Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'google checkout'

Google's merchant system has been around for a while now. Google encouraged merchants to add Google Checkout as an option to their web site through offering discounted or free merchant fees and added visibility on their AdWords ads. Today is...

Posted on May 5, 2009 7:26 AM

A featured WebmasterWorld thread asks merchants and webmasters if they will continue to use Google Checkout now that there are processing and transaction fees. The response is fairly mixed. But overall, most people are saying they enjoy the extra visibility...

Posted on February 12, 2008 7:51 AM

The Google Checkout Blog announced last night that they launched Google Checkout Trends at http://checkout.google.com/trends/. Last night, I tried it out and it worked well. But this morning, it is not working. I hope to update this post with example...

Posted on January 11, 2008 7:41 AM

A Google Groups member found a typo on a Google help page about the beginning of Google Checkout transaction fees. One page says that the fees begin on January 1st, whereas another page says that it begins February 1st. You...

Posted on January 8, 2008 9:55 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread reports Google is once again testing a new flavor of Products from this Advertiser feature. It was reported in early November that Google was trying a new feature out within their AdWords listings, for Google Checkout merchants....

Posted on January 7, 2008 7:58 AM

A WebmasterWorld member said he saw Google trying out a special type of Google AdWords listing. He said he was using the AdWords Preview Tool and did a search on something. He then saw that under an ad, which showcased...

Posted on November 12, 2007 8:11 AM

If you integrate Google Checkout into your AdWords campaign and have the Google Checkout badge displayed in your Sponsored Results, is there a way to track what keywords led a user to click on the Google Checkout badge? In a...

Posted on June 19, 2007 10:28 AM

eBay Pulls Google AdWords Ads To Protest Google Checkout Moves by Greg Sterling at Search Engine Land describes the recently cat and mouse game between Google and eBay. Let me summarize quickly. (1) eBay is to hold eBay Live Event...

Posted on June 14, 2007 6:56 AM

The Google Checkout blog announced that they are now supporting Google Checkout for mobile devices. So if you are on the road, see something on your favorite site, that you must have, you can buy it using Google Checkout on...

Posted on May 31, 2007 7:57 AM

In a Google Groups thread, a merchant from the United Kingdom asks if he can bill his customers in USD rather than in GBP: Can I bill in USD, rather than in GBP and they pay via a USD credit...

Posted on April 20, 2007 8:31 AM

The Google Blog and Google Checkout Blog both announced last night that Google Checkout is now available in the UK. Now, shops in the UK can offer Google Checkout to their customers and benefit from increased sales, higher conversion rates,...

Posted on April 13, 2007 8:20 AM

A Search Engine Watch forums thread asks whether there is any benefit to using Google Checkout Badges (i.e. . He writes: I signed up and put Google checkout badges on my ppc ads recently. I can't yet tell if they...

Posted on April 2, 2007 7:01 AM

Spotted via a DigitalPoint Forums thread, you can not add a Google Checkout Referral button to your site. The image on the below shows that I see it in my account: Here is a sample text link unit for Google...

Posted on March 22, 2007 7:25 AM

Last night I received an email from Jessica at the Google Checkout team telling me they were unable to verify my account and that they need me to email or fax them photocopies of my credit card and drivers licenses....

Posted on March 21, 2007 6:52 AM

Last night Google Checkout announced that you will now see larger and more colorful Google Checkout buttons on some sponsored results in Google.com. That means, any merchant that accepts Google Checkout, will be given a huge advantage. Plus it means,...

Posted on February 14, 2007 7:29 AM

I'd like to say if you report something once, it may be a fluke. If you report twice, then there may be something to it. But reporting something three times, well - to me, it is here to stay (at...

Posted on February 12, 2007 7:40 AM

A DigitalPoint Forums thread reports one member seeing a Google Checkout icon on AdSense ads. Typically, you see a little shopping cart icon when you search at Google and the sponsored listings are from a site that accepts Google Checkout....

Posted on January 23, 2007 7:22 AM

There is unclear speculation at WebmasterWorld that Google is placing the Google Checkout Icon it uses on AdWords ads also on AdSense ads. For example, Dicks Sporting Goods uses Google Checkout and a search for a keyword they are bidding...

Posted on January 4, 2007 8:09 AM

Marcia at a WebmasterWorld thread writes that Google Checkout is "washing affiliate links/tracking and not tracking those that are tracked with cookies, so that affiliates won't get paid for sales made by customers they send to merchants using Google Checkout."...

Posted on December 7, 2006 8:32 AM

Google has been sending out emails to their customers trying to influence them to promote Google Checkout as an option on their site. Here is a portion of this email; As you may know, for every $1 you spend on...

Posted on November 8, 2006 7:35 AM

It appears that the Google Checkout icon feature was flipped on for all ads earlier today. The first report of the bug was issued at WebmasterWorld at 7:55 AM (EST), and then more reports starting trickling in. Now the bug...

Posted on August 16, 2006 11:08 AM