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MySimon.com ranks as one of
oldest personal shopping assistants on
Internet.
Highlights of
service include an extensive homepage directory to help you choose
correct product category to search and a database of millions of products.
On
negative, MySimon.com does manipulate their merchant listings pages based on how much money
advertiser pays to show up in
results.
~ PriceScan.com ~
Pricescan.com does not accept money from advertisers to manipulate their search results, though they will show targeted advertising on
search results pages.
A very nice feature on this site involves
ability to enter features you want in a particular item (such as a computer) and then search all makes, models, and manufacturers matching those features.
You'll find this especially valuable when comparing things like computers, which often carry many different variables and configurations.
~ Froogle.com ~
Operated by Internet giant, Google.com, Froogle.com allows you to search for specific items you want to buy and then sort them by price.
You can also specify a price range you're willing to pay for
item and Froogle will only search for and display those items that fall within
range.
Froogle also clearly draws a line (literally) between unbiased search results on
left side of
page and advertisers on
right.
In
testing for this article, Froogle consistently returned
highest quantity and most relevant search results for specific product names entered.
