I’m not sure if this is new or not (seems new to me) — Google is now displaying a Google Product Search OneBox on the top right of the Sponsored Search section. This is great for merchants as Google is really pushing Google Product Search in prime real estate.
This is not to be confused the AdWords PlusBox where Google displays products next to a merchant’s ad from their Google Base data feed.
Search Sponsored Google Product OneBox
We’ve all seen the standard OneBox in the regular search results:
Standard Google Product Search One Box
Update: Matthew from the Rimm Kaufman Group points us to a post on Google Blogoscoped with more information regarding “Google Product Ads“. There are no screenshots there, but it seems to be referring to the image I have posted above.
I noticed this come up a few days ago. I don’t remember what the search query was.
It just started displaying by me today. I tried a bunch of different search queries related to products and it seems to be there 95% of the time. Probably part of a bucket test.