What an opportune time for Google to launch another business enteprise solution geared for big e-commerce site than right now? Just in time for the onset of the holiday shopping season Google unveiled Commerce Search. Think of it as a the Custom Search Engine for e-commerce sites, big commerce sites to be exact.

Google Commerce Search aims to make the otherwise cumbersome task of searching for products on e-commerce sites easier and more fun, a post from the Official Google Blog said.

In brief the Google Commerce Search has the following features:

• the same lightning fast Google searching technology applied to retailers databases enabling consumers to find the right products in a snap,
• a scalable hosted solution that aims to increase seasonal query volume
• search refinement functionality that can automatically generate groupings based on user query and matching items,
• easily manageable product promotions that provides complete control to marketers and e-commerce site administrators
• full customization option for controling how products are displayed on search results landing pages
• no additional admistrative cost for deployment and maintenance
• customized reporting and statistical analysis via integrated Google Analytics

Finally, pricing scheme for Google Commerce Search will depend on the number of products/items on businesses’ data feed and search queries.

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Google Unveils Commerce Search, Hosted E-Commerce Search Solution

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