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FroogleGoDaddy shopping cart integrates with eBay and FroogleAuctionBytes.com reports on the integration of Froogle (pic) and eBay (pic) into GoDaddy's Quick Shopping Cart. I've always wondered why we do not see more of this at the shopping-cart level.
GoDaddy shopping cart integrates with eBay and Froogle
Search Guru Louis Monier goes from eBay to GoogleOm Malik floated the rumor, John Battelle has confirmed it. Search Engine Watch has background on Monier's career. update:
Search Guru Louis Monier goes from eBay to Google
Froogle vs. FrooglesNewsday.com has plenty of details in the escalating legal dispute between Google and the owner of Froogles.com. Google fights for its oogle (newsday.com)
Froogle vs. Froogles
Google Group for Froogle MerchantsNew! Froogle Group, where you can exchange information with other Froogle merchants: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/Froogle-Merchants/ (via Social Patterns)
Google Group for Froogle Merchants
The End Is Near For Froogle Beta?John Battelle has an interesting tidbit from Marissa Mayer of Google: "She responded that Google was getting close to lifting beta from on a number of key products - Froogle and News were two she mentioned." source: Searchblog According to the WSJ, Page says the beta tag means Google engineers still anticipate making significant improvements to the service. Specifically, according to this write-up at BlogCritics: "For our engineers, it's in beta if you'd be proud to show it to your mom once you have made one or two major changes." source: BlogCritics So... one or two major changes to Froogle in the near future? I would be thrilled if they would do more to cluster same-product listings. for example: U2 ipod special edition In this example, they have done a good job of clustering the reviews. Why not do the same thing for product prices and merchant ratings?
The End Is Near For Froogle Beta?
Froogle - Can't Get No Respect?* Focus - according to Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, "Big G" allocates 20% of their resources to projects that extend the core search, including Froogle and Google News. No telling how many projects fall under that category, or if Froogle gets a fair share of the pie. * Usage - according to Marissa Mayer, Product Manager at Google, the recently-publicized Google Local had already been getting more traffic than Froogle. Sure enough, Google does not even show up as one of the top half-dozen destinations for Google at Alexa.com.
Froogle - Can't Get No Respect?
Google Fixed Froogle Security BugAs reported by eWeek.com: Google Plugs Cookie-Theft Data Leak In a statement sent to eWEEK.com, the search darling confirmed it was alerted to a "potential security vulnerability affecting Froogle," but no details were provided. This news is part of an eWeek.com special report, Exploiting Google.
Google Fixed Froogle Security Bug
Froogle Security AlertAviran Mordo is reporting a Serious flaw in Froogle Reveals Gmail Accounts. "By embedding JavaScript in a URL pointing to Froogle, a hacker can gain access to the user’s Gmail account. The JavaScript redirects the browser to a malicious web site, where the hacker can read the user’s cookie, which contains personal information, such as purchase history, user name and password for Google services." via WebmasterWorld: Major Froogle/Google/Groups/Gmail Security Bug found
Froogle Security Alert
Froogle Zeitgeist 2004Popular Consumer Electronics - ipod For the top-ten lists in each of these categories, visit the Year End Google Zeitgeist 2004 and scroll down to Froogle Queries.
Froogle Zeitgeist 2004
Shopping Search Week 2004 at Search Engine Watch (2 of 4)Day #2 - summaries of BizRate/Shopzilla, Froogle and MSN Shopping.
Shopping Search Week 2004 at Search Engine Watch (2 of 4)
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