Timway

Infobox Website
name = Timway
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url = http://timway.com/
commercial = Mixed
type = Web portal
registration = Optional
owner = Timway
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Created by = Timmy Yu
launch date = 1997 July
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Timway grew up so as to help finding HK websites more easily. Websites are organized into a hierarchical scheme. Similar topic of the web sites are grouped into categories, which can then include sub-categories. A range of Internet services are also provided including web portal, forum, news and education courses. [ [http://timway.com/aboute.htm About Timway] ]

It is one of the major HK web guide or web portal. [ [http://library.ust.hk/guides/effective-web.html Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: Timway is one of the selected subject directory/searchable directory as mentioned by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library webpage.] ] [ [http://www.math.cuhk.edu.hk/en/UsefulLink/ One of the useful links in the department of Mathematics in CUHK] ] [ [http://searchmarketing.hk.yahoo.com/newcustomers/serviceintro/a3.html timway.com is one of the major website in Hong Kong as can be seen in Yahoo! HK.] ]

Besides, Sina HK use Timway in addition to google for finding HK webpages. [ [http://search.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/timway/searchtimway_xg.pl?_searchkey=shopping Sina search result demo page] ]

History and growth

Birth

The former domain name of Timway was hksrch.com. It was created in July 1997 and then formed a Hong Kong registered company in February 1998. The domain name of timway.com was used instead in 1999. [ [http://timway.com/aboute.htm About Timway] ]

Dot-com bubble (2000-2001)

To increase more revenue, Education portal was established in the year of 2000. A wide range of education courses are supplied. The cooperation with tens of education providers makes it an education supermarket, thus finding education courses becomes convenient. [ [http://timway.com/aboute.htm About Timway] ] [ [http://edu.timway.com/ Timway Education] ]

Post dot-com bubble (2002 - )

Timway was one of the few survivors after the Internet bubble burst. [ [http://timway.com/aboute.htm About Timway] ]

Products and serivces

* Education portal
* Software shopping
* Personals
* News
* Forum [ [http://timway.com/aboute.htm About Timway] ]

See also

* List of web directories

External links

* [http://timway.com Timway]
* [http://edu.timway.com Timway Education]
* [http://forum.timway.com Timway Forum]

References