An email can request the current (slighty untidy) zip, if you want to study the collected answers first. (Richard Feynman's optional learning method, not my idea because I'm stupid.)
But first, I really should respect those new to the web and warn them that every attempt to squeeze data from you occurs on the business sites below. I am most certainly not trafficking in traffic statistics. I recommend not entering your personal data into any forms during this excercise. Be assured, there are no domains that wouldn't make your grandma anything but bored silly visiting.
For those who don't mind, don't care, or just plain don't get it yet, here's my list of tips in the category of: "I would have found out sooner if I'd done it this way."

For as long as this network is around, it's structure will make an excellent, all-round, internet understanding tool, just like a puchbag makes an excellent, all-round, punching and kicking understanding tool.

email chipworker' if you can add a tip or technique to this list.

• Browse once, scoop up lots.
  Clean out your browser cache. Pick a town-index site, You might like to visit your own if it's listed. Visit every page so it's cached for later, and to understand the town template. Compare a number other town-index sites.
• Google & it's like.
  Search for companies mentioned on the sites, wrap quotes around domain names and phone numbers, seperate and keep count of paying customers who have bought sites.
• Use the company details look-up form at Companies House (UK : 7am - Midnight except weekends)
• HTML & other code
  Read it. Collect new domains.
• Whois each domain
  Win32Whois is best for most TLDs, but not all. Save details with accurate filenames (some names are very similar). Seperate external domains from town-index domains with similar registrant contact. Compare partnerships / registrant IDs.
• Whois the whois results Identify the registrants of email addresses, name servers, and other domains used as "registrant".

The current list...(04 Dec 2k2)

Propogation Hubs
afrocaribbean.com search   cyber_communities.org search   cyber_communities.com search   cyber_communities.co.uk search   cyber_places.com search   e_mailpayments.co.uk search   g_br.org search   g_br.com search   g_br.net search   i_britain.com search   nigeriandirectories.com search   nigerianwhitepages.com search   theu_s.net search   town_index.co.uk search   town_index.net search   towns.biz search  

Consultancy and Recruitment Hubs
avals.com search    britishbusiness.com search    businesson_line.com search    e_businesscentres.com search    eecbusiness.com search    e_nigeria.info search    incubatees.com search    isisconsultants.net search    japanesebusiness.com search    kenyanbusiness.com search    nigerianbusiness.net search    nigerianbusiness.com search    organisationdevelopment.net search    outsourcingcentre.net search    sales_force.net search    sparringpartners.net search    thailandbusiness.com search    ukrelocations.net search    verticals.biz search    zambianbusiness.com search   

Hosting and Registration
euroyellowpages.com search   hostingplus.biz search   mailingbox.net search   memorabledomains.net search   webhostingplus.biz search  

Credibility or Validation
cmsnetworks.org search cms_networks.org search ecowas.biz search educationalcontent.com search thecontentcentre.com search thirdworld2000.org search

Commodities Trading
cocoa_beans.com search   cocoaproducts.net search   columbite.com search   palmkernels.com search   palmproduce.net search   petroleum_products.net search   soya_beans.com search   tantalite.net search   tubers.net search  

Marketing Data
cyber_communities.org.uk   search   cyber_groups.com   search   fcfan.com   search  

Product Sales Commission
aberdeencity.net search   aeroplanes.com search   armaghcity.net search   aveley.net search   barrow_in_furness.net search   beckton.net search   birkenhead.net search   birminghamcity.biz search   bishopsstortford.net search   blaenaugwent.net search   bookssearch.com search   bridgend.net search   bristolcity.net search   brockley.net search   bromborough.net search   broxtowe.net search   burystedmonds.net search   cambridgecity.biz search   canningtown.net search   caradon.net search   car_pages.net search   castleford.net search   catford.net search   chadwellheath.com search   chestercity.biz search   chester_city.org search   chigwell.net search   clackmannanshire.net search   clwyd.biz search   colwynbay.net search   cookstown.net search   countriesbusiness.com search   cuckfield.net search   cwmbran.net search   deeside.biz search   denbighshire.net search   derrycity.net search   devizes.net search   dundeecity.net search   dyfed.biz search   earlscourt.net search   eastleigh.net search   eastlothian.net search   eastsheeen.com search   eltham.net search   exetercity.net search   fashionclothes.net search   flightssearch.info search   foot_wear.net search   forestgate.net search   gateshead.net search   gloucestershire.net search   gravesham.net search   greatermanchester.biz search   greatyarmouth.net search   helston.net search   heswall.net search   hoddesdon.net search   holidayssearch.net search   hornchurch.net search   hotelssearch.net search   housedecorator.net search   hucknall.net search   huddersfieldtown.net search   huntingdonshire.com search   isleofanglesey.net search   jewelleryshops.net search   kensalgreen.com search   kingston_upon_thames.net search   kiss_o_gram.net search   leyton.net search   liverpool_city.org search   llandrindodwells.net search   localrestaurants.net search   loughton.net search   maidavale.net search   manchestercity.net search   molevalley.net search   musicsearches.com search   neasden.net search   newark_on_trent.net search   newburypark.net search   newcastle_under_lyme.net search   newcastle_upon_tyne.net search   northamptontown.net search   nunhead.com search   nunhead.com search   oldbury.net search   palmersgreen.com search   penarth.net search   peterboroughcity.com search   peterboroughcity.com search   photoson_line.com search   plymouthcity.com search   pontypool.net search   prenton.net search   propertiesalert.com search   rawtenstall.net search   roehampton.net search   rushcliffe.net search   seaham.net search   shetlandislands.net search   sidmouth.net search   skelmersdale.net search   southamptoncity.net search   southkensington.net search   southribble.net search   southwoodford.net search   st.johnswood.net search   stretford.net search   sunbury_on_thames.com search   swindontown.net search   swisscottage.net search   tayside.net search   thewirral.biz search   thurrock.net search   torridge.net search   tranmere.net search   trichologist.net search   upminster.net search   uttlesford.com search   walsall.net search   walthamstow.net search   west_bromwich.com search   westdevon.com search   westhampstead.net search   westkensington.net search   westyorkshire.net search   whitstable.net search   willesden.net search   winchmorehill.net search   worcestercity.net search   wychavon.net search