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There's a multitude of other shopping comparison sites out there that all do the same thing. Historically I've always gone to shopbot.ca. When that failed I re

There's a multitude of other shopping comparison sites out there that all do the same thing. Historically I've always gone to shopbot.ca. When that failed I resorted to Canada Post Shopper (http://www.canadapost.ca/shopper/ http://www.canadapost.ca/shopper/). I've never looked for any shopping advice or help on Google because it has ALWAYS been terrible. First by search stuffers and then by Google wanting a piece of the action, though it's notable that I see none of the shopping filler that the complainer does (maybe because I'm in Canada?). I don't buy that Google has any significant stake in that space. Nor does their search "monopoly" (where monopoly is the most easily broken monopoly ever in the history of mankind) give them any great inroads. Really seeing quotes of the original Google and the current Google is kind of humorously naive. They changed? NO KIDDING.

puranjay 15y ago
They changed AFTER building up their business on users like you and I. It doesn't matter how big Google Shopping is. It is misleading, and it places Google's own content above everyone else's. You may not click on it, but your father or grandpa might. That's all that matters. That's like telling guys building sites: go home, kids, you can work as hard as you want, but you're never going to the top of the page. Google is bending over backwards to please Wall Street now. Which is unfortunate for a once great company. And honestly, isn't that what we do here at HN: obsess over the fate of technology and tech companies?