Comments on: Google Commerce Search – a Critique

By: alex

alex — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:49:21 +0000

well shaun, i’ve gotten my client to sign up for your service… looking forward to the results!

By: shaunr

shaunr — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 02:48:52 +0000

Hi Alex,

I have done a critique of the search on babyage.com that is powered by GCS 3.0. With just a quick look I found a list of things that were either broken, not ideal, or missing. I’m reluctant to share it publicly because I really don’t want to help my competitor out too much. I’ve asked an SLI rep to get in touch with you directly and let you know about pricing and the issues we found with GCS 3.0.

By: alex

alex — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:40:42 +0000

looks like gcs 3.0 is out now… it would be great if you revisited this post to see how much is still accurate? how about a feature comparison? how about posting comparative pricing to gcs? they appear to start at 25k/yr now.

google may be the 8000 lb gorilla, but i am interested in seeing how competitive your service is, both on features and pricing.

thanks in advance.

By: shaunr

shaunr — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:47:40 +0000

Hi Dave,

From what I understand pricing starts at $50,000/year.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:44:26 +0000

Last post is about price. I’m confused – is not free?

By: Anthony Taylor

Anthony Taylor — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:34:04 +0000

Hi,

I find it disappointing that Google has decided to price small-medium sized businesses out of the market for commerce search.

If the format was adopted by all of the major online players and consequently by the consumer, then it would widen the rift between small and big business further.

Regards,
Anthony

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By: shaunr

shaunr — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:24:35 +0000

Someone is paying attention – I see Google has fixed up most of the errors I pointed out above.

By: Yossi Hermush

Yossi Hermush — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:06:44 +0000

Interesting times!

All the notes above are 100% true. However, I think retailer do not expect a “1.0” product to provide the same coverage as do products that are out there 5, 6, 8 or more years.

A newcomer on the other hand has the advantage of bringing a new point of view and learning from other people’s mistakes. This is why we at Celebros are not quick to judge but rather look to learn.

By: shaunr

shaunr — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:13:31 +0000

BTW: I see that the Berkinstock site is betterwalking.com. The search on here was not very impressive at all – no filters, sort or view options. The front page shows a pink shoe. A search for pink shoes returns no results. This is probably an issue with the feed that the retailer is giving to Google – but is hardly a great example of the new search features.

The search is implemented using AJAX – and it does return the results quickly. However you can’t use the back button to view the previous search if you have done more than one search.