Google Checkout is offering savings of $5, $10, $20 or more at over 600 participating stores through December 17, 2008, and PayPal is offering savings of up to 30 percent at participating retailers. (See terms and conditions of each retailer.)
Google's Product Search team has reviewed millions of recent queries to find some of the most popular products people are searching for in order to help shoppers with gift ideas.
Top searches on Google include:
nintendo wii
wii fit
ipod touch
xbox 360
nintendo ds
ipod nano
uggs
nikon d90
zune
digital picture frame
Google has also created a page to count down to 2009, with one new tip per day. "We'll cover everything from today's tip on "Gift ideas and holiday savings" to checking out your flight status with Google Search. There will be much more to come throughout December, so check Google's Countdown to 2009 daily and add a countdown gadget to your iGoogle page."