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Pronto.com (www.pronto.com) made its consumer launch in November 2006 as the Web's most comprehensive comparison-shopping engine. Thanks to patent pending Web search technology, Pronto.com’s proprietary hosted search index contains more than 60 million products from over 60 thousand online merchants, which is five times the merchants of most leading comparison-shopping engines. Recently named as “Best Online Price Comparison Site” by Kiplinger’s and selected by FireFox as one of their recommended add-ons, Pronto.com has a team of experts in technology, Web search and consumer products working to create a world-class shopping search experience. Pronto.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of IAC (NASDAQ: IACI), which operates Ask.com, Citysearch, HSN, LendingTree, Match.com, Ticketmaster and more and has a worldwide online audience of 239 million (March 2007, comScore). |
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- Consumers can go to www.pronto.com to compare prices on 50 million products directly from 50,000 merchants in an unbiased and easy to use display.
- Pronto.com’s comprehensive product search includes five times more merchants than most leading comparison shopping sites and covers products available from the largest and most popular online retailers to smaller, niche merchants with unique items. Pronto.com's comprehensive product search means that consumers get more selection and, as a result, lower prices.
- Pronto.com’s inclusive search covers the following consumer goods: electronics, apparel, books/music/videos, baby products, sports equipment, home and garden, flowers, gifts, health and beauty, office supplies, jewelry, pet products, tools, hardware/software and more.
- Pronto.com is able to help consumers find more products and better prices through its unique business model. Pronto.com will work with and display products from any qualified merchant, which means consumers are more likely to find the product they want at the lowest possible price. Most leading shopping search engines only list products of merchants who pay to advertise those product listings.
- Pronto.com’s technology, developed by a team of scientists renowned in the fields of data mining, artificial intelligence and decision theory, scours the Web to bring consumers every possible option of where to buy a product and organizes the information in a consumer friendly way.
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Pronto.Com Introduces Industry-First Aggregated Product Reviews
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| Pronto.com today announced that it has introduced industry-first aggregated product reviews, new search filtering capabilities and an increase in its proprietary search index to over 50 million products, further enhancing its position as the most comprehensive comparison shopping engine. ... |
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Pronto Launches Merchant Solutions Center
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| Pronto.com, an operating business of IAC/InterActiveCorp (Nasdaq: IACI), today launched its Merchant Solutions Center, a suite of self-service tools that make it easier for online merchants to increase sales and promote their products on Pronto.com.... |
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