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Best practices for Product Search

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 8:27 AM

Webmaster Level: Beginner to Intermediate

If you run an e-commerce site and you'd like your products to be eligible to be shown in Google search results, then check out our "Product Search for Webmasters" video. In addition to the basics on Product Search, I cover:
  • Attributes to include in your feed
  • FAQs
    • Will my products' rankings improve if I include custom attributes in my feed?
    • Do product listings expire after 30 days?
    • How often should I submit my feed?



More information can be found in the Product Search Help Center.

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4 comments:

na said...

Good post.

Typo in slide at 5:59. I think that's supposed to be "MPN (Manufacturer Part Number)" (instead of "Port Number").

asemerson said...

Great video.

Tab delimited, rather than tab "deliminated," right?

Maile Ohye said...

@asemerson: Yep, my bad. I heard that, too, and nearly confused myself.

@na: You're correct as well!
MPN = Manufacturer Part Number

I'm 0-2. :)

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