GlobalSpec (www.globalspec.com), the US-based provider of a specialised search engine, information resource and e-publishing services for the engineering, industrial and technical communities, has announced that it has exceeded five million registered users. This is seen to reinforce the company's industry position as "the place" for engineering and industrial sector knowledge workers to perform essential work-flow related tasks.
Over the past year, GlobalSpec's worldwide base of registered users has increased by one million, growing from four million registered users in January 2008 to its current level. On registration, visitors to the site gain access to more than 180 million parts in 2,300,000 searchable product families from over 24,000 supplier catalogues, all searchable by specification. This is projected to offer users the ability to easily locate products, components and services from manufacturers, distributors and service providers. Advertisers benefit from targeted media solutions that provide qualified sales leads, web traffic, product promotion and brand exposure among this audience of industrial professionals.
In addition to specification-based industrial product search, GlobalSpec offers its users access to other products and applications designed to help them perform key job tasks accurately and productively. More than 60 product and industry specific e-newsletters, with a combined subscription base of over 7.6 million, are available in topics ranging from aerospace technology to alternative power; from MEMS technology to medical equipment design; and from plastics and resins to pneumatics.
GlobalSpec also offers The Engineering Web, a specialised search engine comprised of more than 250 million pages of technical content, including application notes, material properties, patents and standards. Engineering, technical and industrial professionals also have access to GlobalSpec's CR4 online community, which provides a collaborative environment to ask questions and discuss issues via forums and blogs in a variety of engineering disciplines.
