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EcommerceBytes-NewsFlash, Number 1159 - November 25, 2005 - ISSN 1539-5065 1 of 5 
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On Wednesday, eBay Storeowners began questioning why their listings were no longer appearing on Google's Froogle shopping engine. By Thursday evening, listings were back. An eBay moderator posted on an eBay discussion forum that Google has difficulty handling eBay listings, "for whatever reason," and said the problem is worse this time of year. He said, "I don't think they are equipped very well do handle ecommerce-like content,...We are constantly working with them to try to get all the listings in, but there may be some delays and absences as things slip in and out of their index." In a follow-up post, the eBay employee said eBay works closely with all of the search-engine services and talks to them on a regular basis. "Providing and accepting daily feeds that contain upwards of 40M eBay items (and that is just the US) and the associated data is a complex problem. We will continue to work closely with them to make sure eBay listings are present." |
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About the author:
Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. |
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