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Instructions to Setup a Recurring Google Item Grab
Follow these instructions, and Google will grab the items from your booth as often as once per day and add them to Google Product Search. Google Product Search will expose your items to the most frequently used search engine on the web... at no charge. These instructions typically take 5-10 minutes to complete, plus an extra five minutes if you haven't already setup a Google account.
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Full instructions
- Log into Google Base. If you don't already have a Google Account, create one.
- From the main Google Base page (http://www.google.com/base), click on "Data Feeds" from the options on the right side of the page. See a picture.
- In the upper left corner of the page, click the button that says "New Data Feed". See a picture
- You'll be taken to a page asking you about your display name, item feed description, and website URL. Fill in the display name with the name you'd like buyers to see alongside your items (we recommend "Bonanzle"). For the field labeled "web site address," enter your booth address, which is shown above in "Field One." Then click "Next." See a picture
- You'll be taken to a new page asking about your feed details. For the item type, pick "Products," and for the type of data feed, leave "googlebase" selected (see a picture). For the data feed filename, paste in the filename of your Google feed, which is given above in "Field Two." See a picture.
- Click the "Register Data Feed" button at the bottom of the page, and you're just about done. The only remaining item is to schedule how often you want your feed updated. On the page that lists your data feeds, click the "Create" link just to the right of the word "Schedule." See a picture.
- A box will pop up asking how often you want your items updated. Choose whatever frequency you want (the more often Google grabs your items, the more often they get updated, but it may take your items off Google briefly while the items are being updated... we recommend choosing either daily or weekly). Finally, erase the default value that Google will have entered into the field labeled "Url of file" and paste in "Field Three," above. See a picture.
And you're done! Nice going! Buyers, here you come!
Note that it may take a day or two until your items show up in the Google Products search, Be patient, Google will get to you eventually.
Need More Help?
I completed the above steps, but my items aren't showing up. Got any ideas?
Read all frequently asked questions about sending items to Google.
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