs or large companies with budgets for research and development. Many small business owners have created Web sites which really don't produce much activity. Xenite.Org has been helping small businesses find customers for several years, and now Xenite will help small business owners establish their online presence. This simple site introduces the Xenite.Org service to its casual visitors and provides a working example of just how simple an effective business Web site can be. Check out Xenite's Small Business Internet Marketing site today!
