Google has now launched an add on to their shopping feeds search to allow viewers to check whether items are currently in stock net to the products that come up in the search results. This now means that whether you are on your computers or mobile devices such as the iPhone, you can now check to see if certain items are in stock in a nearby store to where your IP location is. You will be able to check out the product’s availability by clicking on the “blue dot” included within the shopping portal search results.
This functionality will be really useful if you are out shopping and you see something in one shop but they don’t have any stock left for a particular product, you would then be able to search online to see if other stores in the local area have stock before going there yourself to make the purchase. You would also be able to get directions to the shop from within the search results as well.
Google currently only has a select few shopping partners who are on this scheme so the ability to find products within the local area is limited until more brands sign up and allow data to be shown within the search results. Now that it has been released Google expect more and more companies to sign up as it will benefit them so much more having up to date stock lists within the search results.
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Google Announces Possible New Venture
Google has announced that they are indeed looking into a more “intellectual based” search engine. Peter Norvig, Google’s director of research, says that the company is mulling a change in the company’s role in academia. For example, Google are looking to start moving from that of a quick and instant answer to that of a more “curriculum-based” research tool, according to CNET.
The tech news website reports that “the knowledge gained from services like Google can be a mile wide and an inch deep: data points don’t organize themselves into concepts and ideas,” adding that Norvig’s new proposals are aimed at addressing such concerns. While Google already offers an academic search engine, this simply makes educational papers accessible in the same way that its search engine does web pages.
It is thought that Google feels the need to do a better job of supporting people who are taking a class or want to really learn instead of just a quick fix solution.
Experts say that search engine optimization (SEO) would be affected by the launch of such a project, but there is insufficient information available to indicate exactly how: It could boost potential SEO projects with even more businesses wanting to get to the top of Google; however it could also be seen to outcast SEO techniques, with the possible distinction of the “old” Google.
