GoogleBase – Google Product Search is Feeding
If you have ever received one of those FTP errors submitting to Google and banged your head against a wall trying in vain to transmit an updated file, there appears to be a reason. Based on Google’s standards, only one product feed per hour will be accepted.
So, if you are trying continually update a product file, this is probably not a good idea. There was a time when Froogle’s relevancy were partially calculated depending on the frequency, or at least the last time of submission. Happily for anyone sending files over dial up or similar prehistoric transmission methods, this is no longer the case. The best thing to do is simply update the product file when you have a significant change in inventory.
In a future post, I will be putting together a time-line and frequency chart for how ofter shopping comparison engines pick up and process new feeds.
Take care!
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