December 31, 2004

The Year in Shopping Search 2004

March

Yahoo acquires European shopping engine Kelkoo.

Google addes Froogle tab to the Google home page.

June

NexTag launches comparison shopping for the United Kingdom.

Shopping.com launches Smart Buy feature.

PriceGrabber expands reach to United Kingdom and Canada.

August

SES San Jose holds sessions on Shopping Search Tactics and Meet the Shopping Search Engines.

ValueClick announces and completes the acquisition of PriceRunner.

StepUp.com launches its local online shopping service.

ShopLocal.com launches its local shopping search service.

PriceGrabber expands its comparison shopping service to U.S. Hispanic and Latin American audiences.

September

PriceGrabber provides candidate comparison engine for 2004 elections.

Amazon.com’s A9 search engine offers a 1.5% shopping discount on Amazon.com.

Organized Shopping quietly launches its index of comparison shopping resources.

October

Google announces Froogle for the United Kingdom.

Exava acquires the become.com domain name and starts spidering the Web.

NexTag launches ServiceShopping for Mortgages, Travel, Cars, Real Estate and Education.

November

Bizrate.com changes its name to Shopzilla.

LiveDeal unveils its localized online marketplace.

Google announces the Froogle Wish List.

Google announces Froogle Germany and Froogle Store Ratings.

December

SES Chicago again holds multiple sessions on shopping search.

Google aggregates snippets of product reviews from around the Web.

The Year in Shopping Search 2004
Posted by Sean O'Rourke on December 31, 2004 at 12:28 PM
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