Providing comparison shopping information by means of a global computer network; comparison shopping consultation services provided to consumers, namely, providing consumer advice; Providing an on-line computer database and website in the field of describing, locating, rating and evaluating a wide variety of retail and consumer goods and services; providing comparisons, pricing information, and information about the goods and services of others via a global computer network; conducting on-line consumer marketing surveys to compile data about consumers and businesses, and preparing and providing related reports; providing a website which features advertisements for the goods and services of others via a global computer network; business and market research, surveys and reports; compiling, collecting and disseminating on-line reviews on a wide variety of retail and consumer goods and services via a global computer network; providing a consumer website with a comparison feature that allows different products and services to be evaluated; providing a searchable online database of comparison shopping information concerning a wide variety of retail and consumer goods via a global computer network