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This is September 2008 revision of the Popular Deal Sites list. You can find the last month revision of the list here.

The change in rating shows the difference compared to August results and includes all deal sites from my database that meet Alexa Rank < 100,000 requirement. I am sticking with the original limit as moving to 50,000 seems to cut some interesting sites.

The top gainer this month is buxr.com with a gain of (16.84%). It was really a surprise to me. I knew our site would break 100,000 threshold but I didn't think it would come out at the top! The worst performer is the forum anandtech.com (-38.47%) which was also at the bottom last month.

This month Google had a Page Rank update and it affected many deal sites in a negative way. Interestingly though that anandtech.com was one of the few who gained PR even though they lost Alexa rank. By the way, read this old interview with the founder. The guy was just 15 when he started the site in 1997!

#	Web Site	Alexa Rank		Page Rank		Online Since
1	slickdeals.net (info)	723	(-14.04%)	6		10-Nov-1999
2	fatwallet.com (info)	1373	(-8.28%)	5	(-1)	29-Nov-1999
3	dealnews.com (info)	4568	(-10.13%)	6		20-Jan-1999
4	deals2buy.com (info)	4630	(-10.77%)	5	(1)	15-Nov-2002
5 (1)	bensbargains.net	5316	(-12.82%)	5		21-Mar-2000
6 (1)	anandtech.com	5986	(-38.47%)	7	(1)	24-Aug-1997
7	techbargains.com (info)	6063	(-8.79%)	5	(-1)	03-May-1999
8	dealsea.com	7119	(-10.13%)	6		27-Jun-2001
9	dealspl.us (info)	8901	(1.02%)	4	(-1)	15-May-2006
10	dealcatcher.com	9882	(-8.22%)	5	(-1)	28-Jul-1999
11	cheapstingybargains.com	10703	(1.61%)	5		20-Jan-2005
12 (1)	dealigg.com (info)	11891	(1.8%)	3	(-1)	04-Sep-2006
13 (1)	dealtaker.com (info)	12134	(-2.21%)	6		08-Feb-2004
14	spoofee.com	16257	(-8.03%)	5	(1)	31-Dec-2000
15	edealinfo.com	16373	(-6.08%)	5		12-Dec-2000
16	xpbargains.com	17335	(-8.66%)	4	(-1)	29-Nov-2001
17	resellerratings.com (info)	17591	(-9.11%)	6		18-Jun-1998
18	dealsofamerica.com	17702	(-0.48%)	4		06-Sep-2003
19	dealofday.com	28408	(-1.46%)	5	(-1)	30-Aug-1999
20	gottadeal.com	29713	(0.19%)	4	(-1)	27-Jan-2003
21	bargainist.com (info)	31732	(-0.27%)	3	(-2)	21-Nov-2006
22 (1)	couponalbum.com	37371	(-3.31%)	4		18-Jan-2006
23 (1)	judysbook.com	37568	(-4.94%)	5	(-1)	11-Aug-2003
24	bradsdeals.com	42556	(0.37%)	4	(-1)	29-Jun-2005
25	savings.com	43865	(4.57%)	4		20-Apr-1995
26	dealslist.com	53768	(-6.68%)	4		18-Jul-2000
27 (1)	passwird.com	60115	(-8.65%)	3	(-1)	28-Aug-2001
28 (1)	bargaineering.com	60127	(1.96%)	2		01-Dec-2004
29 (2)	gotapex.com	64501	(-17.19%)	4	(-1)	29-Apr-1999
30 (1)	dailyedeals.com	68112	(-4.61%)	4		18-Feb-2000
31 (1)	ableshoppers.com	69599	(-11.57%)	4		08-Oct-2000
32	hotdealsclub.com	70816	(-8.23%)	4		27-Dec-2000
33	dealhack.com	76856	(-4.83%)	5	(-1)	06-Feb-2005
34	hot-deals.org	85254	(-10.99%)	4		10-May-2000
35	buxr.com	87382	(16.84%)	3		04-Dec-2007
36	deals.com (info)	93977	(10.85%)	3		28-Feb-1995

This is October 2007 revision of the Popular Deal Sites list. You can find the last month revision of the list here.

The change in rating shows the difference compared to September results. The list has a total of 28 web sites. There are 53 more in my database that didn’t meet the Alexa Rank < 100,000 requirement.

This list is still shrinking, fishingfordeals is out this month, but the average Alexa rank growth is positive for the first time in very long time. I attribute this to the upcoming shopping season.

As usual, there are winners and losers. gottadeal.com (18.21%) had an excellent month followed by dealsea.com (17.46%). By the way, gottadeal already has a very active Black Friday discussion at their forums. Check it out.

The worst number comes from anandtech.com (-14.29%). I have recently discovered an interesting thing about Anandtech. They seem not to use affiliate links in their shopping forums. Can anyone comment?

#	Web Site	Alexa Rank		Page Rank		Online Since
1	slickdeals.net (info)	1293	(5.07%)	5	(-1)	10-Nov-1999
2	fatwallet.com (info)	1918	(1.94%)	6		29-Nov-1999
3	anandtech.com	4551	(-14.29%)	6		24-Aug-1997
4	deals2buy.com	6587	(7.63%)	3	(-2)	15-Nov-2002
5	dealnews.com (info)	8413	(2.11%)	6		20-Jan-1999
6	techbargains.com	8960	(1.8%)	5		03-May-1999
7	bensbargains.net	10839	(-0.99%)	5		21-Mar-2000
8 (1)	dealsea.com	13521	(17.46%)	5	(1)	27-Jun-2001
9 (1)	dealcatcher.com	15876	(1.56%)	5	(-1)	28-Jul-1999
10 (3)	dealspl.us (info)	21671	(11.47%)	5		15-May-2006
11	edealinfo.com	21861	(2.84%)	5		12-Dec-2000
12 (2)	dealtaker.com (info)	22914	(-7.22%)	4		08-Feb-2004
13 (1)	resellerratings.com (info)	23716	(1.01%)	6		18-Jun-1998
14 (1)	cheapstingybargains.com (info)	24419	(16.64%)	5		20-Jan-2005
15 (1)	xpbargains.com	26746	(-6.04%)	4		29-Nov-2001
16 (2)	spoofee.com	30556	(10.27%)	4	(-1)	31-Dec-2000
17 (1)	judysbook.com	31689	(-4.85%)	6		11-Aug-2003
18 (2)	dealigg.com (info)	33397	(12.13%)	5		04-Sep-2006
19 (2)	flamingoworld.com	34729	(-4.28%)	6	(2)	19-May-1999
20 (1)	dealofday.com	38314	(-4.66%)	7		30-Aug-1999
21	dealsofamerica.com	40137	(5.78%)	4		06-Sep-2003
22 (1)	gottadeal.com	50648	(18.21%)	3	(-1)	27-Jan-2003
23 (1)	gotapex.com	54007	(-3.12%)	5		29-Apr-1999
24	bargainist.com (info)	58206	(16.6%)	6	(1)	21-Nov-2006
25	bradsdeals.com	71413	(0.97%)	5		29-Jun-2005
26	bargaineering.com	85051	(-12.48%)	2	(-2)	01-Dec-2004
27 (1)	dealslist.com	87128	(-1.03%)	3		18-Jul-2000
28 (1)	ableshoppers.com	96694	(-6.09%)	4		08-Oct-2000