Google Base (Shopping)

[Andrew]

Hi, has anyone noticed that Google has removed the "Shopping" link on the Google Search page and placed it under "More".

I did always wonder why the "Shopping" link was there as it probably drove shoppers to Base rather than clicking on a revenue generating Adword. I will have to see if this impacts on my visits/conversions as we use Base quite extensively.

[Robin]

Yes, I noticed it went yesterday. However I tried a test search and shopping items were occasionally returned in the main search results.
I had always thought they would start charging for it, but looks like they are giving it less prominence?