Published: March 03, 2011

Royal Wedding Excitement Sweeps America

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NEW YORK - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Twenga, the most comprehensive shopping search engine, offers over 7,000 products celebrating the upcoming royal nuptials.

With Prince William and Kate Middleton set to wed on April 29^th, the Royal wedding website has just been unveiled, which received 200,000 hits from about 180 countries within just the first 8 hours. Some view the website as an unwanted intrusion of modernity on the traditions and customs of the British royalty, but Americans are continually fascinated by the Royal wedding and have already been sharing and linking the website in the social media sphere.

For all of those women envious of the Princess-to-be, there is no shortage of Kate Middleton inspired products on Twenga, the most popular of which being the lookalike sapphire engagement rings. Just after the engagement announcement, there was a record 300% increase in the sales of sapphires according to Forbes.

Everyone else less interested in jewelry might be more inclined to purchase a commemorative mug or even a life-size cardboard cutout of the happy couple.

About Twenga

Twenga, the new-generation search engine enables millions of shoppers throughout the world to find what they want, at the best price, from the online shop of their choice.

Thanks to its proprietary technology, Twenga automatically gathers offers from online retailers and displays them in one searchable interface. As a result, Twenga has the most comprehensive listing of online shops. Its search results are objective and not biased by commercial relationships.

Founded in 2006 by Bastien Duclaux and Cedric Anes, Twenga runs 15 sites, including the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Brazil, Russia, the United States, Australia, India and China, displaying 300 million offerings from more than 140,000 online shops. Twenga's sites received 45 million visits in November 2010. In the same year, Twenga won the Red Herring 100 Global Award, the Young Technology Leader Award and the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Company of the Future Category.

Website: www.twenga.com/

Blog: www.twengablog.com/