Going Shopping? Ask Jeeves for Advice
SearchDay, Nov. 4, 2003
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3103381

As the online shopping search space continues to heat up, Ask Jeeves has entered the fray with powerful enhancements to its smart search capabilities that help in all phases of the shopping process.

Yahoo! Launches New Product Search
SearchDay, Sept. 23, 2003
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3081551

Yahoo's new product search engine combines the best aspects of the company's existing shopping platform with new advanced search features, including product information gathered from the entire web.

Dealtime Relaunches as Shopping.com
SearchDay, Sept. 22, 2003
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3080171

Shopping search and product review site Dealtime officially changed its name today to Shopping.com, marking another milestone in the fascinating journey of a storied domain name.

DealTime Launches ROI Tool
InternetNews.com, July 17, 2003
http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article.php/2236531

Shopping search engine DealTime is providing a new, free tool so that advertisers can track conversions.

DealTime Lowers Minimum Bid
InternetNews.com, June 16, 2003
http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article.php/2222071

Shopping search engine DealTime has lowered its bid prices to bring in more advertisers.

Shopping Search Engines Fuel Online Sales
SearchDay, June 5, 2003
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/2214421

Specialized shopping search engines make it easy for searchers to research and buy products -- but they're also a powerful and cost-effective customer acquisition channel for merchants. A report out of the Shopping Search panel at the March 2003 Search Engine Strategies show. A longer, more detailed version of the article that covers shopping search submission and optimization is available for Search Engine Watch members.

Espotting expands Kelkoo deal to 30 channels
netimperative, May 21, 2003
http://www.netimperative.com/cmn/viewdoc.jsp?cat=all&docid=BEP1_News_0000052781

European paid listings provider Espotting has expanded a deal to place its ads in contextually-relevant sections of European shopping search engine Kelkoo.

The New DealTime
May 30, 2003
http://www.emarketer.com/news/article.php?1002260

Why did DealTime acquire Epinions? As this story puts out, because consumer reviews are essential to the buying experience. Paid subscription required to view article.

Shopping Search Engine Users
BizReport, Jan. 29, 2003
http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=4102

A survey of 1,100 DealTime.com shopping search engine users in late-December 2002 found that the main reason for using shopping search services was to compare prices quickly (73 percent), followed by wanting to compare products (54 percent) and to find stores selling the products they were interested in (45 percent). Story also cites stats showing which search engines sent shopping search engines the most visitors: Google, Yahoo, MSN and AOL.

Will Froogle Be a Google for Shoppers?
BusinessWeek, Jan. 14, 2003
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2003/tc20030114_5644.htm

Google's shopping search engine gets taken for a test ride, and while Business Week writer Alex Salkever acknowledges the service is still under development, he comes away far more impressed with competing services NexTag and PriceGrabber

Searching for New Year Cheer
SearchDay, Dec. 31, 2002
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/2161501

Looking for that perfect bottle of bubbly to help ring in the new year?  These databases help you make sense of the complex world of wine and champagne.

Getting Started with Shopping Search
SearchDay, Nov. 19, 2002
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/2161231

Online shopping is both safe and satisfying, if you start by doing a bit of detective work on both the products you want to buy and the online merchants who sell them.