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elgato
Joined: 24 Feb 2005
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Location: Texas
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| Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 1:35 pm Post subject: Google Ditches the Google Base Search Page |
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Google is shutting down Google Base's search page. The company has deemed the page all but worthless, saying that people search Google Product Search for products and Google Maps for houses for rent/sale.
"Since not many people use the page, this change should not have a big impact [on] your traffic," says Google Base Product Manager Robin Züger. "All data remains available through the Google Base API and through any applications that make use of it. As before, you can search for your own product listings in Google Product Search."
"We expect this change won't be very disruptive," adds Züger. "As always, please refer to the Merchant Center help forum if you have questions, and feel free to post a new question if what you need isn't already answered there."
All data will remain available through the Google Base API and any apps that utilize it. The search page will be eliminated in a few weeks.
Google recently split up Google Base into two separate entities - Google Base and the new Google Merchant Center. The Merchant Center was set up to replace Google Base for users who submit product-type items to Google.
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justrightbids
Joined: 21 Aug 2008
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| Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:03 pm Post subject: Re: Google Ditches the Google Base Search Page |
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| Now if you have a selling site (online auction etc) you must register for a multi client account with google ( we were just approved for this yaaa)and each member of your site must be listed and there products you can no longer list all of your sites items on google base with a normal feed. we are working on it now for all of our members at ONA |
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ehustle
Joined: 18 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Marketplace is slow to approve, don't get impatient, it's a process... |
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justrightbids
Joined: 21 Aug 2008
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| Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:06 pm Post subject: Re: Google Ditches the Google Base Search Page |
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| yes it took them 4 days to approve our site |
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