Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

[Tim M]

I posted this in another area and got no answer, so here it is again.

After uploading to Google Base, I can search for a specific item by using very specific search terms. My items show in the results.

However, when I use a little more generic search, none of my products are returned.

For example, searching for "4 aces poker chip $500" will return my product listing, but "4 aces poker chip" does not.

So, what am I doing wrong? Or, what do I need to do to get the products listed correctly?

Thanks.

[blakdeth77]

I posted this in another area and got no answer, so here it is again.

After uploading to Google Base, I can search for a specific item by using very specific search terms. My items show in the results.

However, when I use a little more generic search, none of my products are returned.

For example, searching for "4 aces poker chip $500" will return my product listing, but "4 aces poker chip" does not.

So, what am I doing wrong? Or, what do I need to do to get the products listed correctly?

Thanks.

It doesn't sound like you're doing anything wrong. It is just that there's probably a lot more competition for a less specific search term. How many pages of results are you looking through?

[Tim M]

It doesn't sound like you're doing anything wrong. It is just that there's probably a lot more competition for a less specific search term. How many pages of results are you looking through?

I'm sorting the results by price. I know what my price is and where it should show in the results.

[blakdeth77]

I'm sorting the results by price. I know what my price is and where it should show in the results.

I just had that same issue not long ago. It cleared up when I started using the datafeeds instead. I believe Base choked on something like an illegal character. The quotation mark was the baddie that was causing all the grief with google.

Have you already compared a sample item against the Editorial Guidelines?
http://base.google.com/support/bin/a...S&answer=59466

All I can locate for the bit about having "illegal characters" in your text is a forum post here:
http://groups.google.com/group/base-...64c6c8af?pli=1

Hope that helps!

[smoke133]

I have zencart 1.3.8a loaded and have 1.7.3a google base feeder loaded. Is there a reason why the google base feeder is not processing all of my products? I have 17,000 products on my site, but the feeder is only processing 5099 of them.

[numinix]

I have zencart 1.3.8a loaded and have 1.7.3a google base feeder loaded. Is there a reason why the google base feeder is not processing all of my products? I have 17,000 products on my site, but the feeder is only processing 5099 of them.

Turn on the simple debug and it will give you 11,901 reasons!

[wellbourne]

Hi, I am having same issue with + or - 14,000 products. It only puts out roughly 5000+ of them.. I am a newbie and would like to know how to fix this issue.. Any help would be great.. Thanks in advance.. Jim




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