IGEC|UMBC|About|News|People|Partners|Curriculum|Research|Events -- Resource overview|ecTechWeb|Mailing lists|Newsletter|Directory|Books|UMBC ebiquity --

20 40 60 About|Submit URL

ecTechWeb: Comparison shopping

---

Shopbots@ (16)

---

• Cadabra Comparison Shopping! 4 - Cadabra.com is a next generation comparative shopping service. Cadabra uses our own
  Dynamic Data Integration technology to normalize and unify similar information from a
  number of heterogeneous sources. DDI is used to create a single, virtual data set of prices
  and product features which is continuously up-to-date and presented in a simple, consumer-friendly manner. DDI technology is based on over fifteen person-years of doctoral and post-doctoral research in computer science at Stanford University by the founders of Cadabra.com.
• PriceSCAN: 3 - "Your Unbiased Guide to the Lowest Prices on Books, Computers, Electronics, Movies, Music, Office Equipment, Sporting Goods, Video Games..." Supported by ads.
• BizRate.com 3 - BizRate.com is an online customer satisfaction rating site for thousands
  of merchants.
• CompareNet.com 2 - "CompareNet has the largest most up-to-date
  product comparison information on the Internet.
  Categories include:
  Automotive, Electronics, Home & Garden, Home
  Office,Services, Computing, and Sports & Leisure "
• activeresearch.com 4 - Active Research, market research on consumer behavior and market trends. Main product is Active Buyer's Guide -- on interactive web based recommendation engine for
  consumers who need to figure out what to buy."
• Buyer's Index 2 - Speiclized search engine for people looking to purchase on line.
• mySimon 4 - "mySimon's Web shopping site currently searches more
  than 1,500 unique merchants on the Web, including
  auctions and classified ad sites. Search results offer
  instant product comparison based on price, availability and
  additional merchant information."
  MySimon claimes to use agent technology to take "a unique approach to create mass
  quantities of intelligent agents that mimic human behavior
  and can be "trained" to extract specific information from
  any merchant Web site. "

---

Comments and URL suggestions to ectech-owner@igec.umbc.edu. Hits in red. shows inverse links to URL. Generated with bk2site.