By Alex Dovlecel, Google Base API Engineering TeamIf you’ve been wondering what the Google Base API team has been working on lately, wonder no more. We are happy to tell you that a couple of new features were released in the last couple of weeks.Locati…
By: Dimitris Meretakis, Product ManagerYou may not be aware of the steps your uploaded data goes through on Google Base. Here’s a snapshot. First, you upload your file; next, Google processes your feed; and third, after processing is complete, users w…
By: Chris Azalde, Google Base SupportWe’ve been listening to your feedback, and we recognize that our terminology ‘bulk uploads’ isn’t necessarily jiving with the way that you refer to your large content submissions. In light of that, we’ve recently re…
By: Chad Hancock, Google Base SupportOne of my responsibilities on the Google Base team is to help determine which attributes to create for which verticals. In light of that, I’m pleased to announce the triumphant return of one of my favorite attribute…
By: Dimitris Meretakis, Product ManagerBe it products, housing, jobs or vehicles, we want to make it easy for you to upload and manage your content in Base. A number of useful features are underway, starting with today’s release of a new dashboard for…
By: Jessica Ng, Product Marketing Manager Today, I’m thrilled to announce the launch of the Google Product Search Partner Program. The idea behind partnering with data feed providers is to give merchants like you an additional resource to support you…
By: Jessica Behling, Google Base SupportWe’re currently conducting scheduled maintenance on the Google Base site and expect maintenance to continue through Wednesday, July 18th. During this time, you’ll be unable to register a new bulk upload file or u…
By: Chris Azalde, Google Base SupportWe recently added UPC, MPN and ISBN to the list of required attributes for bulk uploads of the Products item type. Providing this information will help us rank items better and allow us to deliver more relevant resu…
By Stephen Salinas, Google Base SupportAs a Base user, you’re probably well aware of the increase in traffic that Base listings can deliver to your online business. Now you can convert more of that traffic into sales with Google Checkout, a fast and co…
By: Jassim Latif, Google Base SupportHere on the Google Base support team, we’re always trying to find new ways to provide you with fast and efficient answers. Here are a couple of suggestions to quickly connect you with the information you’re looking …
By Marc Scaletta, Google Base SupportHeya, I’m Marc, and I’ve been working on the Google Base team since February 2006. Up until a couple years ago, I spent the majority of my life in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. Then my wanderlust finally overcam…
By Jessica Behling, Google Base SupportWe’re always excited to share our ongoing efforts to improve the search experience. Today we announced some updates to Froogle that simplify the user interface and make it more consistent with web search. At the s…
By Naureen Kabir, Google Base SupportWith Google Base, as with Google search more generally, our goal is to connect people with the information that is most relevant to them. Last month, Roshan wrote a post about maintaining the quality of your items s…
By Naureen Kabir, Google Base SupportWe’re happy to let you know that Google Base is now accepting tab-delimited (or TSV) bulk upload files formatted using Google Spreadsheets. Most spreadsheet programs allow you to export data into a TSV file, and Goo…
By Jessica Behling, Google Base SupportHi, I’m Jessica, and I’m quickly approaching my one year anniversary with the Google Base team. A few days before I started with Google, I drove across half the country with my sister, two cats, and anything I cou…