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TIL google has a shopping service. Which is probably part of the problem. I had no idea google even had a shopping service. I don't think i've ever actually cli
by grawprog 7y ago
TIL google has a shopping service. Which is probably part of the problem. I had no idea google even had a shopping service. I don't think i've ever actually clicked the shopping tab before. I vaguely remember when I first noticed it existed, but even when i've been looking specifically to buy something online i've never even thought about using google shopping or even really considered its existence at all until seeing this.
This seems to be kind of a problem with google. I'm usually pretty good at noticing things in software I use, especially changes or added things, except when it comes to google products. I'm still regularly surprised when I learn about or find some feature in a google product i've been using for years or some product that came and went without me ever noticing it was there. Every new thing from them feels like some side project that just gets tacked on to their existing platform without much thought or reasoning until they get bored of having it there.
- oefrha 7y agoIf you use an ad blocker the shopping results are probably filtered out since they are clearly labeled as “sponsored”. If you don’t it’s really hard to miss the product carousel at the top of search results. I bet your case is the former.
- grawprog 7y agoNo I just instinctively scroll past them. I've come to learn the top 1/3rd of a google results page is usually bullshit, so I ignore it.
- reaperducer 7y agoI have that habit, too, and since switching to Duck, there have been a number of times that I've missed the result I was looking for because Google trained me to ignore the first result.
- ummonk 7y agoI must be getting old as a millennial given that I remember the day when it was called “Froogle”.
- dajohnson89 7y agoI remember froogle fondly. it was actually a place you could shop, rather than a directory of advertisements.
- reaperducer 7y agoTIL google has a shopping service TIL Google still has a shopping service. I used it once. I ordered something very basic from a local department store. Since it was a very common item, I expected it to be shipped from the department store down the street and I'd have it in a few days. Instead, it was shipped from a city over a thousand miles away and took almost two weeks to arrive. I went back to Amazon and never looked back.
- hsheheg 7y agoSeems silly to blame google for that.
- yhoneycomb 7y agoYeah, I'm guessing the one further away was cheaper so google recommended it