Yes, Google's core search technology for retail, Google Commerce Search, is turning one year old. It lives in the cloud and uses the same product feed that many retailers already submit to Google Products, so most of the work related with the typical e-commerce search implementation is already complete. Guillaume De Zwirek gives us insight into the product's innovations that took the technology from birth through its first birthday.

Tina Kelleher refers us to a blog post by Elizabeth Marsten of Portent Interactive clarifying some points about content ads vs. search syndication. Giving Marsten credit for taking on a difficult subject, Kelleher points to some screen shots used in the original post and calls attention to misconceptions to set the record straight. E