Travel search engines, which allow you to book directly with suppliers, have the potential to completely disrupt the status-quo. Here's a look at two new highly disruptive services that offer great advice for travelers.
Mylene Mangalindan of the Wall Street Journal wrote a solid piece on Monday that was unfortunately buried at the end of the annual All Things Digital section. If you're a multi-channel internet marketer, read her article, Ad Vantage (Paid reg....
ShopWiki this morning launched its 'Search by Color' feature which lets consumers quickly and easily filter search results by color. From the press release: Accessible on ShopWiki's search results page, the Search by Color tool displays more...
A number of people have talked about the potential power of MySpace getting into search. Well, the company put its toes in the water this morning with the launch of MySpace Jobs, powered by SimplyHired. Back in April, SimplyHired raised...
Gary Price at ResourceShelf noticed that Yahoo registered two trademarks: "Trovetopia" and "THE N9NE," with Trovetopia also being the name of an active Yahoo shopping site. I'm not sure about THE N9NE, but according to Chris Saito [thanks for...
Chris Saito announced the launch of the Yahoo! Shopping Blog at Internet Retailer 2006 yesterday. While I wasn't at the conference, Chris filled me in, saying the blog is a great way to merchandise products, drive engagement (subscribe through...
The battle of features in travel search continues with SideStep launching Travel Guides Beta. Most of the content is licensed from Frommer's with additional information courtesy of hotel partners. This launch by SideStep comes just about a...
A new report finds few use travel search engines but that declares the area set to grow. Meanwhile, an recent review gives Kayak top honors when pitted against some competitors. Via Marketing Pilgrim, a new report US Travel Consumer...
Last week I briefly introduced three of Microsoft's e-commerce initiatives: MSN Shopping, Windows Live Shopping, and Windows Live Product Search. This week I talked with Jim Barr, GM of Microsoft's Shopping and Marketplaces group for a little...
This is a long overdue post to clear up confusion around Microsoft's multiple shopping sites which include MSN Shopping, Windows Live Shopping Beta, and Windows Live Product Search Beta. The Marketplaces & Shopping team at Microsoft also runs...
Indeed, a job search engine, announced last week that it officially launched its pay per click network (the system had been in beta since mid-2005). CEO Paul Forster sat down with me for an introduction to the company: "The job search market...
Yokel today announced the beta release of its local shopping search engine. Yokel is run by Scott Randall, former CEO of FairMarket, and Don Zeresky, former VP of Products for Lycos. Local search engines, especially local shopping engines...
You've made your travel plans—now what? SideStep's new Activity Search lets you explore destinations and create an itinerary of things to do once you arrive.
SideStep today launched Activity Search Beta which offers comprehensive, real time search for local entertainment in categories such as Museums, Sports, Outdoor & Adventure, Amusement & Theme Park, and Dining. The service also offers...
Although FareChase is web giant Yahoo's travel contender, it's nonetheless a relatively small player in the online travel search space. Now that FareChase is out of beta, though, the service could very quickly become a strong presence and...
The vertical search space continues to attract interest from major media companies. This morning, SimplyHired announced it raised $13.5m from Fox Interactive Media (FIM) and Foundation Capital. FIM represents the interactive assets of Rupert...
Another shopping comparison engine!?! Yes, I understand your lack of enthusiasm, but more than a decade after the industry was born, there's still a lot of room for improvement. ShopWiki, a new shopping search engine founded...
Frucall, a mobile shopping comparison service, launched in beta last week. There's already been some good coverage. I've tested Frucall for books and electronics and found the system fairly easy to use (figuring out bar codes turned out to be...
Sergei Burkov, Founder & CEO of Dulance will run Google's development center in Russia. This was first reported by TechWorld yesterday and brought to my attention by Googlist this morning. I asked Sergei if Dulance was acquired by Google,...
Just wanted to follow up to Danny's post last month about ShopLocal winning its crawling case against Cairo. Cairo has now closed the site and states at the bottom of the page, "for great deals and sales in your area please visit www.shoplocal.com."
