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Tag: comparison sites

11 Price Comparison Sites Rated

Posted on April 10, 2012April 10, 2012 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

Which? customers were asked to rate their experience with all of the major comparison sites for five criteria. The results don’t make for great reading for any of the comparison sites.

Tagged comparison sites

How To Use Price Comparison Websites

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Rob Lewis - 2 Comments

AOL Money has posted some useful tips on how to get the best out of price comparison sites.

Tagged CompareTheMarket, comparison sites, Confused.com, GoCompare, MoneySupermarket.com

Have We Fallen Out Of Love With Comparison Sites?

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Rob Lewis - 5 Comments

Think back around 5 years, can you remember the feeling of satisfaction that you could search for the best deal on something like car insurance by visiting a single site and not phoning round a number of brokers?

Tagged comparison sites, Insurance

Bankquet: Compare Bank Accounts

Posted on June 1, 2011November 14, 2012 by Rob Lewis - 1 Comment

Whether you’re choosing a bank account for the first time or looking to switch to a better account, a new website has launched which aims to help us compare all of the major bank accounts.

Tagged banking, comparison sites, Tools

Price Comparison Websites Take Over £650 Million Commission Each Year

Posted on May 26, 2011May 25, 2011 by Rob Lewis - 15 Comments

Price comparison websites take over £650 million in commission each year from consumers. That’s the finding from a recent YouGov survey undertaken by saveitbuddy.com, which claims to be the UK’s only comparison website that gives cash back on insurance and energy deals.

Tagged comparison sites

Google Advisor: Financial Comparisons

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Google has been testing various financial comparisons in its search results for a while, and today it has rolled out the results of those trials into a single site; Google Advisor.

Tagged comparison sites, google

Google Buys BeatThatQuote.com

Posted on March 7, 2011March 7, 2011 by Rob Lewis - 3 Comments

There was quite a surprise announcement in the financial comparison site industry today with the news that Google has bought BeatThatQuote.com for £37.7m.

Tagged Business, comparison sites, google

Comparison Site Security Questioned

Posted on September 1, 2010May 25, 2011 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Computer magazine PC Pro has highlighted some lax security measures on a couple of popular comparison sites which allows hackers to reveal personal details and the quote history of their visitors.

Tagged comparison sites, security

Comparison Sites Put To The Test

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

The Telegraph has been putting 4 comparison websites to the test, finding out if they always save you money compared with going direct.

Tagged comparison sites, Tools

Mackems Love Comparison Sites

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Rob Lewis - Leave a comment

Data from Hitwise suggests that “financial aggregators” – comparison sites such as Moneysupermarket.com, Confused.com and GoCompare – are most popular with people living in Sunderland.

Tagged aggregators, comparison sites, statistics

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