[G4] 2nd harddrive

[David Crandon]

While Pricegrabber definately has better presentation, it's
disadvantage, like all other shopping search engines out there except
Froogle, is that it only searches it's registered merchants.

As Google's spidering software crawls the Internet, it automatically
identifies  webpages that offer products for sale. These are the pages
Froogle searches when you enter the name of an item you want to find.
Froogle is unlike other sites both because of what it does and  because
of what it doesn't do. Froogle does provide a lightning  quick way to
search the largest collection of stores and products  on the web. That
means if the item you're looking to buy is online, Froogle will likely
find it. 

Google does not accept payment for inclusion of products in their 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. 

Froogle does not sell products or promote partner stores  within the
search results. There is no shopping cart or wallet into which you can
place your credit card information.  Nor are there preferred merchants
who always show up as the  first result regardless of what search you
enter. 

So, while it's presentation is not the best, it is the most comprehensive.

It has allowed me to find a pair of shoes and a pair of sandals that
have become favorites of mine that I could find nowhere else.

David Crandon

Ramsey French wrote:
> 
> On 4/14/03 1:28 PM, "David Crandon" <tdc at attbi.com> wrote:
> 
> > And then if you know exactly what you are looking for there is nothing
> > better than Google's shopping search engine
> > "Froogle".
> >
> > http://froogle.google.com/
> 
> I would say Pricegrabber is equal or better.  Definitely better presentation
> of results.  Not only will it tell you if the store has product in stock,
> but if you give it your zip code, it will tell you how much shipping and tax
> will be without having to go to each store to look.
> 
> http://www.pricegrabber.com
> 
>