Google Commerce: September 2011

Gain support for your content

9/30/11

Google Checkout Support button

Be sure to enable the HTML API by going to the Settings tab, clicking the integration link and unchecking the “My company will only post digitally signed carts” checkbox. Also, copy the Merchant ID for use in step 5.

Back in Blogger, on the Design | Page Elements tab click “add a gadget” where you wish to place the Support gadget.

Add the "Support My Blog" gadget from the gadget gallery.

Customize your support button settings. The Checkout Merchant ID is the one you copied down in step two. Save and you’re done!

Checkout Developer Guidehttp://bloggercheckout.blogspot.com/Posted by Peng Ying, Developer Programs Engineer

Monetizing Games with In-App Payments

9/28/11

(Cross-posted on the Google Code Blog)KabamDragons of AtlantisEdgeworldGlobal WarfareGoogle In-App PaymentsIntegrating In-App Paymentsdocumentationruby-jwtPro Tip: Strive to Reduce Purchaser FrictionGeneral Recommendations

Make sure your payment flow is as seamless as possible, never giving the player the opportunity to get bored waiting for something to load.

Record and monitor each step of the payment flow in order to identify potential problems.

Run A/B tests on your purchase option page to optimize the number of players who make a purchase, as well as the amount of the average purchase.

Posted by Beau Harrington, Senior Development Director, Kabam

Google Offers beta comes to Dallas

9/26/11

Google OffersThe AT&T Performing Arts CenterHAIR

Google Offersgoogle.com/offerssign up

Enhancing the shopping experience on Google Product Search

9/22/11

Shortly after joining Google from Like.com, my team and I developed and launched Boutiques -- a fashion website offering women new ways to browse and shop for apparel. Today, we’re taking the features that shoppers absolutely love from Boutiques and incorporating them into Google Product Search -- so millions of people can use them every day. This is the first in a series of improvements we’re making to Google Product Search leveraging the computer vision and machine learning technology developed by the team we affectionately call our fashion and computer nerds. We hope you’ll enjoy what’s new today, and what’s around the corner for the upcoming holiday season. A Redesigned Homepage The first thing you’ll probably notice is our new homepage. This new look and feel is designed to inspire and facilitate easy, enjoyable browsing and shopping.

Better Ways to Shop, Starting with Dresses

By increasing the size of each image, simplifying much of the text around the images, and lightening the text color, we’ve emphasized the more visual aspects of apparel shopping. We’ve also integrated the most popular search refinements from Boutiques. Using the same innovative machine learning and computer vision technologies we developed for Boutiques, you can now browse dress collections that match the color, silhouette and genre you desire.

Explore visually similar styles
And because we think browsing and discovering new items is what makes shopping fun, we’ve added a feature to Product Search that makes it easy to do just that. Let’s say a particular dress catches your eye. Now, you can explore similar styles and discover new designers by clicking on that dress and viewing dozens of visually similar ones. We think you’ll find this fun --and addictive!-- and we hope it brings that element of surprise and discovery we all love with brick-and-mortar shopping to the online shopping experience.

An update on Boutiques.com and related properties
As we continue to integrate technology and lessons learned from Boutiques.com into Google Product Search, we will be redirecting shoppers from Boutiques.com to Google Product Search. The former Like.com team, alongside the Google Product Search team, will drive new ideas for apparel shopping through one unified product. The team is excited to be a part of the shopping experience on Google and have our work displayed to millions of users every day.
If you’re a user of Boutiques.com and other Like.com websites, you’ll soon receive an email with instructions for saving your data before those websites are transitioned on October 14. If you have any questions please email us at boutiques-feedback@google.com.
Like other teams that have joined Google, we’re thrilled with the opportunity to showcase our experience and technology to all of Google’s shoppers.
Burak Gokturk, Like.com Co-Founder and member of the Google Commerce team

Test Driving the Future of Payments

9/21/11

launchedmerchant partnersSprint Nexus S 4Gfuture of commerce

SingleTapthousands of locationson the webnearest Sprint storeget in touchPosted by Philippe Dauman Jr., Commerce Strategic Partnerships

Launching Google Wallet on Sprint and Working with Visa, American Express and Discover

9/19/11

(cross-posted on Official Google Blog and Google Mobile Blog)Google Walletnear field communication (NFC)Sprint Nexus S 4GCiti MasterCard credit cardcommitment to an open commerce ecosystemvideo of our first customergoogle.com/wallet
Posted by Osama Bedier, Vice President of Payments

Reminder: Google Product Search Data Feed Changes This Week

9/19/11

On September 22, we'll begin enforcing the new Google Product Search data feed specification and policies, which we announced in July. If you've already made the required changes to your feed, we recommend running a Test Data Feed to make sure that your updated feed complies with our new requirements.

If you've not made the changes, we highly recommend reviewing the materials cited in our announcement and follow-up blog posts, updating your feed, and testing the revised feed using the Test Data Feed.

Starting September 22, we'll gradually begin enforcing the new requirements by removing items from Google Product Search that do not meet the new requirements and, in some cases, suspending accounts that do not comply.

Posted by Mayuresh Saoji, Senior Product Manager, Google Product Search Team

Introducing Nearby Stores and Local Availability in Europe, Australia, and Japan

9/16/11

U.S.U.K.Help CenterPosted by Jens Münch, Strategic Partner Developer, Google Shopping

Google Offers kicks off ‘Gourmet Ghetto’ week with sponsorship of the North Berkeley Spice of Life Festival

9/12/11

Spice of Life FestivalGoogle Offers ‘Gourmet Ghetto’ weekKitchen on FireEdible ExcursionsSoop www.google.com/offersPosted by Teresa Jung, Product Marketing Manager, Google Offers

Google Content API for Shopping adds more metrics for merchants

9/7/11

Google Content API for ShoppingGoogle Shopping

We hope this feature helps merchants track these important metrics. For more information, please visit the documentation, and if you have any questions, please raise them in the developer forum.

Posted by Thomas Kotzmann, Technical Lead, Content API for Shopping

Google Offers Beta in Five More Cities: Austin, Boston, D.C., Denver and Seattle

9/6/11

Portlandthe Bay Area and New York City

In Austin, the first Google Offer is from Juan in a Million with $5 for $10 worth of food and drink. The menu at this locally-adored Mexican restaurant includes the legendary “Don Juan”-- El Taco Grande of the Breakfast Taco Challenge that defeated Adam Richman on the Travel Channel’s Man vs. Food series. Visit the Google booth at the ACL pre-party Thursday night to learn more.

Toscanini’s Ice Cream in Cambridge down the street from MIT, is running our day-one Google Offer in Boston. Spend $5 for $10 worth of gourmet ice cream, choosing from delectable flavors like Burnt Caramel, Ginger Snap Molasses and Grape Nut.

Falafel is on the menu in our nation’s capital, with today’s Google Offer of $3 for $6 of food and beverage from the fun and funky Amsterdam Falafelshop in D.C. Redeem it for their world-famous falafel and make room for creative toppings like crunchy onions, garlic cream sauce and house-made pickled veggies.

In Denver, get $20 of merchandise for $5 at all three locations of Tattered Cover Book Store, celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Meet your new favorite author, cozy up with a latte and a magazine or browse through thousands of books and unique gift items in antique filled stores, each with its own indie ambiance.

The Seattle Aquarium has a Google Offer you “otter” buy today with $9.50 for one day’s admission worth up to $19, that can also be applied toward an individual or family annual membership. See sand crabs, harbor seals, sea urchins and jellyfish frolic in the waves at this beloved Seattle institution. Check the calendar for upcoming events like underwater pumpkin carving.

google.com/offersGoogle Shopper app for Androidsign up Posted by Eric Rosenblum, Product Management Director Google Offers

Special Packages to Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park through Google Offers Tomorrow

9/6/11

Andrea Bocelli's Live in Central Park

subscribe to Google Offers nowgoogle.com/offerswatch the video herePosted by Yaoshiang Ho, Business Development, Google

Commerce Blog

Gain support for your content

Monetizing Games with In-App Payments

Google Offers beta comes to Dallas

Enhancing the shopping experience on Google Product Search

Test Driving the Future of Payments

Launching Google Wallet on Sprint and Working with Visa, American Express and Discover

Reminder: Google Product Search Data Feed Changes This Week

Introducing Nearby Stores and Local Availability in Europe, Australia, and Japan

Google Offers kicks off ‘Gourmet Ghetto’ week with sponsorship of the North Berkeley Spice of Life Festival

Google Content API for Shopping adds more metrics for merchants

Google Offers Beta in Five More Cities: Austin, Boston, D.C., Denver and Seattle

Special Packages to Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park through Google Offers Tomorrow

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