Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

[rwslippey]

Check out Post 2394 it may give you an answer to your problem.

I solved the problem, I apologies , I meant to post it..... it appears to be a problem with the server not having a enough time to process the file.

I increased my servers max execution time and haven't had a problem since.


Thanks for your help...

Rob

[countrycharm]

I solved the problem, I apologies , I meant to post it..... it appears to be a problem with the server not having a enough time to process the file.

I increased my servers max execution time and haven't had a problem since.


Thanks for your help...

Rob

That was going to be my next suggestion to you.

If your script is timing out, in the root of your server (not store root), create/open a file called php.ini and add the following lines: or go to your database and increase

max_execution_time = 300
max_input_time = 90
memory_limit = 32M

[kevinmc3]

Ver 1.3.9c

will the current Google Feed files also work with submitting to BING data feed ?

[Chaos Factor]

Reinstalled GBF and it worked without a hitch.....which meant I knew something wasn't gonna work on the flip side, Google. I couldn't seem to get it to upload from my cart which is no biggie since Google will fetch it on their end. I kept getting an error about the value cannot be set at 0, or something similar. So I played around with the configuration. Even though the GBF was set to show no quantities, Google would not accept it. It would actually show it as zero. So I turned on the show quantities attribute and added 1 as the number to show. Worked...no problemo...at least for that part.


Now I'm having problems with unacceptable words/characters in my product titles and descriptions. I thought it was gonna be easy to find. Not so much. The dashes, parenthesis, commas, etc were removed from the listed products....even though this is the same feed I used earlier this year and it worked without fail. So the next thing was words. Descriptions of a product....some were the actual names of the product....and Google won't allow it.


I have a partial list of the words not allowed and what it was used for in my listings:
Charity....no idea on this one
S.e..x...y.......lettering on said product
Liquor.....flavor
Liqueur......flavor
PentHouse.....which was a brand not the mag
Cigar.........like a cigar box shape
Tobacco....part of a brand name fragrance description
Rum........flavor and scent
Bourbon.....flavor and scent
Arouse.......massage oil description
Flame, burn......candles (Not sure which of the words is the trigger)
Bible....not sure if this is the word but I removed it and the item loaded......used in game description


Some of the words I get...others...uh NO!!

Anyone have a list of words Google won't allow in feeds? I looked for it on their site but so far, nothing.


Thanks in advance.

Back to sifting through the last errors!! 200 down, 60 more to go!!!

[Chaos Factor]

Here are a few more words:
Sensual
Pagan.....not sure, it's in the description with Bible
Apostles.....not sure, it's in the description with Bible
Churches...not sure, it's in the description with Bible
Seductive.....referring to food not humans...like chocolate


Is there an addon for removing or highlighting questionable words/wording? It sure would be better than having to go through each listing manually, especially when you have thousands of products to list.

[Chaos Factor]

More words...these are a given since they only allow these in the adult store option:
Kama Sutra....massage oils
Tantric....massage oils

Too bad they don't allow you to upload different categories to different options. Some could be adult based others family.

[numinix]

Hi everyone,

This new feature of Google banning feeds due to keywords and not providing a list of keywords is a problem.

So, how should we remedy this? Would you like a configuration field created where you can specify the keywords? Should the module then remove the keyword when it create the feed or skip the product? It seems if the keywords are banned, they probably do not want the products either...

Keep in mind any such feature will add additional server load and may cause larger stores to time out. Before we implement anything, please let us know the size of your store and what the best solution would be for you.

[dinki]

Just this week I began getting product rejection notices for Google on the products I've been submitting for close to four years. Actually it's only on six of my 400+ products. It seems that Google has added a 'profanity' filter and some of my products are being flagged as inappropriate. I took a look and the products contain the three letter 'A' word (I don't want to offend anyone here but am writing this for clarification).

Will the current version of the add-on support filtering out these products based on profanity? I'd like to keep the products on the site but not submit those products to google products.

I'm running a pretty old version of google base feeder but it's worked so reliably that I haven't upgraded in a while.

[Paul69]

I know I might be a little out of line here but I'm getting ready to install this feeder and have a few questions.

Is a dedicated IP really needed for it to run? I read that some place and want to know.

There are numerous SQL updates (18) shown do I need to just load the last one after I install (version 1.8.1)? (2.Install current version update_#_#_#.sql by copying and pasting (do not upload);)

The instructions say "3.Go to Admin->Tools->Install SQL Patches and install googlefroogle.sql by copying and pasting (do not upload);" and I can't even find that file.

Just so I understand I need to take these SQL files, open them some how, and then copy and paste the commands in the window in ZC rather than uploads?

Please help if you can.... I'm computer savvy just a little confused.

[davewest]

Hi everyone,

This new feature of Google banning feeds due to keywords and not providing a list of keywords is a problem.

So, how should we remedy this? Would you like a configuration field created where you can specify the keywords? Should the module then remove the keyword when it create the feed or skip the product? It seems if the keywords are banned, they probably do not want the products either...

Keep in mind any such feature will add additional server load and may cause larger stores to time out. Before we implement anything, please let us know the size of your store and what the best solution would be for you.

You can find lists of bad adsence words and looking at the list, more then likely is what's being blocked. Perhaps a pre scan using a text file list returning a product ID. Let the user check the product before doing the feed creation.

I've only had one product get rejected out of 5000 so far.
One of the bad word lists....
urbanoalvarez(dot)es/blog/2008/04/04/bad-words-list/

I can see why google is doing this, lots of complaints with adsence ads.