The web is a wonderful tool. It provides us with useful information (as well as whimsical, amusing, and outright weird). One of the best ‘inventions’ in recent years is information aggregator sites. The most common aggregators are those that will search for a string and show websites that may be related. There are several websites out there that will do this; I’m a fan of Google, but know others who are fans of other aggregators. Aggregators are also industry-specific – the most common/well-known ones are probably travel sites.
Oftentimes, in the not-so-distant past, when a traveler wanted to find out the rates for a car, hotel, or airline, they would visit each site (or call a travel agent). Now, most travelers will visit a site like kayak, expedia, travelocity, hotwire, Priceline, etc. to shop for several fares simultaneously – and will book through these sites, or may do additional research based on the results.
What other aggregator sites are you a fan of?