The Tech Museum of Innovation Gave the Tech 10 Award to us on Dec. 7, 1998
USA Today gave Eureka! the Hot Site of the Day award on June 12, 1996
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Point Survey rated our site among the Top 5% of all sites on the internet
"Content: 44 / 50 - Presentation: 33/50 - Experience: 41 / 50 - Here's an excellent example of how to condense virtually all Web resources for a geographical region onto one page. Information - technologically speaking, this ain't just any region, either -- it's the Silicon Valley! So we're talking more than 1,500 links, from "Attractions in San Francisco" to a
"Computer Industry Companies" e-index, live video camera shots, hang-gliding, "Who is Who in Silicon Valley," you name it! While not exactly beautiful to behold, this is a most complete and efficient online guide for businessfolk, tourists, and residents.", Point Survey Review.
Outstanding Commercial Web Sites Award Winner - June 14, 1996
"A while back you submitted your site to the Club Web Platinum 100.
Usually what happens is that I review the site and if good enough it is
sent to our judges for a vote.
On special occasions I will just automatically add a site that after
reviewing I think is one of the best I have seen, this has happened only
once before.
You have one of these sites. It is possibly one of the top 5 I have
come accross in my years of browsing through the thousands of sites on
the web. You have some great information here, keep up the good work.
Congratulations,"
Kevin Struck,
President,
Club Web Platinum 100
"San Jose is one of the most recognized vacation spots in California. You don't
need to board a plane to see it, however. You can do it from your own home by
visiting the MMS San Jose Directory. It contains over 1,840 great links to resources in
the entire Silicon Valley!", TOP Sites Review.
San Jose--The Capital of Silicon Valley
now the whole wide world knows the way to San Jose
"With the launch of San Jose--The Capital of
Silicon Valley, Kenneth R. Churilla, mastermind behind Mentor Marketing
Services and the Mailing List of Leading Computer Industry Executives,
shows the whole wide world the way to San Jose. If you plan on visiting
soon, find out where to play, worship, and get medical attention for that bungee jumping injury.
If you live in San Jose, use this mega-index, guide, and directory to over
1,200 San Jose, Silicon Valley, and San Francisco Bay Area Web resources
to reacquaint yourself with the richness of your own community. Find out
where you fit in the demographics, learn a
bit about the history of the area,
or look for your neighborhood in one of the live video camera
views that spy Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area. If
you're a reporter, job seeker, or venturesome capitalist intent on
maintaining that nanosecond edge on the competition, find general business
information, a complete, alphabetical listing of computer industry
companies based in Silicon Valley, media and job resources, and so much more. Even the links to "bizarre, weird, or
yucky" Web sites like Walls '96, The Squashed Bug
Zoo, and The Burrito Page are
first class. San Jose--The Capital of Silicon Valley is a stellar exemplar
of a new wave in tourist and business promotion on the Web that belongs in
the same league as San Francisco Bay Area
and Beyond. And now that you know the way to San Jose, you must visit
often. (12/20/95)" c|net Review
Out latest choice of some technology sites worth a look:
Computing:
A listing of computer-related trade shows and conferences in North
America up to a year in advance
is available from Mentor Marketing
Services. Each entry has a link to further information. Conference subjects range from
semiconductors to Windows and the AS/400. There is also a listing
for FedNet, an event focusing on the
Internet/ Intranet needs of the US Federal Government due to take place 22-23 October.
Secrets of Searching the Web & Promoting your Website
"This page probably has more than everything you ever needed to know about search
engines and submitting your site, Top Notch Stuff!...
Congratulations on being selected for having a Superior Resource
and placement on the SUBMIT URL page. We maintain a very exclusive
list of sites with superior resources dealing with submitting and
managing web sites. Listed sites must offer an resourse dealing
with web site management and promotion." Hayden Mitchell, September 7, 1996
" WITH search engines becoming the most popular sites these days,
developers of the Eureka search engine have put together a very helpful site
on how these devices work.
In particular, there is a painless and brief tutorial on the kinds of
search engines available, which to use, when to use them and for
what, and so forth.
If you think this is fairly tired stuff, you might still get something
from the discussion about how to maximise your site's chances
of being displayed in a search engine query.
It has very sensible and worldly material on visitor counters that
interpret the relative worth of hits per day, ranging from one to
five (you're invisible) all the way to more than 25,000 (hotter than
Yahoo). http://www.best.com/~mentorms/eureka_i.htm"
John Hilvert, Computer Hot Links Reviewer, September 24, 1996
NetGuide Rated our Site 3 Stars in their CyberGuide Travelogue
San Jose The Capital of Silicon Valley
"Do you know the way to San Jose? We do. When we journeyed to the microchip Mecca recently,
we made sure to check the Silicon Valley Web Directory to plan our trip and find the kind of fun
and excitement thatsorryyou just can't get at computer shows."
World Wide Web: http://www.best.com/~mentorms/index.html
"This is a list of sites which have great content, or are graphically rich, or have many links, or some combination of these characteristics."
NBNSOFT Content Award Winner for Outstanding Source of Content
"COMPLETE SILICON VALLEY DIRECTORY.
A hierarchical index and directory to over 1,975 WWW sites
about San Jose, California, Silicon Valley, and the San Francisco Bay
area. A virtual encyclopedia of information for business people,
tourist, and residents. Loaded with resources in every imaginable area." , NBNSOFT Review
Lycos lists the Silicon Valley Web Directory in their City Guide
"Hi! We wanted to let you know that your site is listed in Lycos City Guide for
San Jose, CA. To be listed in City Guide, you have to have one of the
best sites in your city. Congratulations on your listing! Lycos City Guide is a
directory of over 400 U.S. cities, which includes descriptions as well as links
to the hottest sites in each city.", Amy Wierbicki
"CONGRATULATIONS! Your site has been chosen to receive 'THE FAMILY JEWEL AWARD!' This coveted award is
only presented to those websites with excellence in design, layout, content, presentation, uniqueness, and originality.", The Family Jewels Review
Being picked as Bob's Kool Link of the Day is not only a great honor, but it's also a great generator of visitors.
The first hint we got of being selected was a 10 fold increase in visitors to our website. This shows that people really respect Bob's evaluation and jump to his pick of the day.
"Computer Industry Home Page Index
At Silicon Valley Web Directory you can find hypertext links to over 2,100 of the largest
computer and semiconductor companies' Web sites all over the world.
It is split into two sections, those headquartered in Silicon Valley
and those not. This list is comprehensive and a good starting point
if you are looking for the home page of a large company."
"It was a voice from above...It was my editor. -
''Greg,'' the voice said. ''Go forth and enlighten the masses with the inside poop on
corporate research. Unravel the mysteries of using the Web to access information about
employers that could give job hunters some leverage.'' -
''Uh, sure,'' I said. I don't have the knack for spirited conversations. I put down the
phone and started typing... -
Let's start with some popular sites that provide basic company information:
"While we're on Net stuff, more than 340 of the schools which were wired as part of NetDay 96 have been added to Ken Churilla's "San Jose -- The Capital of Silicon Valley" Web site. If you're alma mater isn't there, tell Churilla. And more than 100 non-profit organizations in the valley have gone on-line through the Nonprofit Exchange Online Network (NEON). Just the thing for people who say the Net isn't making much profit yet anyway.", Leigh Weimers, Mercury News Staff Writer
"....San Jose's Convention & Visitors Bureau says it'll use some of that cash to set up a home page on the World Wide Web, due to begin trumpeting the area's attractions to Internet surfers next month. But maybe the bureau first should check out a page called "San Jose -- The Capital of Silicon Valley" that Kenneth Churilla of Mentor Marketing Services already has up and running. Churilla, who calls it ''purely a labor of love,'' says the page, which offers links to more than 3,000 other Web sites with info about the region, has been averaging about 1,000 hits (visits by computer users) a day. Which makes it a certified hit itself, so to speak.", Leigh Weimers, Mercury News Staff Writer
"Welcome to The Best Of SPotD and BKL. Here you will find some of the best sites chosen for The Spider's Pick of the Day and Bob's Kool Link...And now, without further delay, here is, for your browsing pleasure ... "
Ground Zero selected our Eureka! Internet Search Engine as one of their Cool Picks of the Day for February 3rd, 1996.
"Congratulations! Eureka! Internet Search Engine will be the featured 'Cool Site of the Nite' on
February 11, 1996 based upon it's content, page and graphic design and overall contribution to
those who see it. The "Cool Site of the Nite" features only those pages that CSoN's staff feels
are of a non-commercial nature and those which offer family-oriented content.
Again, congratulations and keep up the nice work. We hope that you get many new visitors!
Regards", Doug Mehl & CSoN Staff, Site Director, "Cool Site of the Nite"
"Here you'll find search and retrieve engines, indices, databases, etc. Plus pages with multiple search
forms, and even multiple search devices that will check several databases at once."
"Silicon Valley Web Directory.
A directory with its own search engine to over 6,100 world wide websites about Silicon Valley,
the computer industry, and the San Francisco Bay
Area. Powerful database. It is probably here."
[Simple search]
[Expert search]
[Background info]
Effectiveness: 
"We're interactive....we let you judge your site! And when you're done you give
yourself an award. It's very simple. Everyone get's an award, everyone walks
away happy. So if you're feeling a little inadequate because you don't have one
of those big fancy award graphics on your home page, take ours. (Fact: By
telling you all this we've successfully provided more criteria than any award out there.)", D. Chant