Brian Quinton

SideStep Goes Hunting Up the Amazon

| Brian Quinton

SideStep, one of the best-known travel metasearch engines, needed wider distribution and better exposure on the Web. Amazon.com wanted to offer more robust travel services than simply selling discount tickets.

Experian Buys a Shopper

| Brian Quinton

The parent company of Experian went shopping for a comparison shopping engine this holiday season and apparently found a bargain. British retail and business services provider GUS announced last week that its Experian division has bought PriceGrabber.com for $485 million.