Google Base - necessary?

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   Is there a reason to submit a file to google base if you're sure the google spiders are finding and reporting on your dynamic product pages?

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paul Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 25-February-2008 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote paul Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Google Base - necessary? Posted: 26-June-2008 at 8:53am
	Is there a reason to submit a file to google base if you're sure the google spiders are finding and reporting on your dynamic product pages?

scarlettscloset Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 12-August-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote scarlettscloset Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26-June-2008 at 10:34am
	Google spiders will ensure that your pages are indexed. I believe that Google Base ensures that your products are indexed and ranked in Google Shopping (used to be Froogle.) I update every week as I add new products.
	Scarlett

chris_b Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30-June-2006 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote chris_b Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26-June-2008 at 6:21pm
	Google Base is a free tool to list your products. We get a good amount of traffic from Google Base. Chris

bfc Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 04-November-2008 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote bfc Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08-December-2008 at 12:47pm
	Anyone figured out how to automate updating the file? I try to run the upload from Google Base on a schedule every 30 days, so that I do not have to go and upload it manually but it fails everytime. I do not see where I can set the Product Cart Control Panel to an automated schedule. Thanks in advance, Edited by bfc - 08-December-2008 at 12:48pm

ProductCart Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group ProductCart Team Joined: 01-October-2003 Status: Offline Points: 135	Post Options Post Reply Quote ProductCart Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08-December-2008 at 2:45pm
	This is not needed. You can now tell Google Base where to locate the file, not vice versa. Same as what you do with a Sitemap file (you can tell Google where to locate your sitemap). It's a new feature that you will find in your Google Base account. The feature is called "Schedule Upload".
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bfc Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 04-November-2008 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote bfc Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08-December-2008 at 2:57pm
	I have it setup for schedule upload, but it fails everytime it tries to upload. Maybe it is the loation of the url I told it to use, what url should be entered? The product cart control panel main page or a different page? Thanks for the help!

ProductCart Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group ProductCart Team Joined: 01-October-2003 Status: Offline Points: 135	Post Options Post Reply Quote ProductCart Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08-December-2008 at 4:42pm
	The URL to the file. Create the data feed and click on the link to it that ProductCart shows you on the confirmation page. The file will open in your browser. Copy the URL in the browser address field into the "Url to the file" input field on the "Schedule Upload" screen in your Google Base account.
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TrekLightGear Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 24-April-2007 Location: Boulder, CO Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote TrekLightGear Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08-December-2008 at 5:28pm
	I have setup the scheduled update in Google Base and pointed the URL to the right place but I still have to manually update the file every month because of the expiration issue. Google Base requires you to set an expiration date for the items and it currently only allows you include an expiration date for the items that is a month out from the date of creation. So, the schedule feature of Google Base will definitely work, but only if you remember to go into the control panel and regenerate a new GB file and update the expiration every single month. If you forget to do that the scheduled upload fails. Has anyone found a way around this?