AuctionMapper in the Press
AuctionMapper has been covered by mainstream tech publications since the mid-2000s. Both articles below remain live in 2026 and reference AuctionMapper by name with a dofollow link to auctionmapper.com (last verified 2026-05-23 via direct fetch).
Verified-Live Mentions
- Technophilia: Top Ten (Non-Google) Map Innovations
Lifehacker · 2006
Featured AuctionMapper among the top non-Google map innovations.
- Seek and Ye Shall Find: Top Ten Alternative Search Engines
Lifehacker · 2006
Featured AuctionMapper as a top alternative search engine.
Historical Coverage
Several mid-2000s publications also referenced AuctionMapper in articles whose pages have since been deleted, moved, or rewritten. We catalogue them here for completeness; only the Lifehacker citations above are still independently verifiable today.
- O'Reilly Network — "eBay Developer Challenge 2006" article referenced AuctionMapper as a "custom mapping engine" (2005-12-05; original URL no longer resolves).
- GISuser — "AuctionMapper Providing an Awesome MAP UI to Ebay" (2005-10; original URL no longer resolves).
- MSDN Blogs — Alex Barnett's "eBay APIs: Innovation without barriers" (2005-11-14) linked auctionmapper.com (the legacy MSDN Blogs platform was retired).
- Lifewire (formerly About.com) — two articles referenced AuctionMapper (2016-2017; both articles since rewritten without the AM mention).
Press Inquiries
Working on a story that involves eBay search, marketplace tooling, charity-auction tracking, or independent auction-data journalism? We're happy to provide quotes, screenshots, or background context — and AuctionMapper Live tracker pages publish bid-history CSVs and chart PNGs with no authentication required, so any data you reference is independently verifiable.
Email: gary@garydj.com
More on AuctionMapper's origin, technology, and editorial standards on the About page.