Simi Valley Community and Business Directory represents what the internet could be.

The next big thing in local internet presense SimiCommunity.com offers free business listings, classifieds and community news.

(PRWEB) February 1, 2004 --SimiCommunity.com serves Simi Valley, CA, like no other by providing free business listings, classified ads, community news as well as the opportunity to advertise community events. Simi Valley is a small upscale suburb outside Los Angeles and the site serves as a small community portal and welcomes full participation of the community, both individuals and businesses.

Though the site charges nominal fees for advertisements, the use and contribution to the site is 100% free. This is a great opportunity for small business to get noticed in a regional setting as well as organizations, fund-raisers, schools and private groups. The site's back-end is robust and allows you to personalize content and keep tabs on specific community interests.

The question you would have to ask SimiCommunity.com is how, and why. With seemingly no revenue stream this appears at first glance to be either the work of a irrationally exuberant entrepreneur chasing the dot com promise or, someone with too much time, money or both.

The answer is that SimiCommunity.com leases its functionality. In reality the site is nothing more than a shell, with all of its features, personalization pages and dynamic content provided by monthly lease from XwebServices.com

The internet is dominated by national concerns leaving smaller communities by the way side. Further, development of a stand-alone site of this caliber would require capital investment well beyond the budgets of individuals, small business and charity groups. XwebServices.com that leases dynamic web functionality on a no commitment, monthly basis, powers SimiCommunity.com. According to XwebServices.com, they welcome other community projects like Simi Community as well as chambers of commerce, churches and local schools.

After browsing SimiCommunity.com, one has to wonder why more small businesses, community groups and schools dont look at this solution. At a monthly charge less some companies charge for hosting, a school could have a secured site requiring authentication where teachers could post homework assignments for sick students and parents, school schedules, award students, have monitored chat rooms, discussion boards, school news -- the possibilities are staggering. I for one look forward to seeing this stage of the internet develop.

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