Announcing Our First Product Search Marketplace Partners: Etsy, eCrater, and eBid

[hotandvintage]

http://www.powersellersunite.com/vie...sc&&start=1020

And the ebid part

two for the price of one

[banrigh]

Are we to assume the 'new look' site will require the input of a lot more attributes for an item when it is listed to comply with Google's requirements then? Will it become harder to get your items onto Google?

The requirements that eBid has at this moment match the requirements of Google Base. What they require is this: ID# (auction or item #), Item (subject line), Item Description, Item link (url of the item page), price, condition (new or used), picture link and quantity.
Plus, all items must be BIN or have a BIN included with the auction.

[hotandvintage]

http://www.alternativestoebay.com/bl...earch-partner/

another here

Now they just have to work out a way to add auctions to search and the system would be perfect.

[astral276]

The requirements that eBid has at this moment match the requirements of Google Base...

I am aware of Google's minimum requirements for a data feed. Anyone who submits a feed needs to meet those. So how is a Marketplace Partner any different to anyone else?

I see eBid as having a problem meeting the minimum requirements anyway. The description field submitted contains boilerplate text - particularly from those listers that use templates. This was fixed once but seems to have reverted after compliance with the last Google shakeup.

Also eBid's condition classification of 'Unused' should really be translated to 'Used' for submission to Google rather than 'New' in order to meet Google's definition of the terms.

[hotandvintage]

A little more info as this is being broke down.

http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/...11/abu0251/s04