Providing an online global computer network featuring general merchandise, general consumer goods, and services for the purpose of barter and exchange; providing a searchable computerized online global database for the purpose of barter and exchange of general merchandise, general consumer goods, and services; dissemination of advertising for others via an online global computer communications network; providing a searchable advertising directory on an online global computer network featuring services and general consumer goods of others for barter and exchange; database management services and computer services, namely, providing directories for telephone numbers, addresses, electronic mail addresses, and network home page addresses of people, places, and organizations; providing multiple-user access to an online global computer network; electronic transmission of data and documents concerning personal and professional information via computer terminals; computer services, namely, providing search engines for locating information resources and the web sites of others on an online global computer network; providing a wide range of general interest information via an online global computer network; association services, namely, providing opportunities for exchange of information and conversation regarding a wide variety of topics by means of electronically mailed information and interaction on an online global computer network; providing a membership-based online global computer network featuring general merchandise, general consumer goods, and services for the purpose of barter and exchange.