I doubt, That is too expensive and erroneous. On Jun 11, 9:00 am, Dylan Jay <d...@pretaweb.com> wrote: > I think lassoo is using mechanical turk or OCR to scan the actual > catalogs for specials. > > --- > 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 10:12 PM, Ali wrote: > > > 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! 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