Comments on: Google to launch comparator http://www.droug.co.uk/google-to-launch-comparator.html Doug Scott's thoughts and opinions Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:51:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Grifter http://www.droug.co.uk/google-to-launch-comparator.html/comment-page-1#comment-425 Grifter Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:34:20 +0000 http://www.asapventures.co.uk/blog/?p=245#comment-425 Quite hypocritical then for Google to have a whinge about price comparison sites being a "poor user experience" on their Adwords Guidelines... Quite hypocritical then for Google to have a whinge about price comparison sites being a “poor user experience” on their Adwords Guidelines…

]]> By: Ben http://www.droug.co.uk/google-to-launch-comparator.html/comment-page-1#comment-423 Ben Sat, 31 May 2008 21:02:19 +0000 http://www.asapventures.co.uk/blog/?p=245#comment-423 These days google is more like a giant web site than a gateway to the web. Worryingly they probably wont run an API for this. Even the best automatic framework can't compare without human intervention. Loans, insurance, mortgages, travel (like farchase). All lovingly handpicked and maintained by Google. The chosen ones will be happy. Maybe a band aid for google and their battle to clean up the search and serve (worryingly) what it thinks are the most relevant. Just like local. These days google is more like a giant web site than a gateway to the web.

Worryingly they probably wont run an API for this. Even the best automatic framework can’t compare without human intervention.

Loans, insurance, mortgages, travel (like farchase). All lovingly handpicked and maintained by Google. The chosen ones will be happy.

Maybe a band aid for google and their battle to clean up the search and serve (worryingly) what it thinks are the most relevant. Just like local.

]]> By: David Fiske http://www.droug.co.uk/google-to-launch-comparator.html/comment-page-1#comment-422 David Fiske Sat, 31 May 2008 14:05:30 +0000 http://www.asapventures.co.uk/blog/?p=245#comment-422 Two words in the style of Alistair Darling: "We're doomed!" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4MGRBAnYvM Two words in the style of Alistair Darling: “We’re doomed!” – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4MGRBAnYvM

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