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Five Ways To Boost Google Product Search Sales

Google has been pretty good about providing holidays tips lately. They've discussed ways of getting found in Google Product Search easier, and they have continued with this theme in a new blog post on the Official Google Base Blog.

Google Makes it Easier To Get Found in Product Search

Last week, we looked at ways you can use Google to boost your clicks and conversions for the holiday season. One tip we discussed was submitting your products by data feed to Google Product Search.

Google Base Changes Vertical Search Results

Google Base has a bunch of search verticals, mini search engines built on data uploaded to Base, and they’ve changed the results format of those search engines. The old:

Merchants Reject New Google Base Attributes

A couple of weeks ago, the Google Base team announced a change: it claimed that it was “requiring” merchants to include additional attributes for product listings, but no time limit was mentioned. Now it appears that a deadline – February 28 – has been set, and a lot of people aren’t happy about it. “akmac,” a veteran member of the WebmasterWorld Forum, posted a bit of text from an e-mail that he (or she) had received (and Search Engine Roundtable observes credit for spotting it).

The October Hunt For Google Base

Froogle's replacement, Google Base, has been missing in action from the Google search results, but some sleuthing may have turned up the elusive service.

Google Base Scrubs Its Face

The homepage for Google Base received a mild makeover in order to improve its usability, particularly by bulk uploaders who can enhance its value by placing a lot of items in Base in one go.

Google Base Releases GData API

Google released its Google Base data API, GData for short, that allows developers to write dynamic and interactive applications for Google Base. This opens up the possibility of Google Base mash-ups that combine content with other services.

Google Base Adds Traffic Stats

The Google Base team added a few new features to its "My items" dashboard, allowing merchants to monitor search engine results pages (SERPs) impression, click-throughs, and page views.

Google Base Gets Document Uploading

Google Base now lets you attach documents to your items.

AdWords For Google Base Listings

Google is encouraging users to promote products and services listed on Google Base through its AdWords program.