Comments on: Froogle gets totally boring name http://ryanblock.com/2007/04/froogle-gets-totally-boring-name/ Editor and technology critic in the midst of founding a new web startup: gdgt. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:44:30 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shawn http://ryanblock.com/2007/04/froogle-gets-totally-boring-name/#comment-30192 Shawn Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:57:42 +0000 http://www.ryanblock.com/archive/2007/04/froogle-gets-totally-boring-name/#comment-30192 Yeah, and they're also totally throwing away their brand recognition on this one. I mean, Google has actually become a verb! Ask even non-computer-literate people what Froogle is, and I'm sure they would tell you it had something to do with Google. What a waste of a cool name. Yeah, and they’re also totally throwing away their brand recognition on this one. I mean, Google has actually become a verb!

Ask even non-computer-literate people what Froogle is, and I’m sure they would tell you it had something to do with Google. What a waste of a cool name.

]]> By: Conrad http://ryanblock.com/2007/04/froogle-gets-totally-boring-name/#comment-30183 Conrad Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:44:45 +0000 http://www.ryanblock.com/archive/2007/04/froogle-gets-totally-boring-name/#comment-30183 Sounds like the kinda name that the Microsoft of yesteryear would have chosen. Lame. BTW, guess where I am? Sitting in a freaking queue in the Apple London store waiting to be seen about my fourth MacBook with stained wrist rests. The bluetooth - which I thought was fixed - is broken again. I got my Mac back 3 days ago from repair #3... Sounds like the kinda name that the Microsoft of yesteryear would have chosen. Lame.

BTW, guess where I am? Sitting in a freaking queue in the Apple London store waiting to be seen about my fourth MacBook with stained wrist rests. The bluetooth – which I thought was fixed – is broken again. I got my Mac back 3 days ago from repair #3…

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]]> By: Bryce http://ryanblock.com/2007/04/froogle-gets-totally-boring-name/#comment-30110 Bryce Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:52:23 +0000 http://www.ryanblock.com/archive/2007/04/froogle-gets-totally-boring-name/#comment-30110 So that's what happened! I was Googling for some SAS controllers his afternoon and going absolutely nuts wondering where the Froogle link had gone, finally I just typed in Froogle.com. And it still says Beta! So that’s what happened! I was Googling for some SAS controllers his afternoon and going absolutely nuts wondering where the Froogle link had gone, finally I just typed in Froogle.com.

And it still says Beta!

]]> By: Kato http://ryanblock.com/2007/04/froogle-gets-totally-boring-name/#comment-30107 Kato Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:49:08 +0000 http://www.ryanblock.com/archive/2007/04/froogle-gets-totally-boring-name/#comment-30107 I agree, Froogle made more sense. It was easy to remember and easy to type in. "Google Product Search" is so very pedestrian. I agree, Froogle made more sense. It was easy to remember and easy to type in. “Google Product Search” is so very pedestrian.

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