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How is it an opportunity? There used to be a whole selection of businesses in those niches. Some great, some terrible, some American, some European. Google have
by NeedMoreTea 8y ago
How is it an opportunity? There used to be a whole selection of businesses in those niches. Some great, some terrible, some American, some European. Google have been continually adding niches to their web search over the years. All the way back to Froogle that became Google Shopping, that went from a comparison search to paid listings only.
Are most people still going to search for price comparison sites when it's right there on a Google tab? Are most people aware that tab may be ad only, when Google have constantly done their utmost to disguise ads, "highlighting" them in almost invisible colours?
Not a very compelling business opportunity to enter a market where 90% of the clicks never get outside Google. Half of those who were doing fine in those niches are forgotten, or closed. Just because some search monopoly decided it wanted to grab all those other pies too.
- dazc 8y agoAre there any price comparison sites that are not just disguised ads?
- NeedMoreTea 8y agoProbably not now. There were a few, or that openly and cleanly used affiliate links. Then it got fairly scummy. Stuff like bookings would normally take a booking fee.
- ginko 8y agoFor electronics there's Geizhals in the EU. That collects prices from most online stores and gives you the cheapest offer for any given product. It's also nice for researching gear in general, since it has tons of filtering options.
- kbwt 8y agoAlso idealo.
- makomk 8y agoI think isthereanydeal.com is still quite popular for price comparison of video game downloads. One of the many problems with more general price comparison sites is that Amazon, the big player in most markets, restricts use of their pricing data on sites which show prices from other sites.