Dreamquick - 3:44 pm on Aug 6, 2003 (gmt 0)

If it is what people want, then surely it is. I want a dvd, I get a page with prices for that dvd from different retailers.

Ah yes but that assumes something rather interesting about the "price comparison" / "product review" sector:

1) Those sites offer significantly different prices, if they don't then site a is just a copy of site b to all intends and purposes.

2) The prices being offered are the cheapest you can get, if they don't then there's no point in that site existing.

In my experience a lot of sites involved in these systems don't offer good value for money as they simply poll four or so major sites and offer no real changes to the base pricing. In my eyes this makes them useless results since I can either go direct to a retailer or hunt around for a specialist who sells them cheaper than normal.

If/when I can get rid of the spammy sites like the above from the SERPs the easier it is for me to actually try to find a *good* deal.

- Tony