Thanks guys for your comments, actually Lasoo and shopbot are good examples, so you reckon they are not using crawlers but rather getting their price lists directly from the online dealers. Does anybody have any experience in getting data directly from online retailers ? Like for instance, how should I approach BigW to get their price list ?
Thanks, On Jun 10, 10:33 am, Dylan Jay <d...@pretaweb.com> wrote: > Lasoo is very clever technology. I've searched for things to buy on > google before and lasoo as brought in recent specials from paper > catalogs into my search results. > It's a shame they haven't done more with social media to boost their > profile. > > --- > Dylan Jay > Technical Solutions Manager > PretaWeb: reducing duplication in the government web. > P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/djay75 | linkedin.com/ > in/djay75 > > On 10/06/2011, at 8:39 AM, Dominique du Maurier wrote: > > > Hi Ali, > > Have you seen this site? > > >http://www.lasoo.com.au/ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > > [mailto:silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Darren > > Sent: Thursday, 9 June 2011 9:24 PM > > To: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > > Subject: Re: [SiliconBeach] Price list vendors in Australia ? > > > Hi Ali > > > First good market to compete in, I was just looking at one website > > that does the same thing you have planned. I think it waswww.shopbot.com.au > > > (could be wrong). > > > How ever from a SEO background, see if you can develop a manual system > > where the user (consumer) puts in info of related products to compare. > > Then reward them with points to achieve gifts on offer etc. > > > It will be a white hat linking techqiue. > > > Why I thought of that is, I bought a micorowave for $155, it was > > displayed for $200 at Harvey Norman. Rang my wife to check the net if > > some other company were selling for a cheaper price; sure were, Kmart > > $158. Told them BANG ! $155. If only I could of put that !!! Brain > > storm! Sorry I think I am going to develop this new system, Cheers :) > > > Take care :) > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 09/06/2011, at 6:32 PM, Ali <saleh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Hi All, > > >> I am working on a price comparison site and I am looking for price > >> vendors who deliver (sell) daily product prices from various online > >> stores (e.g., Woolworth, Coles, BigW, Wow1, etc.) Do you know any > >> company offering such a service in Australia ? Another option I have > >> is to write a crawler per shop which can be very time consuming. I > >> appreciate your experience in this regard. > > >> Thanks, > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon > >> Beach Australia mailing list. > > >> Guidelines on discussion: > >http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e13... > > hl=en%3Fhl%3Den > > >> No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > > >> To post to this group, send email to > >> silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon > > Beach > > Australia mailing list. > > > Guidelines on discussion: > >http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e13... > > hl=en%3Fhl%3Den > > > No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > > > To post to this group, send email to > > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon > > Beach Australia mailing list. > > > Guidelines on > > discussion:http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e13... > > > No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > > > To post to this group, send email to > > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
