OK, OK, not really. In fact, I never found Froogle, Google’s price comparison site, to be all that great to use. I prefer to use sites like Pricegrabber. To be honest, it’s easier for me to see the compared prices, I don’t get eBay sellers (if I want eBay sellers, I’ll go to eBay), and I get less stores that, because I’ve never heard of them, make me place my hand on my wallet.
On the other hand, I did like the name (hence, my comment about fun 
). Google has renamed Froogle the more boring Google Product Search.
Google is rebranding “Froogle” as “Google Product Search” and simplifying the interface to match the main search site. Now, Google Product Search will still be a site for searching shopping listings only but the most relevant listings in Product Search will also appear in the main search site in a “one-box” area above the organic results, which are the most relevant unpaid search listings. The one-box area snags results from other specialised Google search sites, such as Google News. Source: Silicon.com
It’s been said that people didn’t understand what Froogle was all about … but I got the pun right away. Also, the only change I can see so far is that the refinement options (for search) that were at the top of the page are now at the bottom. Other than that, it’s not really all that different … and thus, hasn’t moved into my preferred list of price comparison sites. We’ll see if more changes are to come …
