As Google Product Search
Google Product Search was different from most other price comparison services in that it neither charged any fees for listings, nor accepted payment for products to show up first. Also, it made no commission on sales. Any company could submit individual product information via Google Base or could bulk submit items for inclusion. Google sold advertising through AdWords to be displayed in Product Search results adjacent to the unpaid results.
Google formally announced Froogle in December 2002 after the site had been active in beta for some years. It is also offered in Wireless Markup Language (WML) form and can be accessed from mobile phones or other wireless devices that have support for WML.
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