Comments on: Fly.com is a New Travel Search Engine Without Much Differentiation http://crankyflier.com/2009/02/17/flycom-is-a-new-travel-search-engine-without-much-differentiation/ Thu, 24 May 2012 15:59:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mr. Travel http://crankyflier.com/2009/02/17/flycom-is-a-new-travel-search-engine-without-much-differentiation/comment-page-1/#comment-70954 Mr. Travel Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:59:11 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/?p=2078#comment-70954 Arg, fantastic comparison. Fly.com has a LOT of balls for actually releasing such a site to the public. Either they think we are all morons, or the company is ran by morons. Absurd. When I first went to fly.com, I immediately took a screen shot. If you opace the fly.com site with sidestep.com, it is almost identical. They hardly even moved anything, let alone changed functionality. I am still in disbelief at the lack of innovation at TravelZoo. Arg, fantastic comparison.

Fly.com has a LOT of balls for actually releasing such a site to the public. Either they think we are all morons, or the company is ran by morons.

Absurd.

When I first went to fly.com, I immediately took a screen shot. If you opace the fly.com site with sidestep.com, it is almost identical. They hardly even moved anything, let alone changed functionality.

I am still in disbelief at the lack of innovation at TravelZoo.

]]> By: Perr http://crankyflier.com/2009/02/17/flycom-is-a-new-travel-search-engine-without-much-differentiation/comment-page-1/#comment-70943 Perr Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:05:51 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/?p=2078#comment-70943 Funny one, I guess I have to do some travel then! Funny one, I guess I have to do some travel then!

]]> By: Dave http://crankyflier.com/2009/02/17/flycom-is-a-new-travel-search-engine-without-much-differentiation/comment-page-1/#comment-70645 Dave Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:57:15 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/?p=2078#comment-70645 check it out....looks like kayak.com is down. I wonder if this is purely coincidental... Kayak.com is temporarily unavailable Our engineers are upgrading our website to add some exciting new product features and improvements. Please grab a cup of coffee and come back to try us again in a few minutes. Or, you can search hundreds of travel sites the old way, by visiting each one, one at a time. :) check it out….looks like kayak.com is down. I wonder if this is purely coincidental…
Kayak.com is temporarily unavailable

Our engineers are upgrading our website to add some exciting new product features and improvements. Please grab a cup of coffee and come back to try us again in a few minutes.

Or, you can search hundreds of travel sites the old way, by visiting each one, one at a time. :)

]]> By: james http://crankyflier.com/2009/02/17/flycom-is-a-new-travel-search-engine-without-much-differentiation/comment-page-1/#comment-70644 james Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:22:36 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/?p=2078#comment-70644 I usually travel mostly for pleasure, so I follow the "go where it's cheap" line of thinking. Kayak is a great tool for that. Two things I love about are the fare alerts - which emails you when fares drop below a set price, and the "buzz" feature, which lets you drill down the fares that others have found to various regions. Don't see either of those on fly.com. - so why would I even bother when Kayak has been my "starter search too" for years? I usually travel mostly for pleasure, so I follow the “go where it’s cheap” line of thinking.

Kayak is a great tool for that. Two things I love about are the fare alerts – which emails you when fares drop below a set price, and the “buzz” feature, which lets you drill down the fares that others have found to various regions.

Don’t see either of those on fly.com. – so why would I even bother when Kayak has been my “starter search too” for years?

]]> By: Dave http://crankyflier.com/2009/02/17/flycom-is-a-new-travel-search-engine-without-much-differentiation/comment-page-1/#comment-70642 Dave Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:00:22 +0000 http://crankyflier.com/?p=2078#comment-70642 Luv your blog, CF (in SouthWest speak). It seems like a decent price to acquire the unique name (fly.com) and the kayak-like interface. I don't know the details, but it's possible that the Kayak owners licensed their site to fly.com, or even were the owners of that site. Either way, it's cool to own the fly.com name. Domain name trivia: World's most expensive domain names 1. Sex.com, $12m - purchased in 2005 2. Porn.com, $9.5m - purchased in 2007 3. Business.com, $7.5m - purchased in 1999 4. Diamond.com, $7.5m - purchased in 2006 5. Beer.com, $7m - purchased in 1999 source: http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/02/07/domain-name-fetches-record-price Luv your blog, CF (in SouthWest speak).
It seems like a decent price to acquire the unique name (fly.com) and the kayak-like interface. I don’t know the details, but it’s possible that the Kayak owners licensed their site to fly.com, or even were the owners of that site. Either way, it’s cool to own the fly.com name. Domain name trivia:

World’s most expensive domain names
1. Sex.com, $12m – purchased in 2005
2. Porn.com, $9.5m – purchased in 2007
3. Business.com, $7.5m – purchased in 1999
4. Diamond.com, $7.5m – purchased in 2006
5. Beer.com, $7m – purchased in 1999
source: http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/02/07/domain-name-fetches-record-price

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