Tax, shipping costs coming to Google Product Search

Nobody likes to find a good deal that ends up being a bad one because of exorbitant shipping costs. In the jungle of online retailers indexed in Google's Product Search (formerly Froogle), nothing is more common. To solve that problem, Google has begun a voluntary program for retailers to include their shipping and tax information so that potential buyers can see what the total cost will be before clicking.

The new system runs through Google's Base product, letting retailers note whether they charge tax. It's also set up to let them set tax and shipping amounts by location so that the price will change based on where the searcher is from.

On most deal sites like Slickdeals or Fatwallet you'll see people work this out on their own--Google is just taking that extra step out of the equation, which could make it even easier to find a good deal without surprises. As an addendum to this feature, I would love Google to cross-reference its product index with a rebate index to let you save that much more on bargain goods.

[gfriend9]

It is very obvious, What google is trying to do is to create a eBay. If its just eBay its ok, but one mega of a product mall with product editing, pricing, eCommerce. Google started with a slogan dont do evil, now they occupy even the very traditional shopping cart software business. I am friend of google but if this proceeds the only thing available online will be Google. Google has lot of programming people, and they kill all the domains. At least microsoft was good, they entered only the markets which cannot be occupied by small and medium companies.

Google, Please Dont Do Evil

[tophotdeals]

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