Friday, July 30th, 2010

Find out what’s in stock nearby.

Ever go to pick up something at a store and they’re out. No problem, just go to another store or another location of the same chain. But they don’t have it either. Annoying.

Google wants to help you save time (and frustration) by showing you what’s in stock where.

While you’re out, simply go to google.com on your mobile phone. Click the “More” tab and select “Shopping.” Do your search thang.

A list of results will come up – look for a blue dot with either “In stocky nearby” or “Limited availability.” Click the link and find out which store has what you’re looking for.

Days before masses bust down the doors of brick and mortar stores and burden e-commerce servers, Google has released updates to its Product Search.

Recent tweaks include:

New gallery view

Instead of viewing in a vertical list, view products horizontally in rows. Click the gallery icon at the top right corner just above the results. Here’s what the gallery view looks like on the results for sunglasses:

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Review summaries

On product pages, Google is providing a quick glance at the overall feedback from the reviews for a given product:

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