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Editor’s Note: This is our monthly installment of “Everything Google,” a feature on products and services from Google that can help ecommerce merchants. The author is Bill Hartzer, the owner of BillHartzer.com, a SEO, pay-per-click and ecommerce consulting firm in Dallas.

Google Product Search is a price comparison service. Users can search for retail products and the search results then list vendors selling those items. The search results include photos, prices and links to the vendors’ ecommerce sites. Google does not charge any fees for listings; it makes no commission on the sales of the products, and it doesn’t accept payment for products to show up first. Google first launched its product comparison service in 2002 under the nam…

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Google Product Search: Creating a Data Feed

Google and Dish Network reportedly are testing a service that allows television users to search for television programming and Web content from set-top boxes. Google software installed in the boxes allows users to create a personalized programming lineup, anonymous sources told The Wall Street Journal. It’s no secret that Google and Dish have been collaborating since 2007, when the companies entered into a partnership for Google to deliver ads to the satellite network’s audience and develop mechanisms to more accurately measure how they are viewed.

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Google Dabbling With TV Set-Top Search

At the end of January 2010, Google controlled 65.4 percent of the search-engine market, up 2.4 percent, from 63 percent, twelve months earlier, according to comScore, the web-tracking firm.

Microsoft was the only other search engine that gained market share. Microsoft had a total of 11.3 percent of the market in January 2010, up from 8.5 percent in January 2009. Microsoft was losing share in the search engine market until it launched Bing in June 2009. In the following month, Microsoft increased share by .4 percent, according to comScore.

Yahoo!, Ask Network, and AOL LLC Network each lost popularity in the last 12 months. Yahoo! was hit the hardest, dropping from 21 percent of the market in January 2009 to 17 percent by January of thi…

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Chart of the Week: Google, Microsoft Gain Ground in Search Engine Market

There’s a common thread running throughout Google’s latest legal worries: antitrust accusations, most notably several complaints filed with the European Commission. Last week, the EC opened an inquiry into Google’s search ranking algorithm, based on claims of unfair practices made by three companies, two of which have ties to Microsoft. The Microsoft connections are no coincidence, Google maintains. It believes that Microsoft has been working behind the scenes to spur regulatory authorities such as the EC to launch investigations.

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Google Claims Microsoft’s Behind Antitrust Onslaught

Palm’s warning Thursday that revenues for fiscal year 2010 will be “well below” its forecast of $1.6 billion to $1.8 billion has raised questions regarding its ability to survive as an independent company. The company’s stocks closed at $6.53 Thursday, $1.56 down from the previous day’s close of $8.09. In disclosing Palm’s poor performance, CEO Jon Rubinstein said the company had miscalculated consumer demand for its devices. However, he said its carrier partners are working closely with it to increase awareness and drive sales.

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Will Verizon’s Marketing Juice Grease Palm?