21.   In the race for holiday shoppers and their dollars, Amazon is turning up at the top of nearly every list of most-visited shopping sites.

22.   Internet portal Lycos, for example, introduced a new holiday shopping site that already has done some of the bargain-hunting work for consumers.

23.   It searches on-line shopping sites for products with specific features at the best price.

24.   Kmart launched its shopping site, just in time for the holidays.

25.   Many of these are companies that have paid for a spot on, say, the Yahoo shopping site.

26.   Members can shop at the Globe marketplace, essentially a list of links to shopping sites.

27.   Media Metrix, the Web-based measurement service, reported this week that online shopping sites show major growth across all gift categories.

28.   Most of the voice portals expect to earn money down the road by setting up partnerships with shopping sites and by charging commissions on e-commerce transactions.

29.   Most shopping sites alert you with a warning box when you enter a secure area to order a product.

30.   MyCause.com, a shopping site that promises to forward some of what is spent to charity, does not accept such fees.