Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

[modchipfitters.co.uk]

I am getitng the same message from Google. Did you resolve it as i'm struggling!

no still not sorted this problem out

anyone got any suggestions?

[rwment]

Ok I have a question about the way googlebase processes the upload file. What I have been doing (and yes it is a pain) is to use the mod to create a new file and then go in and delete all but the new products that I have added, so that the old products I already have listed on the site don't go back to Published....searchable soon status. I don't really want to take the products I already have on ther offline everytime I want to update my list on there. I am not changing anything on the old products and so far the only way around this I have found is to go in and manually delete the old products which means a line by line search of model numbers.

Is there an easier way to create an upload file that just contains the new products I just added?

[alray10]

Ok I have a question about the way googlebase processes the upload file. What I have been doing (and yes it is a pain) is to use the mod to create a new file and then go in and delete all but the new products that I have added, so that the old products I already have listed on the site don't go back to Published....searchable soon status. I don't really want to take the products I already have on ther offline everytime I want to update my list on there. I am not changing anything on the old products and so far the only way around this I have found is to go in and manually delete the old products which means a line by line search of model numbers.

Is there an easier way to create an upload file that just contains the new products I just added?

You will find that even though Google base says your old item are not searchable they in fact are.
When I update mine it says all items are not searchable and it stays like that for about 12 hours but I am still getting plenty of hits from Google products.

[rwment]

Ok well thank you that will save me an hour or two everyday that I add products to my store.

[Lisk]

Hi - I'm running into a problem installing this contribution. When I click to create my product feed, I get this error message:
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HTTP Status 400 - You must provide a feed uri

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type Status report

message You must provide a feed uri

description The request sent by the client was syntactically incorrect (You must provide a feed uri).


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Apache Tomcat/5.0.28
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I defined the settings in Config/GoogleFroogle config. I changed the permissions on the feeds to 775 and then 777. I tried searching for an answer to this but I'm coming up empty. Can someone point me in the right direction?

I'm using v1.3.7.

[rwment]

Alray10 - thanks again for the info but I have a google related question for you. I pulled up your site and noticed that you sold athletic shoes. My question is in regards to your choice to use google ads on your site that advertise other stores that sell converse shoes. Does this seem like a smart marketing move? Seriously though, do you make more from advertising other stores that sell the same products as you than you do from actually selling them? This is one of the very reasons I discounted ever using Google Ads on my site and I was wondering if there was something I didn't consider.

[rwment]

Another quick question I had about the way googlebase processes files. If I delete a bulk upload file from the fast growing list I have does that indeed delete the products themselves from googlebase?

[alray10]

Alray10 - thanks again for the info but I have a google related question for you. I pulled up your site and noticed that you sold athletic shoes. My question is in regards to your choice to use google ads on your site that advertise other stores that sell converse shoes. Does this seem like a smart marketing move? Seriously though, do you make more from advertising other stores that sell the same products as you than you do from actually selling them? This is one of the very reasons I discounted ever using Google Ads on my site and I was wondering if there was something I didn't consider.

I am thinking of removing google adsense myself I do keep putting sites on the ban list but as quick as I ban them another pops up.
I make very little out of adsense and it is hardly worth the time I spend putting them on the band list.
The only reason I leave them there is because even if google deny it I do find I get more hits from google if I have adsense on my site.

Your other question if you delete a bulk up load file yes the whole lot gets removed from googlebase.

[numinix]

Couldn't you just set your ad box to display links in a new window? Then you'd generate profits from clicks and still retain the customer. Furthermore, the customer may see that your site has the better deal and will solidify the sale...

[rwment]

Numinix - That is a bit of a risky proposition as well. Yes it is great if you are offering a better deal than the competitors.....but what if you aren't?