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Google Launches Commerce Search to Boost Your Conversion Rates
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Interesting Times with Google Commerce Search
Nobody expects a “1.0” to provide the same coverage as do products that are out there 5, 6, 8 or more years. However, a newcomer has the advantage of bringing a new point of view and learning from other people’s mistakes. This is why we at Celebros (www.celebros.com) are not quick to judge but rather look to learn.
For clients looking to make an immediate investment the choice is clear. Celebros products and services provide a complete answer to your needs and are proven through numerous deployments. In the long run however – clients are looking at Google’s doings with interest and so are we!
Yossi Hermush
VP Marketing, Celebros (www.celebros.com)
Google controls everything
looks like Google controls everything
Cost
Looks like a easy way for customer to find what they're looking for, but for shops like us http://www.rcandme.com its hard to keep offering our customers great pricing if we have to pay a starting price of 50K a year. too bad
It looks perfect for the
It looks perfect for the really big retailers, but I do not see a small business using it.
I am a newbie. So I am learning, this looks complicated.
Iklan Gratis
Inexpensive Alternatives to Google Commerce Search
The concept of Commerce Search is right on the money. It is essentially the Full Text Search equivalent of SQL Server's Full Text Search. The only problem is that Google Commerce Search starts at a cool $50,000 per year (That is: $50 GRAND, $50K, $50M, 50 BIG ONES or FIFTY THOUSAND SMACKER-OOZE) and goes UP depending on the number of searches done by your clients and the number of products you have. You could easily spend $100,000.00 PER YEAR.
We have an alternative which can be viewed at either http://www.5000Watches.com or at
http://www.DesignerStyles.BIZ Just use the teensy-weensy Search Box in the upper left hand
corner and enter ANY Keywords you can think of relating to wrist watches based on Brand Name, Collection Name, Watch name, Watch features, Product Number, Band Material, Watch Feature:
Try Heuer for Tag Heuer
or Alligator for all watches with an Alligator band
or Chrono for any type of Chronometer, Chronograph, etc.
or Gold for any watch with Gold plating Gold content, etc.
It even supports wild cards like Breit* or Breit???? or Chrono* or Chrono?????
And the best part is as long as you have a Microsoft based IIS Server which can handle
ASP or ASP.NET you can incorporate this feature on your site for as little as $199.00 per
month for unlimited products and unlimited inquiries. That is UNLIMITED. We scan your
site remotely and give you an FTP or HTTP location to download the files which you only have to upload into your server. How easy is that? We rescan once a month for this price. If you want to scan weekly or daily the price increases of course.
Which is better? $2,400.00 per year or $75,000.00 per year? This is a no brainer.
Jim Davidson
Sales@DesignerStyles.biz
Google Commerce Search Alternatives
After making this comment I thought of a few other points I had left out:
"We have an alternative which can be viewed at either http://www.5000Watches.com or at
http://www.DesignerStyles.BIZ Just use the teensy-weensy Search Box in the upper left hand
corner and enter ANY Keywords you can think of relating to wrist watches based on Brand Name, Collection Name, Watch name, Watch features, Product Number, Band Material, Watch Feature:
Try Heuer for Tag Heuer
or Alligator for all watches with an Alligator band
or Chrono for any type of Chronometer, Chronograph, etc.
or Gold for any watch with Gold plating Gold content, etc.
It even supports wild cards like Breit* or Breit???? or Chrono* or Chrono?????"
You can actually give users a direct path from any menu item or Tab to this Google Commerce alternative like this:
http://www.5000Watches.com/Search.asp
http://www.DesignerStyles.biz/Search.asp
Plus, we can also support .php as well as .asp or ASP.net
Why anyone would use GCS instead of our alternative is beyond me. And yet we have only
installed a few dozen in the last year. Maybe we need more marketing.
Jim Davidson
Big Improve
"Google Launches Commerce Search to Boost Your Conversion Rates", is make online business get improve, because in The Business Line especially with ONLINE method, search engine is most important. so i agree with your statement "Search quality is a big factor in changing visitors to buyers online, and in making customers happy too," because many many website in the internet, so if customer want to buy a product, they use search engine especially used google search engine (is the most popular).
If Google launches that search commerce, is exactly can boost our website.
This tools more advantages for Entrepreneurs, because they can improve they skill and knowledge.
Be Success.
Thank You
Google Launches Commerce Search to Boost Your Conversion Rates
Wow, Google dominate all in internet
Commerce Search for Everyone
Having worked with over 800 Internet retailers on improving their site search, here is my take: http://www.nextopia.com/blog/2009/11/google-launches-commerce-search/
We took a look at the new
We took a look at the new GCS and found some flaws and limitations. Seems they might have rolled this out a bit prematurely. See our company blog with specific examples: http://www.sli-systems.com/blog/2009/11/google-commerce-search-a-critiqu...
The search has a few problems
I've looked at the two sites that have been mentioned as using the Google Commerce Search and have been less than impressed with the relevance and the filtering options. We provide a competing service - I recommend you try it for yourself and let me know if you agree. You can see the details with screen shots on my blog post - A critique of the Google Commerce Search.
Regarding Google's commerce search
Hey Chris thanks for keeping me informed. I heard about it before its launch from my friend but, was not informed when it was getting launched. I admit that this commerce search is going to help merchants as well as customers by providing services to each other. I look forward to setup and account in the Google’s commerce search.
Google Commerce Search
Thank you Chris for your very interesting info. Our company has had a website for about 12 years now and we are always looking at ways of driving traffic to the site. On the face of it Google Commerce Search seems quite time consuming and I wish I knew in advance the costs involved. I wish it could be linked to our website rather than be run as a separate entity.
Google Commerce Search
Does this product indicate a significant shift in the way Google is going to offer products for free in future? Until now, Google has always seemed to go for the low price/ free product offering and depending on high volumes. If Google is using the same Google search technology (of course with some additional features), I cant see why this product should be charged $50,000/- per year.
I suppose with the 'site search' market reputedly being a huge one -- for the big players, Google is now going after that segment.
i hope it can be free
if it is free, then i will choose it. there are many new software which need good promotion to show up in front of everybody,such as Simpo PDF Creator.Not all the good product can afford good advertisement,but all of them need good promotion.if it cant be free,it should be cheap!
Hidden Insight
IF we look at this from a different perspective, do you think it gives us hidden insight to how Google likes navigation and structure to be?
RE: Hidden Insight
I know Google is all about user experience, so if this provides what Google considers that to be, I can't imagine that it wouldn't be a workable template to start from.
Base Startup Cost
SO I just got an email back after inquiring, I quote:
"How much does Google Commerce Search cost?
The pricing model for Google Commerce Search is based on the number of products/items (SKUs) in your data feed and the number of search queries entered on your site each year. Pricing starts at $50,000 USD per year."
Ouch.
Google Commerce
What a JOKE!! Who can afford 50 grand a year!Actually the smaller business will prosper because we are not paying such high priced advertising-thus leading to offer a lower priced product.
Google
Well the question remains what has Google planned for the future? World domination????
If this will help us sell
If this will help us sell more of our blackberry curve parts, then we'll be happy. But it is interesting to see how search friendly this will be.
Google Smoogle
Must be nice to be Google. Thanks for the update.
What word in User Interface don't they understand?
This is not just about search results. This is about product navigation including filtering and sorting.
It is about replacing your user interface with their user interface on your very own site and paying them for the privilege - not once but every time someone does a search.
I cannot see how this is attractive to anyone.
Better to invest in improving your own UI that have a Google UI superimposed on your own site.
Google Commerce Search
It looks perfect for the really big retailers, but I do not see a small business using it.
I am a newbie. So I am learning, this looks complicated.
For the big boys
Running a few ecommerce sites myself I thought it would be wise to have a good dig into this.
From what I can understand this product is only aimed at the larger buisness'
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/11/04/urnidgns8525...
Points out that the annual cost is around $50k per year and that they are aiming at the top 1000 retailer per country.
It will be a case that it replaces your website. The main focus is not on general seo improvment but really as an added benefit to a site that already has a captive audience. Tesco's, Ebuyer, etc etc
I think there would possibly be a huge uproar if something like this was released for small scale sites. As it would no doubt put a lot of developers out of buisness.
Knowing me though I've probably got it all wrong and should start looking for a new job.
What will they think of next?
Seriously, what ISN'T Google trying to take over or get their feet into?
Yes, we get free Google
Yes, we get free Google Clothing with a valid email address and it gets you free coffee at any bean joint X_X
Google Commerce Search
And they are charging a fee? That's a first, isn't it? It'll work if commerce types sign up. However, we better not see any non-relevant, non-commerce on the SERPs. If they charge a fee, that's great. It keeps out the riff-raff.
Google Commerce
Sounds more like a Google Commie plan. Google controls everything. everyone shops the same way. what's next? we all wear google clothes?
Who cares about Commie Google?
You mean Frugal wasn't funny enough for you the first time around?
Google? What ever happened to Frugal.com? Who cares about Google anymore... really... Frugal, then Product Search, and now this...
None of us really care...
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