Google and Yahoo! sent 25 percent more visits to pages like Shopping.com, Shopzilla.com, and Pricegrabber.com for the week ending November 19, 2005 compared to the week ending November 20, 2004, net
metrics company Hitwise said Tuesday. Sites specifically designed to direct consumers to Black Friday deals and sales also saw enormous growth. BFAds.com grew 519 percent, BlackFridayAds.com grew 437
percent, and Gottadeal.com grew 138 percent in the week ending Nov. 19.
--Shankar Gupta
