26.10.2022
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Google developers have improved the search and selection of products on the PC

Yuliia Zablotska
Author at ApiX-Drive
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The Google system has updated the display format of search results that relate to the purchase of goods. The search page contains more thumbnail images of the products you are looking for, and provides tools to make it easier to select them.

Google decided to help PC users with shopping. It has now become more convenient and easier to select goods on the network: the search engine has significantly replenished the search results with commodity items. On the page, they are located on the right, in the format of a ribbon of thumbnail pictures. There are arrows to scroll down or up. Images for thumbnails appear to be taken from pages in the search results for the user's query, but Google does not say anything about this.

By clicking on "More on Google", we get to the page for viewing available offers, consisting entirely of thumbnails. If necessary, here you can use filters by price and type of product, its rating, specific manufacturer and seller. In addition, convenience adds the ability to sort by relevance and cost (from cheap to expensive and vice versa). Clicking on a product thumbnail brings up an information panel with links to stores where you can buy it. You can see it on the right. This innovation allows you to get more data about the product without losing sight of other search results.

Google representatives specified that the innovation will affect only some categories of products (“household goods”, “clothing”, “beauty and health”, “electronics”). They also notified that the product feed will not be static — they plan to update the content regularly.