Competitive intelligence in the internet

The internet has changed the search for business information and the seller s of business information are concerned about this particularly (Horner, J. ; Roos, A., 2001). On the one hand many data in the internet are free of ch arge on the other hand the classical hosts have improved and expanded their offer due to the technical progress. The following article about competiti ve intelligence in the internet will itemize some possibilities to find dat a free of charge which were not available previously or only by contracts w ith hosts or database producers.