Google In Spotlight For Discriminating Against Online Comparison Shopping Services

January 26th, 2012
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Google is discriminating against other online comparison shopping services as per Paris-based Twenga. The California based search engine is under the scrutiny of the European Commission (EU) with regard to a complaint lodged by Twenga on 23 January. The complaint suggests that Google has demoted Twenga's online comparison shopping service in favour of its own in its search results. More trouble for Google comes from Microsoft Corp. and online comparison shopping service provider Foundem. These companies are also asking the EU to investigate upon Google. They claim that Google has stopped certain websites from accepting rival advertisements.

Google is not commenting yet. But, Chief Executive Officer of Twenga, Bastien Duclaux reveals that Google has applied several algorithms in the past year and to penalize these kind of products in the search results his online comparison shopping site has lost over 30% of its audience through August. He further adds that Google is tweaking its quality score of websites to demote rival advertising platforms. This enables Google to set advertisement prices for its AdWords advertising program.

Given the above state of affairs, Google's intent, in its February 2011 update is questionable. In its update, Google had said that it would favor 'high quality sites' with original content, research, in-depth reports, and meaningful analysis.



An All New Online Comparison Store for Health Products

January 25th, 2012
An All New Online Comparison Store for Health Products
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NTM LLC, a merchant of health and wellness products based in Virginia, has announced the launch of a new online comparison store for health products called www.BigKidVitamins.com for those that prefer to do shop online . The online comparison store features a wide range of the bestselling and most popular product categories for all the health freaks. One can find products such as amino acids, antioxidants, b-complex formulas, calcium formulas, digestive health, heart-healthy formulas, mental performance, multiple vitamins and minerals, sports nutrition, and many more on this online comparison store. The product range keeps on getting updated to offer best products at best prices to consumers.
Nancy Milligan, the Founder and President of NTM LLC, shared that the natural food products and supplements on the online comparison store have been carefully chosen to promote healthy well-being of people.
Payments can be made through PayPal from all the major credit cards on the store. Additionally, the online store also features a customer service team to help out the consumers on their concerns. The online store is also looking forward to reach to masses through social marketing to furnish more information on their products to their users.
Being healthy is now just one click away, sooner you click it, the fitness is at your doors.



Price Comparison Service of MedicalTextbook.com

January 23rd, 2012
Price Comparison Service of MedicalTextbook.com
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MedicalTextbook, a search engine for medicine students to trade their books online, has recently announced a price comparison service for its users. With this price comparison service, the medical students would now be able to compare prices online and buy, sell or rent their books at the best prices. The main highlight is that the price comparison service is not chargeable and the students can enjoy this service absolutely free. Considering that the medical education is so expensive and the textbooks of this course are so highly-priced, this price comparison facility comes as a boon to the students and helps them to save something for their pockets. MedicalTextbook's latest price comparison service has indeed eliminated high costs and made lives easier for the medical students.
The MedicalTextbook search engine allows students to search for their required study material either by the name of the author, ISBN, the subject or the title of the study. Apart from the price comparison facility, this search engine offers an exhaustive list of textbooks which are applicable in various subject of hospital education. Adding icing to the cake, the MedicalTextbook.com also provides a complete list of the Medical Schools in the United States for those who wish to pursue their career in medicine.