Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'google product search'

Ronald from the Google Merchant Center (Base) team reported in a Google Merchant Center Help thread that there is a known issue with FTP uploads. Specifically, if you are uploading new data feeds via FTP, the data won't show up...

Posted on November 4, 2009 9:01 AM

Those trying to submit their product feeds to Google Base or Merchant Center may be running into errors. Ronald from the Google Merchant Center team has confirmed a bug that Google's engineers are working on fixing. A thread at Google...

Posted on October 28, 2009 8:57 AM

Yesterday, Google announced the launch of the new Google Merchant Center. The Google Merchant Center will replace Google Base for those who submit products through Google Base. Confused? Google Base is sticking around, but Google has added a new Google...

Posted on September 30, 2009 8:16 AM

The Google Base Blog announced that Google Base data feeds now support a new YouTube attribute that allows you to define if the product has a video demo on YouTube. The example given is a product search for Nikon d90....

Posted on September 10, 2009 8:29 AM

Want to know the hottest search terms across the various search engines? Yahoo, Ask, and Google [Product Search] have listed the most popular items. Here's what Yahoo has as its top 10 searches: 1. Britney Spears 2. WWE 3. Barack...

Posted on December 2, 2008 9:47 AM

A couple weeks ago, we reported the Google Shopping (Base) Feeds Processing Errors. In short, uploading your products to Google Base might have had major delay issues, depending on the size of that data file. Now, a Google representative, has...

Posted on December 2, 2008 7:47 AM

Sam from OhNuts informed me that Google is having some major issues with Google Base feeds. Google Base feeds are used to send data from your site to Google Product Search, amongst other places. A Google Groups announcement thread says...

Posted on November 21, 2008 8:15 AM

The Google Base Blog announces new updates to Google Product Search. The post explains that the product_type attribute has been added and should apply the category and values from the taxonomy listed here. Further, the blog post states more about...

Posted on October 28, 2008 10:41 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread reports that Google is now placing product results, for some searches, in the middle of the search results. For example, a search on ipod nano returns the Google Shopping results in the fourth listing, as opposed to...

Posted on August 11, 2008 8:23 AM

Frank Watson, AKA AussieWebmaster, has written a blog post at Search Engine Watch complaining that Google basically indexes content on hard liquor, such as vodka. Frank's specific complaint is that vodka results come up in Google Product Search for a...

Posted on May 15, 2008 7:45 AM

Google yesterday announced that its old Froogle product has been replaced with Google Product Search, according to a DigitalPoint Forums post. According to Google, results will "refocus the user experience on providing the most comprehensive, relevant results in a clean,...

Posted on April 19, 2007 10:15 AM