Google offers discount vouchers
PrintLocal shops for local people
Posted in Financial News, 15th August 2006 12:04 GMT
Free whitepaper – Dell PowerEdge servers 2009 - Memory
Google is offering discount vouchers to shoppers who locate a store using Google Maps.
Coupons are a popular way to promote shops and services in the US and Google hopes to attract small businesses that don't otherwise have a web presence.
Browsers can print a voucher they want and take it to the relevant shop. There are no plans for a mobile phone version because retailers have no secure way of dealing with such electronic vouchers, according to Reuters.
There is no charge for consumers or businesses using the service.
From later this year, Google will offer the service to businesses buying AdWords.
Google is working on the scheme with coupon provider Valpak.
More from the New York Times here. ®
Free whitepaper – Out-of-box comparison between Dell, HP, and IBM blade servers
The Register Agile Data Center Summit
What Exchange can't do - and Dell can
Automating the Acquisition Process with Enterprise Level CRM
Checklist: Midmarket ERP Solutions
Analyst Keynote: The Register Agile Data Center Summit
Dirty, dirty PCs: The X-rated picture guide
Top 500 supers - rise of the Linux quad-cores
Early adopters bloodied by Ubuntu's Karmic Koala
Sign up, sign up for The Register IT security newsletter