Ecommerce Bots
Following is a list of links to various Web search engines, metasearchers and related tools. Material about search engines and how they work can be found on the Technology links page.
This page is maintained by shamos+@cs.cmu.edu and is still under construction. Please report omissions and dead links to the author.
Topics covered:
DirectoriesAgentBuilder. From
Reticular Systems, Inc.
COMPARISON OF
AGENT-BUILDING TOOLS
INDEX OF AGENT
CONSTRUCTION TOOLS
Auction Watchers.
Searches auction lists for best prices by product category.
BidFind. Keyword search of web auctions.
Bidder's Edge. Watches auctions and
specific items up for bid.
Auction Watchers. Searches auction lists for best prices by product category.
Map Search EnginesAuction Watchers. Searches auction lists for best prices by product category.
Product Search EnginesBuyers Index.
Over 96 million products from 13,000 websites.
CompareNet. Extensive search by brand name.
mySimon. Categorized keyword shopping
search.
Planet Retail. Huge
directory.
RoboShopper. Finds
sites offering products by category.
Shopfind. Locates by category sites
offering products online.
Shopping Explorer.
Parallel search for products. Requires free download.
AnyWho (AT&T)
Includes reverse lookup.
BigYellow. National Yellow Pages.
Infospace. Personal search, Internet
search, shopping search.
Auction Watchers.
Searches auction lists for best prices by product category.
BidFind. Keyword search of web auctions.
Bidder's Edge. Watches auctions and
specific items up for bid.
Text Search Engines (Outside U.S.)
CareerPath.com. Find a job, find an employee, search company profiles.Virtual Job Fair. Search for companies, articles about job hunting, job fairs. From Westech. Website Search Engines
InferenceFind. Searches for websites based on keywords.