Google Launches Merchant Center For Google Base Users

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 [...]

Filed in: Google: Base, Google: Product Search


Get YouTube Videos In Your Google Product Search Feeds

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." [...]

Filed in: Google: Base, Google: Product Search, Google: YouTube & Video


Google Product Search Adds Search Suggestions

Google Product Search is the next Google search property to get its own flavor of search suggestions. Although there is no official post from Google on this feature, yet, we assume it uses a flavor of the search suggestion technology and adds Google's product search query data. Here is an example of a search suggestion from Google Product Search: Hat tip to Google Operating System for spotting this. [...]

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Google Expands Mobile Product Search & Adds Suggestions

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: [...]

Filed in: Google: Base, Google: Mobile, Google: Product Search


Google Adds Barcode Scanning to Product Search (Android-only)

Google Product Search for Mobile now has barcode scanning ability. The obvious convenience factor is that, rather than typing in the name of the product you're looking at, you can just scan the barcode and get shopping results (and information) on your Android-powered phone. Google's announcement today explains that barcode scanning currently is at its best with products like books, movies, electronics, and video games. Google says they're working on adding more barcode types. The new Barcode Scanner is available in the US and UK on Android-powered devices only -- there's no iPhone equi [...]

Filed in: Google: Mobile, Google: Product Search


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