Lotsa Google Items Today

Google Retailer Is Here!
Google has just come up with a Google retailer fast fast fast search engine that enables little as well as big peeps to sell their products and services online AND integrate it with Google Analytics. Pricing is dependent upon the number of items you sell.

The Analytics part of this means you can follow where your prospects and customers are going once they hit your site. So let's say, you have extra sweaters you are trying to sell, and getting no results, maybe putting them into the 75% off bin will move them? Either way,  you'll be able to track your sales, and presumably stock those items that are hot sellers too.

Included within the retail offering is the ability to up-sell. So if you sell say a red pair of shoes to a customer, you might also be able to entice them to buy a red pair of shoes.

Presumably, this same engine could be used by PR agencies or political candidates, who find someone is interested in healthcare, and may because of their age, also want to learn about diabetes management. Anyway, you get the idea. Kinda Kewl.

Google Dashboard
With all this information floating around, you may want to know just what Google knows about you. Okay fair enough! Just go to Google Dashboard, and be amazed/frightened!

Google Custom News
One of the reasons I use Netvibes is its ability to allow me to narrow in on subjects of interest including the use of widgets on topics.

Now Google News is moving in the same direction. As of today, you will be able to add your own categories on your personal Google News Page. So let's say you are interested in Marshall, WI Sports (and who isn't?) you will be able to add your own section and then have Google grab that information for you. It is I think rather like a News Alert system except better and perhaps broader in its scope.

Also, based on your results, you will be able to share your information with others who appreciate your interests and tastes.

Media Monitoring application? Maybe, but I'd want to see how it works before saying so.