Providing information about the goods and services of others via a global computer network, featuring sorted product description and comparison information, location, real time pricing, availability, features, reviews, and ratings; promoting the sale of goods and services of others via a global computer network with hypertext links to product and service purveyors for the purpose of purchasing products and services; compiling and disseminating online reviews from both purveyors and customers on retail and consumer goods and services via a global computer network; providing an online forum for consumers to author and edit buying guides that assist other consumers in making purchasing decisions via a global computer network

Providing a search engine for generating customized web pages in response to the user's request for information about the goods and services of others