The Google Base blog announced the launch of the new Google Merchant Center. This is the location for you to “upload your feeds, check on the status of your items, and get information on the performance of your listings.”

The Merchant Center is replacing Google Base for those who submit products to Google. This new portal is designed around product listings and submitting data for product listings. Transitioning between Google Base and Merchant Center should be very easy, Google said they would automatically show your existing data feeds, items, FTP settings and other data in the new Merchant Center, based on your login.

Again, the Google Merchant Center replaces Google Base for anyone who uses Google Base to submit product data to Google. For anyone else, submitting anything else, stick with Google Base.

Plus, there is a new Google Merchant Blog.

The Google Base Blog announced they have added a new attribute for Google Product Search merchants to submit product videos for specific products. Google Product Search can now show videos from YouTube.

Here is a picture of the Nikon D90 with YouTube videos:

How do merchants get their videos to show up for Google Product Searches? When you submit your Google Base data feed, make sure to include the new youtube attribute. This will help Google determine if they should show a video for that product listing. Google said, “we can’t guarantee that submitted videos will be selected.” Either way, it is likely worth doing, if you have the videos to link to.

Google has announced they have expanded Google Product Search for mobile to both Palm Pre and any mobile device with an internet connection based in the US, UK, Germany and South Korea.

To access Google Product Search on your mobile device, just visit google.com and click on shopping or go directly to www.google.com/m/products.

Google also added Google Suggest for iPhone and Android users. Here is a picture of how it looks on the iPhone:

Google has also posted a webmaster video on frequently asked questions on products via Google base, here it is:

The Google Base Blog has announced that they have cleaned up and streamlined the Google Base Bulk Upload Dashboard. Google said the new dashboard provides “a better overview of the status of your bulk uploads and your items.”

Here is a before and after of this dashboard. First, the new Google Base Dashboard:

Next, the old Google Base Dashboard:

For more information on the Google Base Bulk Upload dashboard, click here.