Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

availability:
turn on include zero quantity
turn on show quantity

That works - now whether it works with zero quantity turned on or not I don't know - but the answer is in the settings.

delia:

availability:
turn on include zero quantity
turn on show quantity

That works - now whether it works with zero quantity turned on or not I don't know - but the answer is in the settings.

just turned on inclde zero quantity and uploaded a fresh feed file and it still gives me the availability missing error :(
i already had show quantity set to true, thankyou for the reply any more ideas?

Hi there

Bit new here around this area of knowledge ...!

But wanted to know if anybody knows answer to my problem here.?

I recently had Installed the google froogle into my zen cart

And had these 3 attribute problems show one after an other after my ftp upload to google merchant center

Missing recommended attribute:** mpn** (282 warnings)

Missing recommended attribute: google product category (282 warnings)

Missing recommended attribute:** brand **(229 warnings)

Now I know this last one** brand **I forgot to add the product manufactor for all my listings. Thats no problem But
these other two attributes I have not being managed to locate them or how to add them or turn them on at my feeder config.?!

Thank you for your time.:dontgetit

sonofflorida:

Hi there

Bit new here around this area of knowledge ...!

But wanted to know if anybody knows answer to my problem here.?

I recently had Installed the google froogle into my zen cart

And had these 3 attribute problems show one after an other after my ftp upload to google merchant center

Missing recommended attribute:** mpn** (282 warnings)

Missing recommended attribute: google product category (282 warnings)

Missing recommended attribute:** brand **(229 warnings)

Now I know this last one** brand **I forgot to add the product manufactor for all my listings. Thats no problem But
these other two attributes I have not being managed to locate them or how to add them or turn them on at my feeder config.?!

Thank you for your time.:dontgetit

Your question is answered multiple times in this thread.

anyone know how to stop it timing out after so long and missing 90% of my products off??

My items are now showing on google :-)

they are also now showing the postage cost underneath which is great.... however the postage cost is inoccrect and is missing the VAT ie my postage cost might be £2.50 but google is showing the price as £2.08 which is 20% less. I have the setting in the config:

Display Tax false (as it says us only)
Tax Country UK
Tax Region CLEVE
Tax Rate 20.00
Tax on Shipping y

spid3r1987:

anyone know how to stop it timing out after so long and missing 90% of my products off??

nvm, sorted it :)

kitcorsa:

My items are now showing on google :-)

they are also now showing the postage cost underneath which is great.... however the postage cost is inoccrect and is missing the VAT ie my postage cost might be £2.50 but google is showing the price as £2.08 which is 20% less. I have the setting in the config:

Display Tax false (as it says us only)
Tax Country UK
Tax Region CLEVE
Tax Rate 20.00
Tax on Shipping y
try changing it to TRUE on display tax(even tho it says us only)
then redo file and upload...think this might work :)

It's very kind of you,and your reply helps me much!!
thank you

RescoCCC:

You must enter the unique product identifiers on the product setup page. If you don't, the feed cannot populate those attributes. Two out of three are required. The categories are brand, (same as products manufacturer), MPN, (same as product model), and GITN, which includes stuff like UPC, ISBN, etc.

For Google Product Category you must select the appropriate category from the Google Taxonomy and enter the information in the Google Merchant Center Feeder Configuration on the line that reads Default Product Category.

For example, one of my sites is collectibles so I used the Google Taxonomy of Arts & Entertainment > Collectibles. The entry on that line is done as Arts & Entertainment > Collectibles.

Does anyone know if there is another update coming out soon,,
Im totally out my depth trying to get this to work, and have zero products displayed anywhere in google,

:shocking::(

Ok so i think i made some progress using the 3 supplied snippets of code from 3249 to removethe old google feeder and i now have just the one set of configurations however it shows as making the feed domain_products_en.xml and so now google has emailed me to say my feed does not match the filename it should and also for some reason it has only generated 351 out of 355 items processed when last night it successfully processed all 376 of my items?? any ideas?

sash:

Does anyone know if there is another update coming out soon,,
Im totally out my depth trying to get this to work, and have zero products displayed anywhere in google,

:shocking::(

Another update won't help you if you can't figure out what's going on now. Too many variables.

I just discovered something I hadn't run into before and hadn't seen posted here.

If you have the stock by attributes mod installed, it will export your variants to the feed.

However, since it was set up for Numinix's upcoming new stock by attributes, it does not work as it needs to and can/will get your products invalidated.

So if you have it installed, you are going to have to edit the googlefroogle.php file in the root.

Comment out this line by adding the // in front of it.

if (defined('TABLE_PRODUCTS_WITH_ATTRIBUTES_STOCK')) $stock_attributes = true;

Question came up:

i cant upload to google as it says my file is called product_domain_en.xml when the _en shouldnt be there and also it has now missed off about 20 items it successfully processed when manually generating a feed last night?

The new version has the en added so you need to go to google and set up a new feed for the new file. Then delete the old one without the en.

I don't know what Xbox Memberships means by the missing products but do check to see if you have the include products with zero quantity as true.

thanks thought it may be a case of that but was hoping not to have to let google reassess every single item as first time processing of a new feed can take quite a while. i get the following when creating a new feed file....

Google Merchant Center Feeder v1.10.2 started 2011/10/12 16:34:07
Feed file - /home/xboxmemb/public_html/feed/google/domain_products_en.xml
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No

Google Merchant Center File Complete In 5.872130 Seconds 351 of 355 Records

however yesterday when i did it i got

Google Merchant Center Feeder v1.10.2 started 2011/10/12 16:34:07
Feed file - /home/xboxmemb/public_html/feed/google/domain_products_en.xml
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No

Google Merchant Center File Complete In 1.898273 Seconds 376 of 376 Records

and i have just listed about 10 more items on my site today so this figure should have gone up not down :(

Xbox Memberships:

thanks thought it may be a case of that but was hoping not to have to let google reassess every single item as first time processing of a new feed can take quite a while. i get the following when creating a new feed file....

Google Merchant Center Feeder v1.10.2 started 2011/10/12 16:34:07
Feed file - /home/xboxmemb/public_html/feed/google/domain_products_en.xml
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No

Google Merchant Center File Complete In 5.872130 Seconds 351 of 355 Records

however yesterday when i did it i got

Google Merchant Center Feeder v1.10.2 started 2011/10/12 16:34:07
Feed file - /home/xboxmemb/public_html/feed/google/domain_products_en.xml
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No

Google Merchant Center File Complete In 1.898273 Seconds 376 of 376 Records

and i have just listed about 10 more items on my site today so this figure should have gone up not down :(
Turn on debugging in your config settings and you will have more information when you output your feed.

I am trying to get the Google Product Category attribute to work with zencart. I have at least three different fields that need to go to Google with different products.

I have gathered from this forum that I need to use the admin/catalog area for option names and option values. How is this to be set up?

I have books, educational books, cards, and gifts.
For example, One Google product catagory for books is listed in Google as:

Text: "Media > Books > Non-Fiction > Religion Books"
XML: Media > Books > Non-Fiction > Religion Books

Do I put option names: Google Product Catagory?
Do I put option values: Media > Books > Non-Fiction > Religion Books?

And then add to all products that pertain to each?

If I missed in thread, please disregard and redirect.
Thanks, Kim

delia:

Turn on debugging in your config settings and you will have more information when you output your feed.

turned on debugging mode and all it told me was whichitems have been processed but it did tell me that items with id's 867, 975, 1027 and 1029 have failed as the description is less than 15 characters long? it doesnt tell me why it has missed out roughly 30 items though and also seems that the file i uploaded before has been succesfully sent to google and processed but quite alot of my items have been dissaproved by google when they was fine previously.

plus side is i have finally got rid of the availability warnings :D

1.3.8a
google 1.10.2
upc/isbn mod installed - ISBN/UPC/EAN set to true in google config

After several hours on going back and forth with versions and fixes, I finally have been able to upload a feed to google succesfully.

I have 1,000 book products in critical warning that may get us suspended!

ISBN will not populate in the feed. It's in the googlefroogle.php files and I have pasted hundreds on the product pages. Anyone run into this before? UPC is working fine?!

Populating and Good:
MPN, Brand, UPC

kburner:

I am trying to get the Google Product Category attribute to work with zencart. I have at least three different fields that need to go to Google with different products.

I have gathered from this forum that I need to use the admin/catalog area for option names and option values. How is this to be set up?

I have books, educational books, cards, and gifts.
For example, One Google product catagory for books is listed in Google as:

Text: "Media > Books > Non-Fiction > Religion Books"
XML: Media > Books > Non-Fiction > Religion Books

Do I put option names: Google Product Catagory?
Do I put option values: Media > Books > Non-Fiction > Religion Books?

And then add to all products that pertain to each?

If I missed in thread, please disregard and redirect.
Thanks, Kim

The Google Product Category is a single entry in the feed configuration. You don't have to do anything with the individual products.