Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

[RescoCCC]

I also have linked products on one of my sites and haven't seen this issue.

[delia]

You can avoid that by turning on the all products option - no matter the stock.

What I just found out is that fixed my problem with the duplicate products which means they'll be yelling about availability soon I expect.

If the is the case then, this mod does not work for sites with linked duplicate products that have the same model number.

[RescoCCC]

If the is the case then, this mod does not work for sites with linked duplicate products that have the same model number.

Okay, that explains why I'm not having an issue with linked products. I don't have model numbers.

[delia]

Okay, that explains why I'm not having an issue with linked products. I don't have model numbers.

You are going to get blasted for that, I'll bet unless you are using some other field for the unique model, sku, part number etc.

[inovermyhead]

If the is the case then, this mod does not work for sites with linked duplicate products that have the same model number.

Not sure what you mean here, Delia ... you mean different items that have the same model number? Or the same product that has different listing in different categories?

[RescoCCC]

You are going to get blasted for that, I'll bet unless you are using some other field for the unique model, sku, part number etc.

For this particular site I asked for and was granted an exemption from Google for the unique product identifiers requirement. It's vintage and antique collectibles that don't come with model numbers, part numbers, UPC's, etc.

[delia]

When you copy a product to another category and make it a linked product instead of duplicated, it shows up in both places and it is identical so it seems to be appearing as 2 products with the same info to Google.

[delia]

For this particular site I asked for and was granted an exemption from Google for the unique product identifiers requirement. It's vintage and antique collectibles that don't come with model numbers, part numbers, UPC's, etc.

Ah, so it doesn't apply to you. That explains that.

[RescoCCC]

It does apply on the other sites I work with. And some aren't Zen Cart - and it's been a LOT bigger hassle with those then it has with Zen. As complicated as this has been, we're better off than others who chose different carts.

[inovermyhead]

When you copy a product to another category and make it a linked product instead of duplicated, it shows up in both places and it is identical so it seems to be appearing as 2 products with the same info to Google.

OK, that's what I thought. However, we use linked products in multiple categories, and so far I have not found linked products duplicated in the feed XML.