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Hi James, I used the Google Merchant Centre in a previous role. We automatically generated a tab-delimited file containing our products, and latest prices, and let Google parse this. The tab-delimited file was the easiest approach in our circumstances - you can also supply an XML file, or work directly with their API to supply (and more quickly update) your product information. Setup was minimal and, since the file was automatically generated, maintenance was virtually nil. Where we were competitive on price (compared with other retailers using Google Product Search), or offering a relatively unusual or hard-to-obtain item, a significant proportion of our traffic came from Product Search. The very modest effort required to get our products listed seemed well worth it for the exposure generated. Cheers, Matt Matthew Barr Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII) [log in to unmask] http://www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk +44 (0)141 330 2854 -----Original Message----- From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of James Morley Sent: 13 July 2010 00:05 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Google Merchant Centre Hi, has anyone here used Google Merchant Centre to get their online shop items onto a Google products search? And if so, have you seen any results, to coin a phrase? Thanks, James ---------------------------------------------------------------------- James Morley [log in to unmask] Website Manager Tel. +44 (0)20 8332 5759 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew www.kew.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________ From: Museums Computer Group [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alun Edwards [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 10 July 2010 16:09 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Google Analytics training [Scanned] I know it's not the Midlands, but we have a free RunCoCo event planned for 27 July in Aberystwyth, organised with Culturenet Cymru. SEO and web stats will be part of this, see http://projects.oucs.ox.ac.uk/runcoco/events/27July/index.html Best wishes, Ally Alun Edwards Manager of RunCoCo | Learning Technologies Group | Oxford University Computing Services | 13 Banbury Road | Oxford OX26NN E: [log in to unmask] W: http://runcoco.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ RunCoCo: how to run a community collection online -----Original Message----- From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jeremy Ottevanger Sent: 10 July 2010 15:24 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Google Analytics training [Scanned] Yes, sign me up if it's possible arrange this (when I'm not on holiday, that is) Jeremy >>> [log in to unmask] 07/09/10 2:47 PM >>> Hi John (and others) If a person can be found (I'll ask our SEO guy if he knows anyone) then there may be a good opportunity to team up and share costs if you think that's a good idea. Not exactly West Mids, but I'm sure Kew could host a session if a reasonably accessible/central venue was needed. 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