I will be placing reference links for you to read as I go...  I read a report from the university of South Florida back in 2000 about "Internet Taxation", the author was John David White, forwarded to Senator Robert Graham.  And here is a chart that was created from that report.

The bottom line is that the Internet is the problem...  however, the Internet is also be an effective cure for the Florida business economy as you will read later.  Take into consideration that a registered Florida business pays these retail sales taxes to the state correct?, then these losses must be based on Floridians purchasing from out of state and overseas websites.  Then look at many different reports on the growth of E-commerce since 2000 (1, 2, 3, and I am sure you can search for more...  anyway, the projected retail sales tax loss for Florida in 2003 was $1,360.7m.  Using 7% sales tax to calculate with,  Florida had an estimated loss of $19,428,571.00 in Florida business revenues in 2003, now calculate what is lost because of annual e-commerce increases of 18 to nearly 50% every year since...  staggering huh?.  Yep, we are way up in the billions lost annually now!!!

Problems:  Anyone can buy a domain with "Florida" in it no matter where they live... and build a Florida website, no rules against it even if they live overseas!  And the major search engines don't know the difference, nor do they care about boundaries.  That's right, a company, or person overseas can build a site just like yours and park it right next to yours in the search engines... or even get it ranked much higher if they are truly focusing on SEO & Internet Marketing.  What if there was a Florida search engine that did care?

Next: Nobody takes the time to see where a website is registered, they just buy and support someone else's economy and not their own.  What if where you shopped, you knew it was all Florida businesses?

Next: Technology is screaming forward so fast that nobody can keep up with it all...  including Internet Marketing.  what if you did not have to be concerned with the technology, just plug in?

And Finally: No single Florida business, or Florida business website can even begin to overcome this problem and successfully go after all that existing revenue on their own...  impossible!!!   It is healthy for you to compete at the local level for that next potential customer walking down the street, but in the global marketplace, you and your local competition need to be walking hand in hand against the world.  Example?, sure... remember the last time you were in the mall on a crowded Saturday?  All those people shopping?  well, take that number of people times thousands and thousands online buying the same products and services at the same time.  Why not take advantage of literally thousands of new visitors every single day!

That is why we created the Florida business marketing network, and the Florida business search!  We believe in the term "Buy Florida".  We hand list all businesses, we know they are in Florida, and we know they are local (unlike the yellow guys and other directories)!   The network consists of 60 separate but interlinked websites with over 1 million static pages pulling visitors in from all over the world to find YOUR Florida products and services...  all that is missing is you earning new clients.  OH, and if we don't increase your contacts, we have a 100% money back Guarantee at the end of your 12 month term...  nobody loses, and you have everything to gain!   Come join us and help bring that revenue back to Florida, we have decided to not participate in any silly recession...  Join here today!                                                                                            Home Page