Everyone knows that the internet is suffering through an ad sales slump. It’s also suffering through a major identity crisis and awkward, angst-ridden growing pains.
One area of the web that’s thriving is this cost-saving blogs and penny-pinching sites…
This blog post claims to have narrowed these down to a Top 10, but we have some issues with it. Their choices:
FatWallet “combines a deal forum, coupon search, and in-house cash back program.”
SlickDeals takes a daily “list of hot bargains comes directly from the community, and they’re rated up and down based on the same collective hive mind, so you don’t have to cut through much clutter to find the primo deals.”
RetailMeNot organizes [coupons from sites like Amazon.com] “into one of the most intuitive directories we’ve found.”
“The front page [of Ben's Bargains] offers a no-nonsense list of recent deals with photos, a popularity meter, and trackers for hot items.”
“CheapTweet aggregates many deal-related Twitter accounts, and incorporates a rating system to send the best to the top.”
Other suggestions include Twitter itself and Craig’s List, while we wonder why they didn’t include smaller but more specific sites like LifeStyler and Dealhack.
Drop your favorites in the comments…
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