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This is not Google Offers. It's simply a Google Tag advertisement.

And what exactly is the difference? Both are local deals.

Tags are flat-fee sponsored links embedded into search results (and maps results). They can be coupons, photos, or even youtube videos.

"Offers", as I understand it, will be location-based deal-per-day ads.

So tags are more flexible. Offers sounds like a subset of tags.