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With the emergence and omnipresence of e-commerce on the Internet, online purchasing assistants and applications have made their appearance. More commonly known as "shopbots", these intelligent agents help facilitate the purchasing process, therefore saving time and money.
Most shopbots provide you with a list of companies offering the best price and service for the product that you want.The first shopbot (Bargain Finder), was developed in 1995 by Andersen Consulting, and it was designed to help people find only musical CDs.
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Today, shopbots are capable of finding a wide variety of products and services offered on the Internet. These intelligent agents help you make the best choice when looking for CDs, DVDs, books, computers, software, cars, etc, and they will become essential for online purchases. AgentLand helps you discover the various intelligent agents available on the market and how they work. |
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| Examples |
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| WhenUShop |
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| WhenUShop is a free toolbar that appears next to your browser when you go to a popular shopping site. This software aims to save you time and money by giving key information right at the moment you shop online.
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| Pricerunner |
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| Pricerunner is your guide to the best prices on thousands of products on the market, telephones, computer products and books. The database contains price and product information from a wide range of sources. They collect information from WebPages, newspapers, off-line stores, product catalogues etc. |
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| MySimon |
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| MySimon is a comparison shopping site that offers visitors more than 1000 merchants (including auction and classified ad sites) from which to comparison shop for over 10 million products. A few of the popular categories include books, music, electronics, computers, toys and flowers. |
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