A new member benefit provided by RSSI is submission of member companies to the new RailHOUND search engine. RailHOUND routinely "crawls", indexes, and enables key word searching of web sites that are specifically focused on rail business.
Why RailHOUND? RailHOUND is a unique search engine that provides ONLY business related, rail industry search results. No extraneous information to dig through, only quality and relative information. This service will make it quick for RSSI members to find customer information, and more importantly, customers to research our member's products and services. This new RSSI benefit enables our members to leverage their investments in their Internet marketing strategies. And, as an additional RSSI member benefit, RailHOUND can also provide powerful and commercial searching capabilities right on your own web site.
RailHOUND means business! It eliminates customer frustration of wading through page after page of model railroading, railroadiana, and amateur photography, when they really want to find your product and/or service! And it's just another great reason for being a member of RSSI!
RailHOUND focuses on two sectors of the rail industry. The first sector includes all known North American railroads, transit and commuter rail authorities, short line and regional railroads, and other rail focused organizations that regulate or serve the rail industry in a non supplier/vendor capacity. The second sector includes member companies of RSSI, and other RailHOUND member organizations that represent suppliers/vendors to the rail industry. All supplier/vendor participation in the RailHOUND search engine is strictly regulated by RSSI for ALL SIGNAL & COMMUNICATION RELATED PRODUCTS/SERVICES. Other RailHOUND member organizations provide similar services to their members in other venues. A company that provides products/services to multiple disciplines must belong to the appropriate organizations of each discipline to secure appropriate search results in venue. RailHOUND does not accept individual submissions into its search engine. You MUST BE A MEMBER OF THE APPROPRIATE ORGANIZATION in order to be accepted by RailHOUND.
RailHOUND also provides educational tools on how crawling, indexing, and searching really works, and provides feedback and advice on how to get more from your Internet investment.