As far as I am concered, I believe that the jury is still out on Google Base. Still, it seems that for some, the opinons have already been formed…

When Google Base first launched, one of my key questions was whether people could click on a entry and go directly to the submitter’s web site. Yes, you could. Now, you can’t. Instead, you’re forced to go through a “jump” or intermediary page before proceeding, an “experiment” I hope goes away.

Jump Pages in Googlebase over at semi-Google Base rival Oodle covers more about the change, which Oodle wasted no time in having their PR firm spread the news out to various commentators. Oodle doesn’t do jump pages, so it gives them a positive spin of following “traditional search engine etiquette,” as the post says. [Read the rest]