In the quest to make online payments easier on mobile devices, companies like Amazon and Google are working on facial recognition and other technologies. Why fumble for change at the drive-through restaurant or type your password into your smartphone? Also Read more
The earliest SEO recommendations for making it to the top of Google search result pages called for quality, authoritative content. Over the years as people gamed Google to get better listings, Google gamed right back against the more odious attempts Read more
Google cofounder and CEO Larry Page is stepping away from the day to day operations of Google as part of a major restructuring announced on Monday. Google is vital to online merchants seeking traffic from exposure through organic and paid Read more
Observers paying attention to Etsy’s Q2 2015 conference call may have picked up on a little tidbit in CEO Chad Dickerson’s remarks. Etsy is capitalizing on mobile commerce and crediting it to the experience offered by their mobile app – Read more
Watch out, eBay and Amazon – Google is turning into an advertising-marketplace hybrid as it brings shopping transactions directly to its search engine platform. The company is testing “Purchases on Google,” which lets retail advertisers add a Buy button to Read more
Online buyers and sellers are highly suspicious of algorithms that search engines and online marketplaces use to determine the sort order of search results. A new study gives credence to their suspicions, alleging that the king of search, Google, is Read more
Google announced Android Pay on Thursday, calling it the “simple and secure way to pay with your Android phone.” It appears to be Google’s answer to Apple Pay. But what does that mean for Google Wallet, which did not turn Read more
Retailers prefer to control the shopping experience, but getting shoppers to go through the purchase process on a mobile device isn’t easy. Google is working on a solution that makes it possible to buy directly from an ad, it confirmed. Read more
Online sellers say scammers and spammers are continuing to use redirects to siphon Google traffic away from their Etsy listings. In April, EcommerceBytes reported that scammers were exploiting Google by using doorway pages to drive shoppers to their own websites. Scammers copy Read more
The head of Google Shopping has left the company, his new employer revealed on Monday. Sameer Samat has been named President of Jawbone, a maker of consumer technology and wearable devices. Samat had been Vice President of Product Management at Read more
