Exemption granted but visibility greatly reduced

[lejoueurdepipeau]

They've never "submitted items to Google natural search", that's not how it works. Google crawls the web and finds pages itself.

Oh - yes of course. I'd forgotten that ...having spent so much time vainly endeavouring to get any exposure on Google shopping fr...

[suesjools]

It would be nice if we could get some clarification regarding this whole Google visibility issue, it seems to be a complete mess.

Agree 110%.

Best wishes for many sales to all,

[starlady22]

Me ! October was my worst month here since November 2009. Not a happy bunny at all. eBid was beginning to turn the corner and now this Google business seems to have set everything back again.

I thought it was just me.
My sales were really picking up, to the point where some months i sold more on ebid than ebay, but October, and this month have been terrible.
I would have thought they would get better leading up to xmas, but they've gotten worse.

And i know it's not the economy or anything like that, because I've sold quite a lot on ebay recently.


Jane

[banrigh]

October was terrible for me also. I have checked Google Shopping and even typed in my store names..3 were granted exemption. Out of over 7,000 items in my toys and hobbies store...very little is showing on Google Shopping at all.

[gazza]

October was terrible for me also. I have checked Google Shopping and even typed in my store names..3 were granted exemption. Out of over 7,000 items in my toys and hobbies store...very little is showing on Google Shopping at all.

All your items had expired from GS, I've just flagged them all for re-upload. Anyone else whose items aren't showing let us know and I will do the same. They are picked up automatically when listed/reposted but some Run Until Sold items are proving troublesome.

Gazza

[banrigh]

All your items had expired from GS, I've just flagged them all for re-upload. Anyone else whose items aren't showing let us know and I will do the same. They are picked up automatically when listed/reposted but some Run Until Sold items are proving troublesome.

Gazza

I was sent an email to reapply for an exemption I already have and have done so.
This had become troublesome on my side of the fence too.

[gazza]

Make sure your items are showing on GS before applying for exemption.

[banrigh]

I reapplied as I was told to do so in an email this morning. Since I had already received an exemption in October, I found this a bit odd.
Many of my items should not have expired especially since I have been listing a few items at a time in the last 3 weeks (not yet 30 days old).
When nothing is in Google Shopping, even though I have an exemption, shows something is wrong. My store still shows I have an exemption, nothing has been changed...but nothing has been uploaded to Google either.

[MPS16]

....When nothing is in Google Shopping, even though I have an exemption, shows something is wrong. My store still shows I have an exemption, nothing has been changed...but nothing has been uploaded to Google either.

I picked one of your items at random, and found it in Google Shopping as below.

[banrigh]

I picked one of your items at random, and found it in Google Shopping as below.

Yes, that store (Banrighs Collectibles) is on Google Shopping with no problems. Also, the store, Banrighs Vintage Advertising, is also there, no issues.
The store in question, Banrighs Toys and Games, which had an exemption, is dead in the water. As of today 1 item showing on GS.