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Online Meta Search Comparison Addendum to TAGnotes Vol 1 Number 74

From:   <tagn-@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Date: Tue Dec 14, 1999 4:03am
Subject: Online Meta Search Comparison Addendum to TAGnotes Vol 1 Number
74

ONLINE META SEARCH ENGINE COMPARISON
We looked at 8 Meta Search Engines. The one that returned the most
comprehensive and accurate results was AuctionWatch's Universal Search.
The one that was the most fun to use, and the fastest was Auction Rover.
We have yet to receive any results from iTrack.

All these site links can be found on the TAGnotes links page
http://www.onelist.com/links/TheAuctionGuildnotes

ONLINE SEARCH SEARCH 1 SEARCH 2      SEARCH 3 METHOD

AuctionFerret        4      107    601 INSTANT AND PR
AuctionPatrol        0       64    147 INSTANT
AuctionRover      0/0     1/64 0/512 INSTANT
AuctionWatch     0/19 47/179 1/1140 INSTANT
BiddersEdge        0       69    554 INSTANT
BidFind                0        0      9 INSTANT
iTrack                0        0             0 EMAIL SENT
RubyLane        0        1      5 INSTANT

FOR COMPARISON Auction House Provided Personal Shopper
Amazon                0        5     34 By Category
eBay               16      192 1140 Item Only
Yahoo                0       28    192 Category/Seller/Item
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ONLINE SEARCH      FREE FEE TABBED        # SITES

AuctionFerret       YES NO CATEGORY VARIES
AuctionPatrol       YES NO NO              5
AuctionRover       YES NO YES/EBAY     33
AuctionWatch       YES NO YES/EBAY     claim 300
BiddersEdge       YES NO NO             75
BidFind               YES NO NO            265
iTrack          PARTIALLY YES ? Pay for more
RubyLane       YES NO NO            299

FOR COMPARISON Auction House Provided Personal Shopper

Amazon               YES NO NA         Amazon
eBay               YES NO NA           eBay
Yahoo               YES NO NA          Yahoo

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ONLINE SEARCH OTHER FEATURES AND NOTES FREE UNLESS NOTED

AuctionFerret Returned inaccurate results, also has Chat, News
AuctionPatrol Auction Management Tools, PicHost, Counters, Chat
AuctionRover Auction Management Tools, PicHost, Counters, Chat
AuctionWatch PicHost, Counters,Chat, News, for fee price estimates
BiddersEdge Bidding Tools, tracking and notify
BidFind         None of the top OAHs searched, Offer free AH
iTrack         5 Auctions sites/patterns free, 10@$25/yr,20@$50/yr
RubyLane Primarily Retail shops, also searches Amazon, Yahoo

FOR COMPARISON     Auction House Provided Personal Shopper
Amazon         Too generalized to be of much use
eBay         Excellent search, several options
Yahoo         Excellent search, flexible, many optioned


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