1.   Among them is Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch, an online provider of event ticketing and local city guides.

2.   And over the last few months, the Microsoft Corp. has scaled back its Internet media efforts, including layoffs at Sidewalk, its online city guides.

3.   And its Web-based city guide called Sidewalk has proven to be much ado about nothing.

4.   At the same time, Bass is among the analysts who warn that online city guides had better prepare to hunker down and accept losses in the foreseeable future.

5.   Access-Able Travel Source provides extensive information on transportation, accommodations, attractions, city guides and equipment rentals, as well as links to other sites.

6.   But analysts predict the pace of development of new online city guides will probably not last long.

7.   But several nagging questions remain for the new CitySearch and for the chaotic, still emerging world of city guides.

8.   Check newspapers, magazines and city guides for freebies.

9.   Citysearch creates its own city guides, sometimes as a partner with existing media.

10.   Concept Kitchen has developed a series of city guides, CitySync, based on the Lonely Planet series of travel guides.