| Nearly everyone in your office has a digital | | | | The average of all the expert ratings is computed |
| camera. You have been hearing raves about | | | | to produce a Testseek (TS) score. TS scores |
| Brand X. Maybe it’s time you bought one. | | | | are written in percentage form. Test winners |
| You actually have no idea about Brand X. All you | | | | usually receive 100%. |
| know is that your officemate told you it had | | | | |
| really great features and took high-resolution | | | | User opinions are personal reviews made by |
| pictures. Just when you are about to go off and | | | | current owners of the featured product. |
| buy Brand X, someone in your office buys a | | | | Although these are not as reliable as expert |
| camera from Brand Y. Brand Y looks really | | | | assessments, these opinions still complement the |
| sleek. It takes even higher resolution pictures | | | | views presented by the experts and provide a |
| than Brand X. This officemate claims that Brand | | | | more concrete view of product uses. |
| Y was featured in Testseek. It was even given | | | | |
| an award for being a product test winner. What | | | | The store with the lowest price is highlighted in |
| is Testseek? You decide to see. | | | | the Best Prices part of the product page. The |
| | | | | site also provides a list of the other |
| Testseek is an online search engine conceived and | | | | merchandisers and their corresponding prices for |
| developed by in 2005 by Peter Kolqvist and | | | | comparison. What’s really good is that links |
| Fredrik Engdahl. It is run by a Swedish-based | | | | are provided to connect you directly to the |
| company Eddex Web Info Mining. Testseek is a | | | | merchandisers. Prices are also updated several |
| shopping comparison guide with pages on more | | | | times a day everyday by PriceRunner, giving you |
| than 70,000 products grouped into about 200 | | | | real-time market prices. |
| categories. Category lists, Most Popular Products, | | | | |
| and Most Recent Reviews are lists, which facilitate | | | | Certain awards may also be given to some |
| quick product searches. A search box is also | | | | products. Items may be named Best in Test, |
| available on the site’s page to assist the | | | | 100% Kickass, and Highly Recommended. These |
| consumer in his search for products that range | | | | awards are given by the editorial team to |
| from phones to outdoor tents and exercise | | | | products that are test winners in their specific |
| machines. | | | | categories. |
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| Every product that is featured in this site is | | | | An Image Gallery provides high-resolution pictures |
| allotted a page with expert reviews, user opinions, | | | | of each product. |
| Testseek scores, best prices, and an image | | | | |
| gallery. | | | | With just several clicks of the mouse, Testseek |
| | | | | has provided you with so much valuable |
| Testseek is a review aggregator that gathers | | | | information. Now you know. It isn’t just a |
| expert reviews from hundreds of Internet sites | | | | choice between Brand X and Y. You’re now |
| and magazines. Authorities in their respective | | | | choosing between Brand A and B or maybe even |
| fields write about product test winners. These | | | | Brand C. Testseek gives you easy access to |
| reviews are then abstracted to form concise | | | | the essential information you need to make a |
| summaries for quick scrutiny. Complete expert | | | | choice. Expert ratings give you the good, the |
| reviews can be read through links placed | | | | bad, and the bottomline of each product. It even |
| immediately below the review abstracts. | | | | provides you with a list of shops where you can |
| | | | | make your purchases. |
| Each expert also gives the product a test score. | | | | |