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Back in January, we announced our new Google Terms of Service to provide a more consistent experience for users across Google's products. Starting today, March 29, Google Merchant Center will be covered by the new Google Terms of Service along with a short set of additional terms and conditions specific to Merchant Center. While the substance in the additional Merchant Center terms and conditions...

Google Offers connects you with deals at great places in your city. And sometimes those places are on wheels. We’re joining the food truck craze and kicking it all off in the city where you need a car to do pretty much everything (even cooking): Los Angeles. Enjoy Food Truck Day this Friday, March 23 with offers from some of LA’s most buzzed-about, award-winning food trucks. Here’s what’s on the menu:Kogi...

People love saving money. According to eMarketer, almost 88.2 million people--or half of all U.S. adults who use the Internet--redeemed an online coupon in 2011, and this number should increase to 96.8 million by 2013. So it’s no wonder why so many companies, big and small, are using discounts, in the form of daily deals, to drive increases in sales.In November 2011 Google Offers partnered with REI,...

Who doesn't love frozen yogurt? We certainly do and we’re happy to announce that Google Wallet is now accepted at 69 Pinkberry stores across the U.S. You can also use the Pinkberry Featured Offer in Google Wallet to get 10% off any one Pinkberry when you use your Google Wallet to pay. This offer is good for use at select stores until April 30, 2012.* The popular yogurt retailer now accepts Google...

Matching you with the deals that you want is our focus, but we can’t do it alone. That’s why we’re working with a select group of deal provider partners -- including 11 new partners that we’re announcing today -- to bring you more of the greatest deals out there. Also, we’re expanding the availability of all of our partners’ deals to four new cities including: Austin, Houston, Philadelphia and Miami....

For all you retailers already using the Content API for Shopping or looking for a way to automate your product data upload to Google, we’ll be hosting a technical webinar in a Google+ Hangout. Join us for “Using Google client libraries to submit product data," on March 28, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. PT. This webinar is for those interested in getting up and running with the Google Content API for Shopping...

We frequently hear from merchants that data is gold - especially when that data provides insight into the performance of their products and their customers’ buying habits. We’ve listened to the feedback, and today we’re rolling out the first in a series of improvements to Google Merchant Center to put more data in the hands of merchants. Starting today, retailers who submit product feeds to Google...

SXSW Interactive 2012 starts tomorrow and we’re excited to be a part of this year’s festivities in Austin! As we announced last week, we’re transforming Rainey St. into the “Google Village” on March 10-11. Only a few steps away from the Austin Convention Center, the “Google Village” will consist of four houses packed full of demos and fun, drinks and music. The Commerce team will be at the Google...

Last week we wrote about some recent updates to In-App Payments that help developers monetize their apps in fewer steps, across more countries. In addition to improvements in the in-app payment process, Google is also investing heavily in helping developers create and distribute their games.For those of you attending GDC at the Moscone Center this week, stop by and see us at our developer days March...

(Cross-posted on the Google Developers Blog)As any merchant knows, the easier the path to purchase, the more likely the sale. That’s why the In-App Payments team is dedicated to developing a simple, yet intuitive API that makes the in-app purchase experience effortless for your customers -- leading to a higher conversion rate for you. Over the last few weeks, we’ve made some improvements to the API...