Thursday, May 15, 2008

Google Product Search

Since reading that using “price comparing wesbites” before you buy online may affect the price you pay, I have been using them regliouslly.
Google’s Product Search uses search technology to search stores throughout the internet so you can compare before buying. You can compare everyday products to the most unusual.
When you do a regular web search with words that could be a product, example: massage tools, an excerpt of results from a Google Product Search are display just above the Web Search results.
I do a Google Product Search before I buy anything. If it is on another “price comparing” website it is usually comes up in a Google Product Search. I still use other sites, but this is the one to start with.
Results include listings from: eBay, Amazon, BestBuy, etc, and smaller stores (which sometimes have better prices).
Most of the stores, are rated and you and filter out lower rated stores from your search. You can also filter the results by price range and category. Search results usually have pictures.
I Have not been able to find a link to do a Google product search from www.google.com, however you just do a search with the words “google product search” and it will be listed first on the results.
I am sure Gmail, Google Homepage users will know what I am talking about and know where to find it.
In the “About Google Product Search” section it says that sellers do not pay to be listed (come up in search results). They claim that make them unbiased. Google does not make a commission on the sales either (so they say), they say that they make there money with the “sponsored” ads too the right of the results.

Note: Google Product Search is provided AS IS. This is still in Beta stage so it will get better!

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