I was surprised to see salesforce.com on his list -- they've really snuck up and become a giant in their own right. I look forward to using GWeb.

bbc?

How British was that?

As an alternative;

Surely the BBC, with its truely global reach and ability to deliver information across a broad age and ethnic/cultural range, must figure in a list of 2 places where you can merely buy things and 2 where you can only search...