Comments on: thecomparisons.com – A new aggregator set for launch

By: test

test — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:59:07 +0000

hello

By: Ernest

Ernest — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:13:48 +0000

Haha… I’ve thought of a great new poll. Which site looks worse – thecomparisons.com or insurancewide.com?

Tough choice but I’ve got to give the award to thecomparisons …simply because it looks like they’ve actually tried LMAO

By: Ernest

Ernest — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:09:43 +0000

What a pile of complete turd! And to think we were all waiting, eagerly anticipating a wonderful new insurance comparison website!!

The javascript look ups are pants, the form layout and field selection is awful and the overall design could have been done better by a 10 year old using FrontPage!

I know we give most companies a hard time (due to our own high standards!) but this is truly awful. Maybe we should be thankful for the services which companies such as gocompare and moneysupermarket provide?

By: Ernie

Ernie — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:13:58 +0000

The comparisons site has gone live, approx. 3pm today. Very cute, interesting ‘South Park’ viral movie trailer. Can see where all the development time went, clearly did not go on the technical quote engine side…

By: Ernest

Ernest — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:20:37 +0000

OK, so no big revelation but despite all their best efforts not to be found out, we have it on good authority that thecomparisons.net is coming from a player in the data service side of things. Obviously someone with a grounding in the static side of data, they’re looking to get into the provision of live data.

Any ideas anyone?

By: George

George — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:19:00 +0000

The new animation reminds me of the Bupa adverts.

By: Ernest

Ernest — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:19:46 +0000

Date of incorporation was back in May 2007. I’d be expecting something pretty special for 5 months work – it’s not like they’ve spent all their time on the branding!!

By: George

George — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:15:19 +0000

thecomparisons page has been updated (as of about 20:30 last night). It now includes some groovy animations!
Take a look:
http://www.thecomparisons.com

By: Ernest

Ernest — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:54:20 +0000

I’ve got a feeling this is going to be a largely predictable let down when it launches Probably a re-skin of a collection of established aggregation products across a few products. I wouldn’t expect anything particular new in the technology/provision. Let’s see what they produce as part of their core website offering – plenty of space for innovation in this sector.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:39:23 +0000

Motorway Direct (in Sheffield) provide the AA with the warranty service, as per the FSA details on the aa warranty website:

AA Warranty is a trademark of The Automobile Association Limited and is used with their permission under licence to Motorway Direct Plc. AA Mechanical Insurance Services Limited is part of the Motorway Direct Plc group of companies.

For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998, the data controller in relation to the information You supply is Motorway Direct plc trading as AA Warranty, (Company No: 3222540), Warranty House, Savile Street East, Don Valley, Sheffield, S4 7UQ