I KNEW it! Google disses Froogle!

[SteveO]

I had a heck of a time finding pricing info last week. They moved Froogle link from its normal spot into a box. You can blame YouTube.

>On Wednesday, Google removed a text link to its comparison-shopping site, Froogle, and replaced it with one pointing to Google Video, where amateur spoofs uploaded by users mingle with episodes of Dave Chappelle's show.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/2006081...FL5G1.html

[DaviDC.]

I noticed that last night & don't appreciate it one little bit.
We ought to have the option of arranging those links as we see fit.

[Seacrest]

Froogle long ago lost its luster.
I use it once in a while, but it no longer provides useful results for me.
The lowest prices all appear dodgy at best, and the rest are all within a couple bucks of each other.

If you really miss it, you can get the Google toolbar for FireFox http://toolbar.google.com and give it its own button.

[vision63]

If you click on the "more" link a javascript popup makes it simple to select froogle. I'd rather have it back where it was though.

[MacMagus]

In Firefox, you can set up quick-searches that work like typing a question-mark to precede a search query in Internet Explorer. It will send the query to a pre-set search engine.

Just right-click on the search-field at any web site and select "Add a key word for this Search" from the contextual menu. It creates a special kind of bookmark in the Bookmarks Menu/Manager. I save my quick-searches in a particular folder in my Bookmarks Manager so that I can find and can edit them easily.

I've got it set up so that one question mark = Google, two = Google Images and three = Froogle.

So, if I enter this into my address bar... "? Doctor Who Episode Guide Pertwee BBC" then it will search Google.

If I enter this into my address bar... "?? you killed kenny" then it will search Google Images.

...and if I enter this into my address bar... "??? flying monkey with sound" then it will search Froogle.

I have such shortcuts set up for all sorts of sites. Amazon, VersionTracker, IMDB, Wikipedia and many more. It kicks ass.

[jimbrady]

>If you click on the "more" link a javascript popup makes it simple to select froogle. I'd rather have it back where it was though.

The link doesn't work for me in Safari/Tiger--the pop-up appears, but the linky no-a-work.

[SteveO]

Yeah, I had the same problem with the link in Safari. I think it works in either Firefox or Camino, but not both.

MacMagus: that is cooooool. Thanks for the tip.

[Mike Johnson]

Yeah, this has been bugging me for a couple days. Froogle's not great but I still need it.

The popup thing doesn't work for me either, at least not in Safari or Omniweb. Works in Camino and SeaMonkey, though.

[M A V I C]

Froogle is going away. It's been EOL'd for a couple months now.

[SteveJobs]

and you know this how?