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Microsoft to Offer Froogle Competitor

By Nate Mook | Published April 11, 2006, 12:46 PM

As part of its Windows Live Shopping initiative, Microsoft is testing out Live Product Search, a service similar to Google's Froogle that offers price comparisons. According to LiveSide.net, users will be able to refine a search by category, brand, seller or specific keywords.

A slider will show and hide product metadata in real-time like Windows Live Search. Unlike Froogle, Windows Live Product Search will also link to external articles and reviews of products. Microsoft may include user-provided buying guides as well, sources tell LiveSide. However, the Redmond company has not yet said how it intends to roll out the service.

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zacharyshine
Apr 12, 2006 - 12:56 AM edited

Have you noticed that Microsoft has been quite lately, also that just about everything they launch never really takes off. Hmm.... I don't think Microsoft can compete with Froogle. Not that Froogle is that great, but Froogle is Free for merchant. Froogle is messy. This is the one I use and recommend:

http://www.PriceComparison.com

Zach

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betabetabeta
Apr 12, 2006 - 11:20 AM

After all the mud slinging on Google...Microsoft suddenly seems to be worried and is aping Google's products one by one!!

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zee7
Apr 11, 2006 - 9:31 PM

Froogle does indeed suck. It used to be alright, but it's now choked with so many ads and bogus results, it's practically useless.

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Kompressor
Apr 11, 2006 - 4:19 PM

Froogle sucks. I like to use other sites like PriceGrabber.com.

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xoineg
Apr 11, 2006 - 3:16 PM

they should call it windows live AKA Google clone....

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