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Google Launches Checkout For Political Contributions

Somewhere out there, at least one of Ron Paul's followers is unhappy.  Why, you ask?  Because the presidential candidate has enjoyed an amazing amount of support from certain corners of the Web, and a certain search giant has only now launched something called Google Checkout for Political Contributions.

Trends Available In Google Checkout

Google has created a version of its Trends search comparison tool that allows people to look at Google Checkout and what people buy with it.

Google Checkout Gives Users The Vote

Giving people a say in something is often a good way to get them involved, and Google wants folks to use its Checkout service.  The search giant has, as a result, offered users the chance to select as many as three fresh upgrades.

Google Tests AdWords Product Listings

Google appears to be testing a new AdWords feature that allows searchers to see product listings along with the sponsored results. Beneath a Google Checkout button, a plus sign appears that expands to show product photos and prices on the search results page.Right now the test appears limited to larger vendors using Google Checkout.

Google Checkout Passes PayPal In UK

eBay's not likely to turn its back on PayPal; the auction company does, after all, own the payment business.  But that hasn't kept others corporations from exploring their options, and in the UK, Google Checkout has become more popular than PayPal.

Google Checkout Extends Free Processing

Google Checkout, Google’s online payment system, is extending its free processing until February 1, 2008. The promotion was going to end on December 31, 2007. If you’re a Google Adwords customer for every dollar you spend on AdWords, you can process $10 of sales with Google Checkout for free. After that you’ll be charged 2.0% plus $0.20 per transaction no matter what credit card is used. There are no monthly, setup, or gateway fees.

Big Holiday Deals from PayPal & Google Checkout

Google’s Checkout and eBay’s PayPal unit are showing off their big holiday offers, designed to get you to use their services when making your holiday purchases online.

Google and BizRate.com Break Up

Google Checkout Makes Shopping Sites Undesirable As Google Checkout ramps up, many thin arbitrage / shopping aggregator sites are going to see a significant love loss from Google. In September Andrew Goodman wrote a piece on how paid search and organic search quality criteria may play off each other, after coming across a post on Inside AdWords where Google stated that some types of sites are likely to merit a low quality score:

Google Checkout & Gmail Updates

I was browsing through the Google Blogs using my Yahoo Pipe and noticed that there have been a couple pieces of cool news item floating around at the the Gmail and Google Checkout blogs.

What Is Google Planning For Coupons?

The domain GoogleCoupons.com has been moved to a Google nameserver, which may indicate a new service launch could happen soon.