Yahoo Product Search

It's coming ...

[Slud]

Can't remember if this alread made an appearance when they rolled out the new search, but Yahoo has begun calling Dealtime advertisers to enlist feeds for its new product search at [products.yahoo.com...]

[juniperwasting]

The listings look live Overture sponsered with Y! stores as the main results.

[grobe]

What kind of money does this cost?

[2_much]

That was mentioned when Yahoo launched their new search.

[Chndru]

To me it looks like a blatant copy of the product search engine of G :(

[juniperwasting]

During the Beta period, product inclusion is free. According to the TOS, an unspecified amount will be charged per further inclusions after the main launch.

I agree Chndru, this looks like a direct rival to Froogle. I hope that it will encourage Google to move Froogle out of beta and begin to plug it on their main page.

[Slud]

Pricing seems to be per category (a la the new Looksmart setup).

The product display is very similar to Froogle or Dealtime (depending on what page you look at [catalog.products.yahoo.com]), but could potentially be more significant than either if they advertise it at all.

[msgraph]

Good clean start page only to end up with sponsored listings above the fold on a 600x800 for sites offering product searches themselves. I sure hope that with whatever new features they roll out in the future, they place the ads on the right like Google.