Comments on: Become.com, a search engine to shop with

By: Become.com raises $17.5M to take on web shopping leaders » VentureBeat

Become.com raises $17.5M to take on web shopping leaders » VentureBeat — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:01:07 +0000

[...] Become.com, a startup that wants to be the Google of comparison shopping, has raised $17.5 million in a third round of funding. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company seems to be fulfilling the promise we wrote about back in 2005. [...]

By: jB: no - that's definitely not good enough

jB: no - that's definitely not good enough — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:26:49 +0000

Oh so true: Very good is not nearly good enough

Seth Godin writes about become.com opening it’s gates as an alternative to google’s froogle and John Battelle writing about it… Become is very good. A quick bunch of searches demonstrates that it’s a totally fine alternative to Froogle or some other …

By: Edward Miller

Edward Miller — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 15:16:00 +0000

I still really like http://www.addall.com for comparison book shopping.

By: Organized Shopping Blog

Organized Shopping Blog — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:27:55 +0000

More Background on Become.com

More background on Become.com at SiliconBeat….

By: Durf

Durf — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:11:49 +0000

Any reason why you didn’t also try these queries on Yahoo? Per your criteria, “Cuisinart frying pans” has great results; “kitchen knives” not so good.

By: Matt Marshall

Matt Marshall — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 06:22:06 +0000

Used Google. As Anon suggests, price listings right now are best found elsewhere. Froogle is one example. Taking “shopping” more broadly defined, including reviews, etc, as the measure, the Beyond.com founders say Google’s main engine will be their stiffest competition.

By: Miles Barr

Miles Barr — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 03:36:45 +0000

Did you use the main Google search engine or Froogle?

By: Anonymous Techie

Anonymous Techie — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:27:34 +0000

How can you claim “a laser-like focus on helping people comparison shop” when the search results don’t include prices?

I’ll stick with nextag.com.