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Catching Up on Comparison Shopping

For the next few days, I'll be catching up on the last month of comparison shopping news. For anyone new to this area who would like to catch up on the last year of comparison shopping goodness, Search Engine Watch is running their year-end Shopping Search Week, including What's New in Shopping Search 2005 and New Players in Shopping and Comparison Search.

Catching Up on Comparison Shopping
Posted by Sean O'Rourke on December 8, 2005 at 8:44 AM
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Guide to Comparison Shopping Engines for Merchants

A little something for merchants who are new to comparison engines:

Comparison Shopping Engines: An E-Tailers Guide (www.ecommerce-guide.com)

Includes an Overview, Step-by-Step Guide, Misperceptions and Mistakes.

Guide to Comparison Shopping Engines for Merchants
Posted by Sean O'Rourke on June 9, 2005 at 10:03 AM
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New Comparison Shopping Site from ValueClick in Q2

A quote from ValueClick CEO Jim Zarley via the always-current Internet Stock Blog:

"We anticipate a US launch for comparison shopping during the second quarter of this year. We've assembled the US team and they're currently building out the site today."

New Comparison Shopping Site from ValueClick in Q2
Posted by Sean O'Rourke on February 18, 2005 at 11:47 AM
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Comparison Shopping On The Cover Of Catalog Age

...and the article includes a summary grid of facts & figures of interest to merchant advertisers.

And so it continues, as individual catalogs find their way into the big virtual catalog(s).

via Search Engine Lowdown

Comparison Shopping On The Cover Of Catalog Age
Posted by Sean O'Rourke on January 26, 2005 at 1:16 PM
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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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