Anybody try Froogle yet?

[whoisKeel]

goto google.com and there's a new thingy called froogle...for shopping and such

i typed nintendo to test it out and this pops up:
http://page.auctions.shopping.yahoo.com/auction/85177462?aucview=froogle

that's a little snes, and they fetch a bit more onebay, so i guess it isn't too bad a deal. fyi tho, *he has no feedback*

i wonder what this is going to do to auctions?

[sisko]

Ooooh I like this!

Thanks for the heads up!!

[Flack]

My guess is it'll hurt some auctions and help others. Auctions will be searched a lot more and will have a lot more exposure, when if you're trying to sell a game for more than retail this search engine is going to weed you out real quick.

[Jorpho]

Oh yes, Froogle has been out in beta for quite some time now. It has even proven useful in finding buy links for Home of the Underdogs.

[gamergary]

I have when I looked for video game manga.

[§ Gideon §]

I haven't used it, yet. When I first saw the phrase "froogle," I got excited, hoping that it would be a file-searching bot... Then, I pronounced it and felt both let-down and stupid.

[TomMage]

"froogle"

It has been around in one form or the other for awhile. Can be quite useful. It does have one flaw. Some people have "web pages" that link to sales sites such as Amazon. These are nearly always out of date, IE you link to them, they link you to Amazon, then you find out Amazon does not have the item, very disappointing (and time wasting). There are a LOT of those. Otherwise very nice :)

Tom

[Achika]

Well, looking for "mercerized cotton" earlier, I didn't have much success. Mostly polos came up, when I'm looking for weaving materials.

[Flack]

I messed around with it some more this afternoon. It certainly does level the playing field between the different auction sites. I saw several auction websites come up that I never knew existed.

[BHvrd]

Everything i've looked up so far has either been out-of-date, or out-of-stock. :roll:

I can see the usefulness though.

[GamecubeFreek]

hmm....I'll have to check it out