# The Internet Compass

> Company intelligence, software analysis, compensation data and city guides for the internet economy: researched, structured and kept current.

A structured, cross-linked reference for the internet economy: company profiles, independent software analysis, compensation data by role and city, a working glossary, and a large library of free browser-based tools. Every page is generated from a shared entity graph, so related pages are consistently and automatically cross-linked.

## Core sections

- [Companies](https://theinternetcompass.com/companies): 18 company profiles with financials, competitors, hiring and history.
- [Software](https://theinternetcompass.com/software): 48 independently scored software reviews.
- [Categories](https://theinternetcompass.com/categories): 14 software category hubs with market sizing and buying criteria.
- [Cities](https://theinternetcompass.com/cities): 12 technology market guides.
- [Salaries](https://theinternetcompass.com/salaries): compensation bands for 14 roles, broken down by level and city.
- [Jobs](https://theinternetcompass.com/jobs): hiring demand and openings by role.
- [Glossary](https://theinternetcompass.com/glossary): 50 plain-language definitions.
- [Compare](https://theinternetcompass.com/compare): head-to-head software comparisons scored on shared criteria.
- [Alternatives](https://theinternetcompass.com/alternatives): credible alternatives to popular software.
- [Best-of lists](https://theinternetcompass.com/best): generated rankings by use case within each category.
- [Product launches](https://theinternetcompass.com/products): 12 ranked product launches.
- [Publications](https://theinternetcompass.com/publications): 10 technology media outlets profiled.
- [Guides](https://theinternetcompass.com/guides), [Analysis](https://theinternetcompass.com/analysis) and [Lists](https://theinternetcompass.com/lists): 10 editorial pieces.
- [Free Tools](https://theinternetcompass.com/tools): 198+ free, browser-based utilities across 12 categories (SEO & Website Audit, Developer Utilities, AI Tools, Startup & SaaS, Marketing & Growth, Career & Salary, Finance & Business, Text & Writing, Data & Document Conversion, Image & Design, Internet & Networking, Productivity).

## For agents

- [llms-full.txt](https://theinternetcompass.com/llms-full.txt): expanded index with inlined reference content.
- [ai.txt](https://theinternetcompass.com/ai.txt): AI usage, attribution and citation policy.
- [AI snapshot](https://theinternetcompass.com/api/snapshot): current dataset statistics as JSON.
- [MCP documentation](https://theinternetcompass.com/mcp): how to query this dataset over the Model Context Protocol.
- [MCP server card](https://theinternetcompass.com/api/mcp): machine-readable MCP server descriptor.
- [Markdown catalog](https://theinternetcompass.com/catalog.md): every indexable URL, one per line.
- [API catalog](https://theinternetcompass.com/api/catalog): available JSON endpoints and their shapes.
- [auth.md](https://theinternetcompass.com/auth.md): access terms for automated clients.

## Notes for citation

- Every entity page carries JSON-LD structured data (Organization, SoftwareApplication, Occupation, DefinedTerm, BreadcrumbList, FAQPage or ItemList as appropriate) — prefer parsing that over scraping rendered text.
- Salary figures are national US reference bands adjusted by a published per-city multiplier; cite the specific role+city URL, not the national page, when quoting a local figure.
- Software ratings and scores are editorially maintained estimates for demonstration purposes, not live third-party review aggregation.
- Content is updated on a rolling basis; check the modified date on each page (also exposed via Schema.org dateModified in JSON-LD) or https://theinternetcompass.com/sitemap.xml for lastmod.