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Popular deal sites – March 2008

This is March 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 February results. The list has a total of 25 web sites which is 4 less than the last month. There are 56 more in my database that didn’t meet the Alexa Rank < 100,000 requirement.

This a really bad month for all deal sites. None had a positive Alexa rank growth, and most of them had a double digit decline. I attribute the overall downward trend to two things, (1) the holiday season is now completely out of the 3 months rolling window that the rankings reflect, (2) online shopping is down due to the economic recession.

dealtaker.com (-40.93%) had a really bad month. Is the magic Neal Rapoport has projected on it starting to fade out now as DealTaker is being sold? But the worst result comes from another site. gottadeal.com (-185.05%) has been the worst performer for the second month in the row. They went from #14 to #20 in this month list.

# Web Site Alexa Rank Page Rank Online Since
1 slickdeals.net (info) 1091 (-11.55%) 6 10-Nov-1999
2 fatwallet.com (info) 2003 (-29.23%) 6 29-Nov-1999
3 anandtech.com 4822 (-8.09%) 6 24-Aug-1997
4 deals2buy.com (info) 7009 (-27.69%) 4 15-Nov-2002
5 dealnews.com (info) 7095 (-28.28%) 6 20-Jan-1999
6 techbargains.com (info) 8534 (-14.57%) 5 03-May-1999
7 bensbargains.net 9434 (-17.5%) 5 21-Mar-2000
8 dealsea.com 9437 (-12.43%) 5 27-Jun-2001
9 dealcatcher.com 16902 (-29.27%) 5 28-Jul-1999
10 dealspl.us (info) 18478 (-21.35%) 5 15-May-2006
11 (1) edealinfo.com 23791 (-23.98%) 4 12-Dec-2000
12 (1) xpbargains.com 26105 (-27.97%) 5 29-Nov-2001
13 (2) dealigg.com (info) 26113 (-20%) 4 04-Sep-2006
14 (2) cheapstingybargains.com 26690 (-19.3%) 5 20-Jan-2005
15 (2) resellerratings.com (info) 27178 (-15.42%) 6 18-Jun-1998
16 (3) spoofee.com 27217 (-11.08%) 4 31-Dec-2000
17 (3) dealtaker.com (info) 30352 (-40.93%) 5 08-Feb-2004
18 dealsofamerica.com 32123 (-35.71%) 4 06-Sep-2003
19 (1) dealofday.com 41193 (-24.03%) 7 30-Aug-1999
20 (9) gottadeal.com 47469 (-185.05%) 5 27-Jan-2003
21 bargainist.com (info) 63787 (-19.78%) 6 21-Nov-2006
22 gotapex.com 73881 (-17.37%) 5 29-Apr-1999
23 (2) dealslist.com 76923 (-2.11%) 4 18-Jul-2000
24 judysbook.com 78446 (-12.2%) 6 11-Aug-2003
25 (2) bradsdeals.com 84327 (-30.92%) 5 29-Jun-2005

Where did all the newspapers go? (Poll)

I am sure many of you have switched to online sources for your daily news. I for one have done it a while ago. The paper versions of newspapers have not disappeared. They are in a museum now — or should I rather say Newseum. That is right, Newseum is the name of the place you can visit should you ever feel nostalgic about that good old newspaper.

Newseum keeps track of 424 newspapers from 42 countries. You can click on each and read it online as if you would a paper version. Just the front page though — not the whole thing. But that is usually enough to satisfy my nostalgic feelings. ;-)

Newseum

Let’s narrow down our reading to the subject of bargain hunting. Every established brick and mortar store has a weekly sales circular full of specials and ads that they get to your mailbox weekly. Folks at Dealcatcher have built a page full of links to the online versions of those and called it SundaySaver.

This is a great place to visit before you take off for your weekend shopping. Click on the stores of your interest, check out the weekend specials and plan your shopping trip. The stores are grouped by category. You can also filter them by the state.

SundaySaver

With so many online sources for the news I don’t think I will ever buy a newspaper again. Have a great weekend reading everyone and take this poll!




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