Bye Bye, Froogle
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007;
-- Jordan McCollum |
Suspicions began last September that Google would deemphasize Froogle. Google denied it, standing by their ‘cleverly’ named product search engine.
CNET informs us today: “Froogle” is gone, replaced by “Google Product Search.” As Cnet put it, “it’s better to be clear than clever.”
Google officials interviewed by CNET cite issues with the punny name ranging from clarity to translation to trademarks.
But on to other things the CNET article goes, diving into a rather deep discussion of another Google product that suffers from a less-than-clear name: Google Base. Always makes me think of base jumping.
Ahem. Anyway, if you want to learn more about Google Base, and see how Epicurious improved its results from Google Base, keep reading in CNET’s story on the demise of Froogle.
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April 18th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
OK so does Google Product Search + Google Base???
April 19th, 2007 at 8:03 am
Pretty cool. It also has a tool that allows you to upload the items directly from your site. You can also sell stuff if you’re not indexed.
Let’s see if it lasts…
April 19th, 2007 at 8:11 am
[...] Froogle anyone? Filed under: Andy Beal, Froogle, Google — becki325 @ 12:11 pm Did anyone ever use it anyway? I never knew what it was. But, according to Andy Beal’s post from last night, it’s gone. Oh, well, hopefully I didn’t miss much. [...]
April 20th, 2007 at 1:01 am
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