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Google Base To Replace Froogle

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the goog-to-the-froog-to-the-woog dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Google plans to introduce a new shopping feature in time for the holiday season. Soon products on Google Base will be searchable via the regular search box. Simultaneously, Google intends to de-emphasize its own Froogle shopping search engine; Google intends for Froogle to no longer be a standalone Web site." From the article: "When people search for products on Google.com, the system will present them with another search box so that they can refine their query, according to Bear Stearns & Co analysts. After people refine their query, Google takes them to a second page populated with product results from the Google Base listings service. 'Ranking will be determined by the attributes that the sellers listed for the product as well as by relevancy,' the analysts wrote. Currently, Google has no plans to monetise this product-search capability with display ads or listing fees, but that could change, they wrote. "

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  1. Err, okay by isecore · · Score: 2, Funny

    according to Bear Stearns & Co analysts

    I need some sleep, I read that as "Stern Bears Analysts" and thought, man that must be a tough firm to work for!

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    1. Re:Err, okay by gardyloo · · Score: 3, Funny

      I need some sleep, I read that as "Stern Bears Analysts" and thought, man that must be a tough firm to work for!

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  2. Oblig. by Mister+Transistor · · Score: 1, Funny

    All your Google Base are belong to us...

    (sorry)

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    1. Re:Oblig. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      "Google Base"... what will that be named in Arabic?

  3. Fine, replace froogle... by merc · · Score: 2, Funny

    just don't touch fark's foobies

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  4. Re:Branding Mistake by retrosteve · · Score: 4, Funny

    It means all your Base are belong to Google, of course! /How are you Gentlemen? //you are on the way to destruction. ///Wait, this isn't Fark?

  5. in time for the holiday season by Threni · · Score: 2, Funny

    Which holiday season? We've just had summer. Is it Christmas already?

  6. Re:Branding Mistake by holdenholden · · Score: 3, Funny

    Obviously not. Here you have to insert the line breaks yourself.