Providing online interactive bulletin boards for transmission of messages among computer users concerning listings for services available and services desired, and information on a wide variety of topics of general interest; providing on-line forums and discussion groups for transmission of messages among computer users concerning services available and services desired, and information on a wide variety of topics of general interest; Advertising and information distribution services, namely, providing advertising space via the global computer network; providing consumer service information via the Internet; providing information about the services of others; providing on-line computer databases and on-line searchable databases featuring service listings and want ads; computer services, namely, providing on-line computer databases and on-line searchable databases featuring consumer information on a wide variety of topics of general interest; Advertising and information distribution services, namely, providing advertising space via the global computer network for services available and services desired