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Google has a Froogle rethink
News Google is rebranding "Froogle" as "Google Product Search" and simplifying the interface to match the main search site. Froogle was launched in late 2002 when it was trendy for portals to have vertical... [19 Apr 2007]
2005: 'The year of online media'
News Apple, meanwhile, dominated Google's shopping resource Froogle.iPod' was the top search term while iPod mini (4th), iPod shuffle (8th) and iPod nano (10th) also made the list. The past year has seen a major increase in... [22 Dec 2005]
Apple's iTunes pips Google's growth
News The site has seen particular increases from Froogle [a shopping comparison area on Google] and image search over the past year. Music fans flooding iTunes last month helped Apple outpace Google and Amazon as the... [21 Dec 2005]
Google Base: Touch it
News The new beta service allows people to post "all types of online and offline information and images" that will be searchable on Google Base and, depending on their relevance, may be searchable on Google Search, Froogle... [16 Nov 2005]
Is Google aiming to squeeze eBay?
News The information will be included in the main Google search index and other Google products like Froogle and Google Local. In a move that could put Google in competition with eBay, the search giant is testing a new... [26 Oct 2005]
eBay makes $620m bid for Shopping.com
News was getting into their space and Google is playing around with Froogle comparison shopping. eBay plans to acquire Shopping.com in a $620m cash transaction aimed at resuscitating the auction giant's slowing growth rate. [02 Jun 2005]
"We want Britney" say web surfers
News At Froogle, the company's shopping search site, Apple's iPod flexed its muscles, leading the most popular consumer electronics queries. Among computer goods, Froogle tracked tablet PCs as most popular,... [24 Dec 2004]
Will Google lose right to Gmail name?
News Our unregistered trademarks include: AdSense, AdWords, Blogger, Froogle, Gmail, I'm Feeling Lucky and PageRank. In another for the 'whoops' file, Google risks losing trademark rights to the name of its web-based email... [16 Aug 2004]
Amazon premieres search engine
News recently updated its shopping search engine, and Google is promoting its ecommerce engine Froogle on its home page. with new tools to navigate the web. A9.com, an independent unit of the internet retailer, unveiled its... [15 Apr 2004]
Google gets up close and personal
News Google plans to include in its emails relevant information from its news pages and links back to its Froogle shopping site. As the search wars intensify, Google hopes that making a personal connection with its visitors... [30 Mar 2004]
Yahoo! goes shopping for Kelkoo with €475m
News also bought the search company Overture for over £1bn and dumped Google as its main search provider, prompting discussion of a war with the online giant, which has its own product comparison service, Froogle. [29 Mar 2004]
Yahoo! bets on search
News Search rival Google runs a research lab that is responsible for innovations such as Google News and Froogle.com, its comparison shopping engine that competes with Yahoo! Yahoo! has planted a new stake in the ground when... [21 Jan 2004]
Yahoo! takes a leaf out of Google's book
News The company recently introduced a new product-comparison search site, in a bid to compete with niche players such as Shopping.com and with Google, which unveiled a shopping site called Froogle.com in late 2001. [04 Nov 2003]
Amazon expands into search technology
News Google has been testing product comparison engine Froogle since December, while Yahoo! Amazon.com has formed a group to develop e-commerce search technology, in an attempt to gain a foothold in a lucrative market... [26 Sep 2003]
Meet your personal shopper: Google
News Dubbed Froogle, the new service lets people search by category or by simply typing a product type into the search window. On its web page the company said:"Froogle [provides] a lightning quick way to... [12 Dec 2002]
