Google (turnover of US$258 billion in 2021, net margin of US$76 billion, i.e., 30% of sales) is now making the search engine technology available to all online retailers, directly on their websites. “With this offer, called Cloud Retail Search, you have the Google search engine on your own website,” explained François Loviton to Mind Retail at the 1-to-1 conference in Monaco.
It is a customisable solution, based on Google’s understanding of the intention and context of each user. With this...