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  Froogle

Froogle search screenshot
Maintainer: Google
OS: Any (web based application)
Use: Price comparison
Website: http://froogle.google.com/

Froogle is a price engine website launched by Google Inc. It is currently in beta test stage. It was invented by Craig Nevill-Manning. Its interface provides an HTML form field into which a user can type product queries to return lists of vendors selling a particular product, as well as pricing information. The name Froogle is a pun on the word frugal, which means thrifty, and the name of the company, Google. Froogle is, of course, pronounced the same as frugal. Image File history File links Froogle_Logo. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x1024, 197 KB) Summary Screenshot of Googles Froogle service performing a search (in this case, a search on Wikipedia. ... Software maintenance is one of the activities in software engineering, and is the process of enhancing and optimizing deployed software (software release), as well as remedying defects. ... Google Inc. ... An operating system (OS) is an essential software program that manages the hardware and software resources of a computer. ... This page as shown in the aol 9. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Online shopping directories. ... This page as shown in the aol 9. ... Google Inc. ... In software engineering, development stage terminology expresses how far through the development sequence things have progressed and how much further development a product may require. ... Craig Nevill-Manning founded Googles first remote engineering center, located in midtown Manhattan, where he is an Engineering Director. ... An excerpt of HTML code with syntax highlighting In computing, HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is a markup language designed for the creation of web pages with hypertext and other information to be displayed in a web browser. ... Look up form in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A vendor is one who sells something. ... It has been suggested that dajare be merged into this article or section. ...


Froogle is different from most other price engines in that it neither charges any fees for listings, nor accepts payment for products to show up first. Also, it makes no commission on sales. Any company can submit product information (via a “data feed”) and be included in the Froogle engine. Notably, advertising space is available for purchase to be displayed in Froogle in the form of an AdWords ad, similar to those in other parts of the Google network. This is, as elsewhere, noticeably separate from the main body of results. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Online shopping directories. ... One pays a fee as renumeration for services, especially the honorarium paid to a doctor, lawyer or member of a learned profession. ... In law a commission is a patent which allows a person to take possession of a state office and carry out official acts and duties. ... Sale is the name of several places: Sale, Victoria, Australia Sale, Greater Manchester, England Sale, Italy (pronunciation: SAH-leh) - in the province of Alessandria Salè, Morocco Sale Marasino (first pronunciation: SAH-leh), an Italian commune in the province of Brescia Sale is also a type of contract for the exchange... Data is the plural of datum. ... The word feed has a number of uses: Feeding is supplying food. ... Advertising, generally speaking, is the promotion of goods, services, companies and ideas, usually performed by an identified sponsor. ... A Google promotional graphic, highlighting AdWords AdWords is Googles flagship advertising product, and main source of revenue. ...


Searches can be sorted by relevance (“best match”) or by price (either ascending or descending). You can also search for items in specific online stores (assuming, of course, they have provided Froogle a data feed). Froogle is only available for selected countries at this point. The Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions (SORT), better known as the Moscow Treaty, is a 2002 treaty between Russia and the United States limiting their nuclear arsenal to 1700-2200 operationally deployed warheads each. ... Relevance is term used to describe how pertinent, connected, or applicable some information is to a given matter. ...


Google formally announced Froogle in December 2002, after the site had been active in beta for some years. It is now also offered in Wireless Markup Language (WML) form and can be accessed from cellphones or other wireless devices that have support for WML. Formal - relating to form. ... December 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → // Events December 31, 2002 United States troops get into a brief gun battle with paramilitary forces of the Warzirstan Scouts of Pakistan, in a remote tribal area along the undefined Afghan/Pakistani border, in Paktia Province... Wireless Markup Language is the primary content format for devices that implement the WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) specification based on XML, such as mobile phones. ... Cellular redirects here. ...


See also

NexTag logo Nextag is a comparison shopping website. ... Shopping. ... ShopWiki is a next-generation shopping search engine (or price engine) that officially launched on April 19, 2006. ...

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WebGenie Froogle Feeder (1062 words)
Froogle is an extension of the Google search engine used daily by millions of people around the world to research products before they purchase.
Froogle provides objective results based on what is most relevant to a searcher's inquiry.
Froogle does not accept payment for inclusion in search results, nor do they offer to place a merchant site higher in the results if they are an advertiser or offer to pay for that placement.
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