On June 27 Shopzilla was acquired by The E. W. Scripps Company, a publicly traded diversified media company with interests in national television networks, newspaper publishing, broadcast television stations, TV retailing and licensing and syndication. Shopzilla will operate as a stand-alone business segment of Scripps.
Los Angeles-based Shopzilla, formerly BizRate.com, is the most powerful and easiest-to-use shopping search site on the Web. With an index of more than 30 million products from more than 55,000 stores, Shopzilla uses ShopRank, a proprietary patent-pending algorithm, to help shoppers instantly find virtually anything on sale from anyone, anywhere on the Web at the best price. Shopzilla also features powerful comparison tools and BizRate consumer reviews of stores and products, the Web's largest and most trusted consumer feedback network.