Hello ccas,
Since the question could be translated into many different
'directions', I will list some of the most popular resources on the
internet that allow you to view site rankings, by category, as rated
by users and media sources.
The first site will give you lists of some websites and offers ratings
with concern to traffic (most visited/used averages), and is the most
reliable answer to your question. The software they offer is installed
on 7 million+ internet surfers computers, and offers a good, reliable
reach to find the most popular/used sites.
It is quite impossible to list all of the websites that the internet
has in a rating format, so these sites are our best options. Here is
what I was able to come up with for you:
Alexa.com
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Description : The Alexa site is very much an industry standard with
regards to
traffic and user reviews. End users install the free
toolbar, and
their traffic patterns are 'recorded'. The site allows
users to
leave reviews and comments for every site. You can view
seperate
categories of shopping by using the links available or
by using
the search box. They use a 3 month rolling average
technique to
rate the sites that are in the index. I find it to be
accurate
and a useful resource. (They are even Google partners:-)
Website : http://www.alexa.com/data/ds/traffic_rankings?p=Dest_W_t_40_L2
I also thought these sites would be of tremendous help. While they
don't really have a definitive list of shopping sites (none do), they
do rate each shop, employing varying methods.
Epinions.com
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Description : Since you asked for rated sites, this resource is
another highly
regarded website for user ratings. A little 'inference'
will need
to be used, but you can associate the most used sites,
by looking
at the websites with the most user reviews and ratings.
The link
below will take you directly to the rating pages.
Website : http://www.epinions.com/browse/online_stores/
BizRate.com
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Description : Offers full report cards on thousands of shopping sites,
as rated
by users. Again - some of the most used sites can be
found by
browing their directory, and seeing where the customers
are going
to shop. Compare these statistics with the Alexa
ratings, and you
can form a solid opinion on just about any shopping
site.
Website : http://bizrate.com/ratings_guide/guide__de_id--299.html
This resource does not list by category, but does offer a concise
listing of the Top 100 internet retailers:
http://www.stores.org/archives/00top100int_1.html
I hope this answers your question. Should you wish for clarification
or more information, please ask before rating this answer, as I would
be glad to offer more assistance.
These sites are in my bookmarks, and I use them on a regular basis, so
there was no search strategy used to find them. If you do want to find
more sites like these, you may want to try a search for:
internet retail ratings
://www.google.com/search?q=internet+retail+ratings
traffic rankings
://www.google.com/search?q=traffic+rankings
Thanks for the great question!
SgtCory |
