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Interesting Jon. And I know what you are getting out. But to use one of my sites as an example I don't think your tool fairly represents every situation.

1800realitycheck.com is a tool that helps vistors determine what is selling on eBay Pulse right now. Now normally it is said that eBay Pulse is good in determining popular searches but not necessarily what items are selling the best. However, I developed this site to scan through eBay Pulse and to pick out highest bids within each category. Obviously an item currently receiving 40 bids is a "hot item". The premise of my site being that if you do this enough... say for 30 days... you can see hot niches developing within eBay's most popular categories... IF these niches are there you will see them.

Ok, now with that all said I think this is a pretty valuable tool for anyone searching with these particular keywords:

discover what sells on ebay
what sells on ebay

This site always ranks high in Google with these keywords (in particular, there are many more but this is enough here).

Right now we're at number 4 with "discover what sells on ebay" (About 42,100,000 results)...  I have an article at number 2 but that besides the point here.

"what sells on ebay" has us at number 8 (depends on which side the sun comes up I guess because we'll go between 4 and 8 ) (About 4,420,000 results).

Now understand, my tool will answer the question on every visitor's mind in REAL TIME. It's an application, not merely a bunch of gathered up gobbly-gook cramed into some sort of eBook or "course".

Shablast has us at #23 for "what sells on ebay" with 3 %. And at #25 for "discover what sells on ebay" with 3%. Meanwhile, we're also listed at #23 under whois.domaintools.com with 4 %! In other words, whois.domaintools.com which DOESN'T ANSWER the questions of what sells on ebay is said to have more information and thus is ranked slightly higher. All you find on that site is data about MY site, but no answers to the basic question. It doesn't serve the purpose the searcher is looking for (i.e. waste of time).

Also, because the other sites ahead of us use OLD INFORMATION... whereas, like I said, my site will give the vistor exactly what they are looking for IN CURRENT UP-TO-DATE FASHION the searcher stands to get a better answer at my site then anywhere else yet we are listed below 20 in Shablast.

Two other points:

Shablast is slow.
It doesn't give you an approximate search count as Google does.

So, in summary, it's "interesting" but I don't think Shablast covers all the bases... it needs more work to be really impressive.

Oh BTW: #21 with 8 % is an affiliate promoting my site! And, #14 has nothing to do with what sells on ebay.

This engine is a work in progress. I have some things
to add and change when I get the time

I really like Shablast!

It has already been very useful for me.  Have used it instead of
Google for stuff that is not on TOPIC with Google.

HJ

Fortunately for us, Google has a handle on this already.

Tradeview, 

Jon has put a lot more stuff of shablast as of today.

But to be honest with you, I have gotten more ON TOPIC information from
shablast, than I EVER have with Google.

Have a great evening, 

HJ

get more frustrated with searching at Google by the day, thus my interest in producing
something that actually returns informational results rather than just link-based commercial ones.

Jon, I have never heard a truer statement.  Every thing researched is not based on who is #1, 2, 3. 

More times than not, it is someone wanting ACTUAL information on a subject, not how well a particular
site ranks - which is so bias it is unbelievable. $$$$$

In my opinion Google information is all about who can pay the most to be the first at the top of the page.

Informational results is what I want to see.  And I would love the ability to put shablast in my search engine box.

HJ

I'll see what I can do about that Jo.

That would be great Jon..

HJ

how Shablast competes with Google

Tradeview,

Some day's you just can't win!

It don't have to compete with Google, it beats the cr-- out of Google for any research purposes.

You just need to figure out how to put the comparison part of your E-bay (love it) site in such a way
that it shows on Shablast too. 

And furthermore I have no doubt you will be able to do that!

It should be easy for a guy like you who makes his living on the Internet.

Just do it, I got confidence in you..

HJ

Quote from: honeyjo on July 27, 2010, 07:46:12 PM

And I would love the ability to put shablast in my search engine box.

And I second that - that's a great idea!

Unfortunately it's rather more difficult than I thought it would be to make that happen. I need to figure it out though.

Oh, and Tradeview, take a look at the results for "what sells on bay" now.  I don't see how you could think that Googles results are better after my last ago update.   Googles top 10 is covered with sakes letters, whereas Shablasts top 10 is almost all informational.

The pros do, but not the general population.

Tradeview,    Are you the pro you mentioned?  I know you are a pro, but lots on the forum don't.  And you just insulted a lot of US!

Google is figuring out that my site must have something better to offer over the other 4,355,000 results

It's all about the money!  Quit paying them and see where your site stands!

Google has milions of dollars behind it

It's all about the money!

if Google catches on that something good is happening with Shablast .. sell it to them

              He-- No!
Or at least I hope Jon won't sell it to them.  No matter what you say Tradeview  Shablast beats Google all the way
for research.

HJ