Froogle is DEAD! Long Live Google Product Search!

[mandy]

email sent to Froogle merchants:

Dear Froogle Merchant,

We'd like you to know that, as part of our ongoing efforts to
improve the user search experience, we've updated the Froogle
interface and moved it to http://www.google.com/products

These changes provide a more intuitive product search experience
by better matching our other search offerings. For instance,
you'll notice an updated page layout that is more consistent with
Google.com search results, and your items are referred to as
Google Product Search results, rather than as Froogle results.
These updates follow similar changes to other Google search
offerings, like Google Book Search, Google Image Search, and
Google Patent Search.

The new interface allows users to find relevant products more
easily -- which in turn benefits you, as it's still your products
and content that users find in Google Product Search. We look
forward to bringing you continued innovation in product search so
we can provide our users an outstanding search experience and
help you sell more through Google.

If you have any questions, please check our FAQ:
http://base.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=11307

If you have further questions, please reply to this email.

Sincerely,

The Google Product Search Team

the new Google Product Search: http://www.google.com/products

From the FAQ:

Has the product submission process changed?

No. We've only made changes to the user search interface. Please continue submitting your product listings via Google Base. 

Will the items I listed in Froogle still be included in Google Product Search?

We'll continue to include products that were listed in Froogle.

How will these updates impact my store?

These updates affect the user interface that consumers interact with when they search. There is no impact on your business process, bulk uploads, or interactions with Google. The good news is that these changes are part of our ongoing effort to provide users the most consistent and intuitive experience when they search for products to buy on Google -- which benefits your store, since users can more easily find your products and content in Google Product Search.

[FiberGuy]

The "products" link is STILL hidden within the "more" drop down menu. 

[amy]

Does the name change mean another 5 years of beta testing?

[mandy]

[quote author=FiberGuy link=topic=9244.msg49972#msg49972 date=1176996859]


The "products" link is STILL hidden within the "more" drop down menu. 
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8 months later...Product Search graduates to the main menu

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[sneakymagenta]

[bargainbloodhound]

[quote author=mandy link=topic=9244.msg66821#msg66821 date=1196584041]

8 months later...Product Search graduates to the main menu

Web Images Maps News Products Gmail more

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I'll second Sneaky's .  The move from the submenu to the main menu has definitely made a difference in the number of referrals we are receiving from Product Search.  Yesterday our TS store received 769 referrals from Product Search vs. 446 from Google Search.

The big question is: will Products remain on the main menu after Xmas?