NAICS Canada 519290—Web search portals and all other information services

Where 519290 sits

1. 51 Information and cultural industries
2. 519 Web search portals, libraries, archives, and all other information services
3. 5192 Web search portals, libraries and archives, and all other information services
4. 51929 Web search portals and all other information services
5. 519290 Web search portals and all other information services

Description

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating websites that use a search engine to generate and maintain extensive databases of Internet addresses and content in an easily searchable format (and known as web search portals) or providing other information services not elsewhere classified. Establishments known as web search portals often provide additional Internet services, such as email, connections to other websites, auctions, news, and other limited content.

What 519290 includes

• Providing telephone based information recordings or searching and retrieving information on a contract basis
• Providing telephone based information recordings or searching and retrieving information on a contract basis

What 519290 excludes

• Developing databases for the purpose of credit reporting (see 56145 credit bureaus)
• Formatting content, provided by a customer, for streaming and providing infrastructure support on behalf of the content owner, generally on a contract or fee basis (see 518210 computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services)
• Operating archives (see 519212 archives (can))
• Operating libraries (see 519211 libraries (can))
• Operating news syndicates (see 51621 media streaming distribution services, and other media networks and content providers)
• Providing internet access (see 517 telecommunications)
• Publishing and distributing own-account content created or owned, including gaming site publishers (see 513212 video game publishers (can))
• Retailing new and used goods using the internet (see 44-45 retail trade)
• Traditional or combined broadcasting (see 516 broadcasting and content providers)

Example activities

• internet search portal and websites, operating
• news and press clipping service
• stock photo agencies or libraries
• web search portals, operating
• customized research, information on a contract or fee basis
• internet search portal and websites, operating
• internet search portals, operating
• internet search web sites
• news and press clipping service
• stock photo agencies or libraries
• telephone-based recorded information services
• web search portals, operating

519290 in other systems