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What is the difference between Google Base, Merchant Center, and Product Search?

Google Shopping (previously known as Google Product Search) is Google's shopping search engine for end-users.

Google Merchant Center is the site for merchants to upload their product listings.

Google Base is the site for uploading other types of listings to Google, such as real estate and job postings. (Previously, product listings were uploaded here too.)

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Updated: January 18, 2013

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