As Google continues its assault on everything internet it next turns to Amazon.com and the world of Internet retailing.
According to published reports in the Wall Street Journal, Google is currently talking to some major retailers to partner with them in a proposed online shopping service. Google is looking to compete with the Amazon Prime program, which offers fast shipping from various retailers for a flat fee of $79 per year.
Google would not be selling directly to the consumers, but with use the power of the Google search engine to find products, and connect consumers to the products, with Google running the shipping service that would deliver the products.
Google hopes to use consumers shopping as another way to maintain its dominance as the number one destination and search engine on the internet. As people use Google to shop, Google gets revenue from ads about products related to your search as you are shopping.
Google the king of the online world
In the past year Google has attacked just about every facet of the internet world, announcing new You Tube programming and Google TV. Google has considered buying its rival Yahoo.
Google has looked at ways to become you wallet, with a product known as Google Wallet that allows you to pay at point of sale terminals using your smartphone.
Now Google looks to get into the wallet of the average consumer in a different way as Google gears up to take on internet giant Amazon.com in online retailing.
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