Blogs

beyond the mark - author's travels and photos through Turkey, Iraqi Kurdistan and the Central Asian republics

Jennifer Otten: Kazakhstan - personal blog with photos

Trade Routes Resources Blog - collection of online resources of use to dromography, or the comparative study of organization, history, geography, and logistics of movement, transportation and communication networks; site is a part of the Old World Trade Routes (OWTRAD) Project

Winds of Change.NET - subtitled with "liberty, discovery, humanity, victory"

Directory and Search Engines

Asian American Net - site's mission is to serve all Asian American communities and to promote and strengthen cultural, educational, and commercial ties between Asia and North America; intended for high school, college, and university students and teachers to encourage them to learn more about Asia

Asiaco - Asia search engine; search for information by country

AsiaSource - online resource developed by the Asia Society to meet the need for timely, reliable, unbiased information and assistance regarding the cultural, economic, social, historical and political dimensions of Asia

Bob Bamont's Top Level Domains - links by country

CentralAsia.net - Web directory for the Central Asian region with multiple categories

Connected Globe - links to information on countries: travel, holidays, gazeteer, geography, politics and more

Directory Archives - a directory of directories

Governments on the WWW - database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web: parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations and more

HighBeam Research - online research engine for individuals, filling the gap between free search engines and high-end research services

iBrain - developed in 2005 as a online resource to aid in searching the internet

Open Directory Project - self-regulating directory community organized by subject

NodeWorks - offers advanced web link checker and general directory

REESWeb - index of electronic resources; the vast majority of the materials listed are stored at other sites on the Internet

worldinformation.com - provides business, political and economic information on all the world's 228 countries and territories divided into ten categories

WorldWideDirectory - human-edited directory organizes listings into topics and locations

Organizations

Global Internet Policy Initiative - network of non-profit, non-governmental organization's supporting adoption in developing and transitional countries of the legal and policy framework for an open and democratic Internet

Networking for a Common Future in Sustainability Society - NetCFS; addresses the social, economic, cultural and spiritual and ethical stress of society

United Nations Information Technology Service - UN initiative aims to allow people from any country to volunteer their skills and time to extend the benefits of the digital revolution to developing countries

World Wide Web Consortium - W3C; international consortium where member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards

Resources

Asia Pacific Network Information Centre - Internet registry provides allocation and registration services which support the operation of the Internet globally

Asian Women's Resource Exchange - collaborative Web site project that aspires to contribute to global efforts to address gender disparity on the Internet; geared towards building sustainable electronic resource sharing among women's information centers in Asia, as well as promoting Net literacy and enhancing social activism among individual women and women's organizations

Internet Society - professional membership society provides leadership in addressing issues that confront the future of the Internet

Ripe NCC - RIPE Network Coordination Centre; provides allocation and registration services which support the operation of the Internet primarily for the benefit of the membership in Europe and the surrounding area

WebWorld - UNESCO; information gateway to world news, projects, country information and more

Web Development

AWebTechnology - offshore web development and web design company from Ukraine; services include programming, e-commerce solutions, web-services development, logo and identity design, flash animation and hosting services

Elfor World Software - international Internet technologies agency and web site projects development; business promotion through the Internet

International Webmasters Association - a non-profit professional association providing educational and certification standards for Web professionals

Partnership for Peace Information Management System - designs, integrates, and provides innovative technologies and services to facilitate collaboration and strengthen relationships in the Euro-Atlantic and Partnership for Peace community

Sanjar Media - creates web sites for businesses and organizations and plans strategic online marketing campaigns

Webz Design and Solutions - Malaysia; offers web design and graphic design services including e-commerce, web redesign, brochures, newsletters, flyers, logos, annual reports, ads, package design, business cards, web applications, magazines and more