The bringing together, for the benefit of others, of a variety of goods, excluding the transport thereof, enabling customers to conveniently view and purchase those goods by means of on-line retail stores, blogs, excerpts; Advertising and marketing services provided by means of blogging; Advertising and directory services, namely, promoting the services of others by providing a web page featuring links to the websites of others; Advertising; The bringing together, for the benefit of others, of a variety of goods; marketing and promotional services; writing and publication of publicity texts; public relations services; video interviews; audio interviews; podcasts; aggregation of events and news via hypertext links; providing online web directory services featuring hyperlinks to other web sites in the field of entertainment, fashion, design, the arts, food, home furnishings, games, charitable organizations, lifestyle, cosmetics, politics and sports; promoting the goods and services of others by providing hypertext links to the web sites of others; promoting the goods and services of others by arranging for sponsors to affiliate their goods and services with music, cultural, fashion, sport, lifestyle, video streaming, and entertainment events; summarizing article, news, and story excerpts for fast digestion by readers; verification that origins of news, story, and event information is reliable; Advertising and marketing services provided by means of blogging