Miop - 3:25 pm on Oct 7, 2005 (gmt 0)

Froogle is a good idea, though too few businesses seem to be using it at the moment.
If I want to buy a x brand washing machine, then I go to one of the shopping comparison sites, but I also use G to get smaller companies who can't afford to get listed on a comparison site, because they are often cheaper with a better service. I'd guess also that Froogle does not cater for businesses that supply services rather than goods.
This is always going to be a problem with commercial and non-commercial listings being listed chaotically as in a SE index.

I have no objection to any form of ordered shopping index or whatever, except this - customers hardly seem to use them.