TheFind`s Weekly Hot Shopping Searches - Fall Shopping Season Has Begun

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Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:20am EDT

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
It`s officially fall shopping season as top searches include items that help
prepare and keep warm during this increasingly chilly time of year, according to
TheFind`s weekly list of Hot Shopping Searches. Top searches include scarves,
sweaters, boots, and mary jane shoes. 

Hot Searches are determined by the change in shoppers` search activity* on
TheFind for the week beginning Monday, August 17, 2009 and ending Sunday, August
23, 2009 versus the prior week. TheFind is the leading vertical search engine
for shopping, visited by over 13 million unique visitors last month. 

LAST WEEK`S HOT SEARCHES:

(Based on % increase in search activity - Week of 8/17 vs. Prior Week of 8/10)

 Search Query                      Search % increase over prior week  
                                                                      
 gray mary jane                    breakout                           
 Jovani ruched prom dress          breakout                           
 long silk cashmere scarf          breakout                           
 Roxy dresses                      breakout                           
 WESC sweaters men                 breakout                           
 leather trunk                     +1345%                             
 3G iPhone case                    +231%                              
 Halloween coffin                  +148%                              
 retired Yankee candle             +136%                              
 baptism picture frame             +134%                              
 designer iPhone case              +127%                              
 boots                             +121%                              


* Shopping search activity is influenced by numerous factors such as the release
of new products, news and cultural events, and seasonality. Listed queries met a
threshold of search activity by volume. 

About TheFind

TheFind is the leading vertical search engine for shopping that makes every
product from every store, including sales, coupons and discounts,
instantaneously accessible to consumers. TheFind crawls the entire Web and with
its patented search technology helps shoppers discover everything that online
shopping, local shopping, and now, green shopping have to offer, so that they
can quickly find the lowest price, the best deal, or that hard-to-find item.
Over 350 million products from more than 500,000 stores and online sellers are
currently universally accessible through TheFind.com, TheFind Mobile, and
TheFind iPhone App, making TheFind the leading source for comprehensive product
information in the US. TheFind Inc. is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif.,
and backed by leading investors Bain Capital Ventures, Redpoint Ventures and
Lightspeed Venture Partners. 



Arora PR for TheFind
Shaila Arora or Michelle Cobarrubias
Shaila@arorapr.com
Michelle@arorapr.com
Ph: 310.749.5006 

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