Finding or Marketing a Research Service on the Office Marketplace

The Microsoft® Office Marketplace is a Web site that lists third-party products and services that can be used with Microsoft Office. On this site, Office users can find a directory of tools, services, smart tags, and add-ins offered by external providers. In particular, users can choose from a listing of research services that they can add and use with the Research feature in Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Users can access a directory of available research services through a link to the Office Marketplace toward the bottom of the Research task pane, as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1: Link to the Office Marketplace on the Research task pane

They can then browse through the list of research service providers and add research services to the Research task pane.

Third-party developers can advertise their research services on the Office Marketplace. The Office Marketplace is the most effective way to reach Office users. Because the Office Marketplace is integrated into the Microsoft Office 2003 search functionality and Office 2003 features and menus, Office users are more likely to discover and subscribe to services advertised on the Office Marketplace. For more information, visit the Office Marketplace.