Laboratory Directory is an Internet based medium for the fertility industry and the discipline of Reproductive Science. Unlike other sites,FertAids Laboratory Directory is a database forum for scientists and suppliers to interact. The Laboratory Directory is primarily a specialized search engine where suppliers can list and advertise their products and where scientists and specialists can search for what they want. However, the design of the search facilities allowed other options to exist including a general search facility for products specific to IVF and the reproductive sciences, a search facility for employment, a search facility for societies to list their activities and a site where consultants in IVF may list their services. The main search facilities all provide online editing to allow constant updates from the companies.

The range reflects the desire of the site to be a general, dynamic resource center hopefully providing scientists with the support tools to find the information they need quickly. Since this site is slowly growing, bookmark the site and keep exploring. If it is not listed now, it may be listed in the future.

Better still, if you have a site that you think may be of interest to other scientists, doctors, counsellors or patients, submit the details and FertAid will allocate it to a category. The search facilities are linked to the Clinic Directory so that if your clinic has a web site and you wish to list it or pages within the site, FertAid will allocate these as well.

While the employment area is available and other web sites provide a more focused list of new positions, you are welcome to add a position to the Laboratory Directory since it is hoped a broader range of browsers may visit the site.

Most companies which supply products or services to the fertility industry spend considerable time and money promoting their products. The problems most scientists have is finding out about new products, finding out who is their local distributors and what other products may do the same function. The Laboratory Directory grew out of a need to keep up with new products not only in ones own country but worldwide. The search facility allow the browser to explore for company name or brand name or description text or general category either locally, in ones own region or internationally. If you are a manufacturer of a products or you are a distributor of a range of products, the Laboratory Directory provides an alternative and unique and dynamic manner to expose your products.

The Laboratory Directory has been designed by laboratory scientist to reflect what they might need - who sells what where, what products are new and where one can see them. Since all search requests can be local or international, the site is applicable to all companies and distributors.

The Laboratory Directory has also been written with companies in mind. Online editing allows total control and responsibility over content, the capacity to mark products as new and the capacity to post messages to the web site about demonstration and displays, etc. Hit and display information are available at all times. Most importantly, all browsers are directed to a page on your own web site. This means the Laboratory Directory is only a portal to your site. All your information is retained in your own web site. The only information you need to add to the Laboratory Directory is what you consider important to allow a browser to find your product from a search request. Some companies have said that they have their own web site. The Laboratory Directory is designed to assist scientist to quickly find the page on your web site of interest to them! To date there has been 10955 search requests in Laboratory Directory yielding30156 listings.

Banner advertising throughout the site is an additional way to bring your companies name to the attention of scientists.

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