Procedure
- Read the mapping notes below and make sure that the relevant fields of the Item are filled in correctly
- Tick 'Export a Google Product Search file' for each item you'd like to include in the file
- Find 'Google Product Search' in Reports' drop-down list - select it and run it
- From the File menu, select Export>Text (tab-delimited) and save your file
- Submit that file to Google at google.com/base Obviously you will need to create your own (free) Google Merchant Centre account and either upload or schedule your feed
Mapping
The following list describes which fields are included in the exported file and how Organise sources the information
Google's full specification is at support.google.com/merchants/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=188494
Google's attribute | Organise field | Notes |
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id | Code | These codes should be unique within Organise, but Organise doesn't enforce it. Google specifies that this code should be unique and shouldn't change. |
title | Item | |
description | Comments | Tab and carriage return characters will be stripped out |
price | Selling price | Organise appends currency code from Preferences |
condition | Condition | Organise translates the Item's Condition field into 'new', 'refurbished' or 'used' |
link | Web link | |
brand | Brand | |
image link | Image link | |
shipping | Shipping. Organise formats this with colons as required by Google | |
availability | Organise translates Qty into 'in stock' or 'out of stock' | |
gtin | UPC / EAN |