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
Google wants Mom and Pop retail stores to join their larger brethren in using its ad program to reach online shoppers. It recently launched a new hub for retailers, urging them to advertise through Google Shopping. Google Shopping Product Marketing Read more
Litigation makes strange bedfellows – four Internet rivals have joined forces to make an appeal to the Supreme Court. We wrote yesterday about eBay helping Google in its fight with antitrust regulators in Europe. Now comes news that eBay, Facebook, Google, and Read more
Google favors its own comparison shopping site in general search results pages, which stifles competition and harms consumers, according to the European Commission, which is conducting an antitrust investigation. But outgoing CEO of eBay John Donahoe bolstered Google’s claim that it’s Read more
Online merchants have already proven they’re willing to share the most precious of proprietary data with Google, even transactions, pricing, and tracking data in the case of Google Trusted Stores. But are they willing to hand over shoppers’ email addresses? Many Read more
No one is immune to the impact of accidentally shared digital content, be it a beautiful celebrity or in this case the world’s dominant search advertising platform. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had been investigating potential antitrust issues regarding Read more
The ongoing rise in searching and shopping from mobile devices has gained plenty of attention and has resulted in changes ranging to how stores display on small screens to various competing payment methods vying to be the choice of mobile Read more
Online window shoppers who stop by to browse but never seem to return to make a purchase leave sellers in a quandary. They’re attracting those consumers for a first or second visit, but not always that return trip to buy Read more
Citing unnamed sources, the Wall Street Journal says Google is considering the launch of two initiatives that would directly challenge Amazon.com. The first is a Buy button similar to Amazon’s popular “one-click ordering” feature, according to people familiar with the Read more
Google Shopping has launched a new tool for online merchants that it says will help boost conversions by removing some of the potential for confusion over shipping costs. As part of its Merchant Center, Google addressed what they cited as Read more
