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Popular price comparison sites – May 2009

This is May 2009 revision of the Popular Price Comparison web sites list. You can find the last month revision of the list here.

The change in rating shows the difference compared to April results. The list has a total of 33 web sites which is 2 less than the last month. I removed MSN Shopping since Microsoft has rolled it over into Bing (subsequently all sites are moving up by one position). Another change is that Live.com is now Bing.com as many of you already know. There are 18 more sites in my database that don’t meet Alexa Rank < 100,000 requirement.

The best performer this month is bottomdollar.com (21.76%) followed by shopper.cnet.com with a gain of (14.12%).

The worst performer this month is again dealio with a loss of (-14.79%) followed by pricerunner (-14.43%). mpire has finally fall off the list after a series of negative months. Please enjoy the complete list below

#Web SiteAlexa RankPage RankOnline Since
1google.com/products 1 7 11-Sep-2001
2shopping.yahoo.com 2 8 18-Jan-1995
3bing.com/shopping 5 2 (-6)22-May-2008
4 (1)shopping.aol.com 32 7 22-Jun-1995
5 (1)shopper.cnet.com (info) 73 (14.12%)8 05-Jul-1996
6 (1)nextag.com 503 (-6.57%)7 15-Oct-1998
7 (1)shopping.com 549 (2.66%)6 03-Jul-1997
8 (1)bizrate.com 667 (-1.83%)7 24-Apr-1996
9 (1)shoplocal.com 1089 (-1.68%)7 24-Sep-1998
10 (1)shopzilla.com 1257 (-2.53%)6 04-Jul-2002
11 (1)pronto.com 1274 (-1.92%)8 01-Jan-2006
12 (1)pricegrabber.com (info) 1412 (-1.07%)7 10-Mar-1999
13 (1)smarter.com 1712 (3.77%)6 (1)28-Apr-1998
14 (1)epinions.com 2087 (1.23%)7 12-Feb-1999
15 (1)thefind.com (info) 2112 (6.88%)6 19-Oct-2006
16 (1)dealtime.com 2609 (1.77%)6 07-Oct-1998
17 (1)become.com 3482 (6.07%)6 20-Jan-2004
18 (1)shopwiki.com 4129 (-4.72%)5 15-Dec-2004
19 (1)dealio.com 5230 (-14.79%)5 08-Sep-2004
20 (1)retrevo.com 6032 (1.77%)6 10-May-2006
21 (1)like.com 7217 (-9.1%)6 22-Feb-1995
22 (1)pricerunner.com 8662 (-14.43%)6 19-May-1999
23 (1)mysimon.com 8672 (0.68%)8 15-Apr-1998
24 (1)calibex.com 10187 (-9.87%)5 02-Oct-2000
25 (1)ebates.com 12347 (1.67%)6 29-Dec-1998
26 (1)pricewatch.com 16142 (-0.86%)6 26-Sep-1995
27 (1)dealighted.com (info) 20180 (11.27%)6 (1)09-Oct-2006
28 (1)bottomdollar.com 21583 (21.76%)0 04-Jul-1997
29 (1)sortprice.com 36264 (0.52%)5 15-Jan-2004
30 (2)hawkee.com 42943 (0.26%)5 02-Jan-1997
31bestwebbuys.com 44431 (-7.92%)5 (-1)06-Jan-1998
32 (1)pricescan.com 52638 (-0.73%)6 03-Sep-1997
33 (1)streetprices.com 69906 (-0.09%)5 16-Oct-1997

Popular price comparison sites – April 2009

This is April 2009 revision of the Popular Price Comparison web sites list. You can find the last month revision of the list here.

The change in rating shows the difference compared to March results. The list has a total of 35 web sites which is the same number as the last month. There are 17 more sites in my database that don’t meet Alexa Rank < 100,000 requirement.

The best performer this month is shopper.cnet.com (24.11%) followed by shoplocal.com with a gain of (14.8%).

The worst performer this month is dealio with a loss of (-45.7%) followed by pricerunner (-25.87%). mpire is also in red and is close to falling off the cliff. ;-) Please enjoy the complete list below

#Web SiteAlexa RankPage RankOnline Since
1froogle.google.com 1 (*) 7 11-Sep-2001
2shopping.yahoo.com 2 (*) 8 18-Jan-1995
3live.com 5 (*) 8 22-May-2008
4shopping.msn.com 6 (*) 7 10-Nov-1994
5shopping.aol.com 32 (*) (-6.67%)7 22-Jun-1995
6shopper.cnet.com (info) 85 (*) (24.11%)8 05-Jul-1996
7nextag.com 472 (6.16%)7 15-Oct-1998
8shopping.com 564 (11.74%)6 03-Jul-1997
9bizrate.com 655 (14.6%)7 24-Apr-1996
10shoplocal.com 1071 (14.8%)7 24-Sep-1998
11shopzilla.com 1226 (10.58%)6 04-Jul-2002
12pronto.com 1250 (12.34%)8 01-Jan-2006
13pricegrabber.com (info) 1397 (10.73%)7 10-Mar-1999
14smarter.com 1779 (11.09%)5 28-Apr-1998
15epinions.com 2113 (10.47%)7 12-Feb-1999
16thefind.com (info) 2268 (7.62%)6 19-Oct-2006
17dealtime.com 2656 (5.28%)6 07-Oct-1998
18 (2)become.com 3707 (8.4%)6 20-Jan-2004
19shopwiki.com 3943 (-4.26%)5 15-Dec-2004
20 (2)dealio.com 4556 (-45.7%)5 08-Sep-2004
21 (1)retrevo.com 6141 (2.62%)6 10-May-2006
22 (1)like.com 6615 (-4.19%)6 22-Feb-1995
23 (2)pricerunner.com 7570 (-25.87%)6 19-May-1999
24mysimon.com 8731 (0.3%)8 15-Apr-1998
25calibex.com 9272 (-5.74%)5 02-Oct-2000
26ebates.com 12557 (-0.1%)6 29-Dec-1998
27pricewatch.com 16005 (-1.52%)6 26-Sep-1995
28dealighted.com (info) 22744 (8.09%)5 09-Oct-2006
29bottomdollar.com 27585 (0.21%)0 (-7)04-Jul-1997
30sortprice.com 36455 (-1.81%)5 15-Jan-2004
31bestwebbuys.com 41170 (-11.64%)6 06-Jan-1998
32hawkee.com 43056 (**) (0.55%)5 02-Jan-1997
33pricescan.com 52254 (-8.69%)6 03-Sep-1997
34streetprices.com 69842 (-3.52%)5 16-Oct-1997
35mpire.com 94984 (-20.52%)5 01-Jun-2006

(*) Note: traffic stats for these sites is an aggregate of all traffic to the top domain (e.g. Yahoo.com or Google.com) and thus cannot be used to judge how popular this particular price comparison service is.

(**) Note: the web site is a portal with price comparison engine being one of the offered web services. Alexa rank cannot be used to judge how popular this price comparison engine is.

Popular price comparison sites – March 2009

This is March 2009 revision of the Popular Price Comparison web 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 35 web sites which is the same number as the last month. There are 17 more sites in my database that don’t meet Alexa Rank < 100,000 requirement.

The best performer this month is dealio.com with a gain of (29.08%) followed by shopper.cnet.com (26.8%). These in fact are the only two websites with positive gains this month

The worst performer this month is shoplocal with a loss of (-51.63%) closely followed by ebates (-47.01%). Please enjoy the complete list below

# Web Site Alexa Rank Page Rank Online Since
1 froogle.google.com 1 (*) 7 11-Sep-2001
2 shopping.yahoo.com 2 (*) 8 18-Jan-1995
3 live.com 4 (*) 8 22-May-2008
4 shopping.msn.com 6 (*) 7 10-Nov-1994
5 shopping.aol.com 30 (*) (-7.14%) 7 22-Jun-1995
6 shopper.cnet.com (info) 112 (*) (26.8%) 8 05-Jul-1996
7 nextag.com 503 (-16.44%) 7 15-Oct-1998
8 shopping.com 639 (-22.88%) 6 (-1) 03-Jul-1997
9 bizrate.com 767 (-27.83%) 7 24-Apr-1996
10 shoplocal.com 1257 (-51.63%) 7 24-Sep-1998
11 shopzilla.com 1371 (-33.5%) 6 04-Jul-2002
12 pronto.com 1426 (-25.64%) 8 01-Jan-2006
13 pricegrabber.com (info) 1565 (-33.08%) 7 10-Mar-1999
14 smarter.com 2001 (-15.87%) 5 28-Apr-1998
15 epinions.com 2360 (-16.08%) 7 12-Feb-1999
16 thefind.com (info) 2455 (-12.36%) 6 19-Oct-2006
17 dealtime.com 2804 (-16.01%) 6 07-Oct-1998
18 (3) dealio.com 3127 (29.08%) 5 08-Sep-2004
19 (1) shopwiki.com 3782 (-0.69%) 5 15-Dec-2004
20 (1) become.com 4047 (-5.91%) 6 20-Jan-2004
21 (1) pricerunner.com 6014 (-38.89%) 6 19-May-1999
22 (1) retrevo.com 6306 (-7.01%) 6 10-May-2006
23 (1) like.com 6349 (-9.83%) 6 22-Feb-1995
24 (1) mysimon.com 8757 (-11.78%) 8 15-Apr-1998
25 (1) calibex.com 8769 (-23.21%) 5 02-Oct-2000
26 ebates.com 12544 (-47.01%) 6 (1) 29-Dec-1998
27 pricewatch.com 15766 (-13.91%) 6 26-Sep-1995
28 (1) dealighted.com (info) 24745 (-11.5%) 5 09-Oct-2006
29 (1) bottomdollar.com 27644 (-42.81%) 7 04-Jul-1997
30 sortprice.com 35807 (-20.69%) 5 15-Jan-2004
31 bestwebbuys.com 36879 (-7.57%) 6 06-Jan-1998
32 hawkee.com 43296 (**) (-8.41%) 5 (-1) 02-Jan-1997
33 pricescan.com 48075 (-17.61%) 6 03-Sep-1997
34 streetprices.com 67464 (-4.37%) 5 16-Oct-1997
35 mpire.com 78812 (-5.5%) 5 01-Jun-2006

(*) Note: traffic stats for these sites is an aggregate of all traffic to the top domain (e.g. Yahoo.com or Google.com) and thus cannot be used to judge how popular this particular price comparison service is.

(**) Note: the web site is a portal with price comparison engine being one of the offered web services. Alexa rank cannot be used to judge how popular this price comparison engine is.

Price Comparison Site – Shopper.cnet.com review

This week I am reviewing shopper.cnet.com and is the second price comparison site being reviewed by me. This review will be similar to the review of Pricegrabber.com to make it fair.

The homepage is clean with nice categorized menu options. Major part of the top of the main page content is for popular products, which lists three products in each of the popular product categories. Biggest strength for Shopper.cnet.com is the editorial product reviews by its staff and these reviews also help in deciding the popular products.

We start with first evaluating the search functionality. I am using the same 6 search terms as used for Pricegrabber. Pricegrabber performed well for the first 5 while not for the 6th. Here is now Shopper performed:

  1. Canon Powershot (perfect)
  2. Elph (Perfect, expected various cameras)
  3. 2077B001 (A manufacturer product number and this showed the proper product)
  4. Digital Recorder (purposefully skipped the word ‘Voice’ in-between and the results were perfect)
  5. Recorder (perfect)
  6. Nikon Powershot (Yes, purposefully goofed up, I expected all Nikon products as well as Canon powershot cameras to be listed. But very impressively, it suggested “Canon Powershot” and also showed the results for Canon Powershot. Impressive in comparison to Pricegrabber)

shopper.com screenshot

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