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Google Digs a New Channel For ‘Prefered’ Goods

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Ben Charny
Ben Charny
May 30, 2006
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Google says it’s testing a way in which someone could buy goods from a well-known merchant, such as Apple Computer, via a Google account.

News of the online channel to sell “high-quality” merchants’ products via Google accounts surfaced this weekend on Inside Google. The tests were later confirmed by Google executives during a conference call with analysts on May 31.

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