Select five applications that you have not heard of before from Popular URL's Web 2.0 awards or the webware awards and describe on your blog page how they could be useful to a business.
Scour.com
Scour is a search tool that blends results from Google, Yahoo, and MSN together. It also gives people the ability to edit searches, by manipulating where the searches come up. Businesses would be to use this as it enables people to find their website through 3 different search engines.
Mint.com
Mint is an online financial management service. It can interface directly with a persons bank and credit card companies to keep accounts up to date. Businesses could use this service as it is free and would save a company money rather than employ an accountant or doing the financial stuff themselves.
About.com
About.com can help a business to sell their products and services. This is a great way for their work to be seen by professionals and for their company to get a great name for themselves. Having professional editors over look your work will tell other about.com users that their work is of a high standard
Kayak - http://www.kayak.com/
Kayak is a website which focuses on travel. It allows users to search for flights, hotels, cars, vacations, cruises, deals etc. It also enables the user to compare its search returns with that of four similar sites. Unfortunately, all pricing on the site is in $(USD), however Australian businesses would still be able to use it to source accommodation anywhere in the world and compare prices between airlines, motels, car hire companies and other travel related services. Australian motels, airlines, car hire companies etc could also find it useful to upload their details and photo's on to the site in an effort to increase their profile and sales to the lucrative US tourism market.
Maxthon.com
This can help business to improve their efficiency in the work place. Here they can do multiple things at once and this will save the employee time and the employer money. This is a great way of multi tasking in the work force.
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