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Jan. 11, 2008 at 8:07am by Barry Schwartz
Google Launches Google Checkout Trends
The Google Checkout blog announced that they have launched Google Checkout Trends. Google Checkout Trends is a flavor of Google Trends, but limits the data to that collected from Google Checkout merchants. It basically shows you what people are buying and selling online via Google Checkout. You can plug in...
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Nov. 16, 2007 at 9:51am by Barry Schwartz
Google Checkout For Non-Profits Customers Get AdWords Checkout Badges
The Google Checkout Blog announced that Google Checkout for Non-Profits users will now get the Google Checkout icon on their Google AdWords campaign. The Google checkout icon adds more visibility to your AdWords ads. In this case, it should help non-profits earn more money and also save with zero transaction...
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Sep. 3, 2007 at 10:02am by Barry Schwartz
Gpay: Google To Enable Payments On Mobile Devices Via SMS?
Friday, a Google patent application filing named Text message payment was posted at the US Patent & Trademark Office site. The patent described how "GPay" can be used to make payment via text messages. An example of how Gpay can be used includes mostly offline scenarios such as paying for...
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Jul. 27, 2007 at 8:48am by Barry Schwartz
"Google Promotion" Box Found On Google Product Search
Philipp Lenssen reported that Google is now using the Google Promotion label within Google Product Search results, for a promotion of the Google Checkout service above listings. Ionut Alex. Chitu saw this for a product search on watch and sent Philipp a screen capture. I don't see the promotion box...
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Jul. 9, 2007 at 9:39am by Danny Sullivan
eBay: Only 14 Percent Pleased With Google Checkout
Readers will recall Google recently backing down from eBay in pushing Google Checkout against eBay's PayPal. Google, eBay battle it out over online payments from Bloomberg is a good article shedding fresh light on how important PayPal is to eBay, to the degree that it would pull its ads from...
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Jun. 20, 2007 at 9:59am by Barry Schwartz
Mistaken Identity: Wearing Google Shirts To An eBay Event Might Be Bad For Your Health
Remember the fracas between Google and eBay, where Google was going to have a party for Google Checkout at last week's eBay Live event? It scored some collateral damage when two employees of MyStoreSpace.com found themselves interrogated for wearing Google shirts, though talking up Google Checkout as they did probably...
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Jun. 13, 2007 at 5:24pm by Greg Sterling
eBay Pulls Google AdWords Ads To Protest Google Checkout Moves
This week, eBay Live is happening in Boston, but the event is likely to be overshadowed by a fascinating and fast-developing controversy between the auction giant and Google. Rumors from ComparisonEngines.com and other sources last night and earlier today reported that eBay had pulled its ads off Google to protest...
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May. 31, 2007 at 9:35am by Barry Schwartz
Google Checkout Now Supports Mobile Devices
The Google Checkout Blog announced that they now support Google Checkout over mobile devices and mobile enabled sites. The only difference, for a buyer, is when checking out over Google Checkout mobile is that they verify themselves with a PIN as opposed to their Google account login (i.e. email and...
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Apr. 30, 2007 at 2:36pm by Danny Sullivan
Google Checkout's Title Goes Missing On Google
Something look odd in the search results above for google checkout? Yes, that's the official Google Checkout home page listed first, but it's most definitely NOT the right title for the Google Checkout page. That's got folks at Digg wondering if Google Checkout has been hijacked, sparked from Jon...
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Feb. 26, 2007 at 10:17am by Barry Schwartz
Google Checkout Australia Coming Soon?
Is Google Checkout coming to Australia? It appears that Google registered Google Payment Australia PTY. LTD. in Australia recently, which could be a sign of that. A reader pointed me to the Australian Securities & Investments Commission web site that shows a record for a Google Australia payments company. On...
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Feb. 13, 2007 at 5:24pm by Danny Sullivan
Google Ads Getting New Google Checkout Badges
Since Google Checkout was launched last June, merchants in the program who also advertise on Google through Google AdWords have had little Google Checkout shopping cart icons in their ads. Today, Google Checkout announced the icon will be updated to a badge format similar to the Google Checkout buttons...
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Jan. 26, 2007 at 2:31pm by Danny Sullivan
Google Checkout Blogs On Recent Promotions
I gave Google Checkout some hassle earlier about promotion they were doing of the service. Earlier this week, I met with them during a visit to Google. The team explained that some of the promotion they've been doing is designed to react to consumer demand, to serve Google users that...
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Jan. 24, 2007 at 9:54am by Barry Schwartz
Google Checkout Testing Large Buttons On AdWords
Google Operating Systems spotted Google testing large Google Checkout buttons underneath AdWords ads that are from merchants that accept Google Checkout. Here is a comparison image: This begs the question, is Google going to far with giving Google Checkout merchants an unfair advantage or not? More discussion at Google Pushing...
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Jan. 18, 2007 at 10:15am by Barry Schwartz
JP Morgan Report Shows PayPal Dominating Google Checkout
Via Search Engine Journal, JP Morgan released a report named Google Checkout vs. PayPal (PDF). The report shows that Google Checkout has potential but PayPal is still dominating the field. Here are the key points, as per the report: Surveyed about 1,100 online buyers in 2006 Google Checkout Adoption hits...
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Jan. 17, 2007 at 9:49am by Barry Schwartz
Google Pushing Google Checkout More
Google has sent out a promotion to Google Checkout Merchants, notifying them that all new Google Checkout customers get $10 from Google. Technically, this is a $10 sign up bonus, the details explain that if you sign up before February 15, 2007, and you are a new user to Google...
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Jan. 16, 2007 at 2:25pm by Danny Sullivan
New Google Checkout Promo; New Google Trust Worries
Gary Price pointed out something new to me on Google, the ability to filter product search results from merchants using Google Checkout. But more important, Google's promoting this new feature right within its main search results. That move, along with just having dropped map links to competitors and in the...
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Dec. 20, 2006 at 8:17am by Barry Schwartz
Holiday 2006 Grudge Match: Google Checkout Versus Paypal
Google Steps More Boldly Into PayPal’s Territory by the New York Times shows how Google Checkout has really stepped things up this holiday season. The article covers how Google is giving merchants huge incentives to promote Google Checkout on their online stores. One merchant sent out a promotion to customers,...
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Dec. 7, 2006 at 9:13am by Barry Schwartz
Google Checkout Snubbing Affiliates?
Threadwatch reports on a WebmasterWorld post by Marcia that Google Checkout currently is not stringing along the variables in the URLs necessary for affiliates to get paid their commissions after a recent upgrade to Google Checkout. It appears that this was not by design, and simply an oversight, which should...
