Comments on: First Google Offer Hits in Portland: 70% off at Floyd’s Coffee Shop

By: Google Testing Coupons in Adwords | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:11:04 +0000

[...] Google Offers, their Groupon competitor, first surfaced in January, with a full blown Offers beta rolling out June 1 in Portland. Google also first rolled out Latitude Check-In Offers at SXSW in March with [...]

By: Google Offers 2 Weeks On – The Local Vantage Point | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:04:32 +0000

[...] well versed in the deals arena I wanted to better understand Google’s baby steps with their Offers product. I turned to a number of respected folks, that have more experience in the field than I, to get [...]

By: Andy Kuiper

Andy Kuiper — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:13:09 +0000

Just what small businesses need, another ‘offer’ program. All the more reason for consumers to hold off on purchasing something while they wait for a heavily discounted offer to show up. On the other hand, I’m anxious for my local Mercedes dealership to hook up with one of these deal programs and offer a SLK 350 or C350 for 70+% off.

By: Mike Blumenthal

Mike Blumenthal — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:42:47 +0000

@Miriam
I did not but I was tempted to blow the $3 dollars to experience the purchase process and the post purchase emails… but alas frugality won out.

By: MiriamEllis

MiriamEllis — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 06:06:02 +0000

So, did you fly to Portland for your pastries, Mike? Just wondering…

Thanks for reporting on this!

By: DS

DS — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:11:22 +0000

I would like to see this come up here to Seattle. Looks like they are giving Groupon a run for their money. Interesting to see how this works out in the long run. Will Groupon come to wish they had sold out to Google?