Google Base Bulk Uploading Tips

[mandy]

Right now, we accept bulk uploads in tab-delimited and XML file formats. If you submit an XML file you can format your data using RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, or Atom 0.3. When submitting your data in any of these formats, it's important to use attributes to help you provide as much meaningful information about your items as possible.

To make using attributes as easy as possible, we provide a pre-defined set of attributes that can be used to give us basic information about your items. For example, a bulk upload of a list of restaurant reviews can contain pre-defined attributes such as author, name_of_item_reviewed, and rating. These attributes will help people find your content easily through specialized searches. For more details on pre-defined attributes, check out the info on tab-delimited or XML.

If our pre-defined attributes aren't enough, you can create and submit your own custom set. These can include whatever additional details you choose. Just create a custom attribute and add the pertinent information when you upload. There's no limit to the number of custom attributes you can use; all we ask is that your format these custom attributes correctly (using our specifications for tab-delimited or XML.

Full Google Base Blog article: http://googlebase.blogspot.com/2005/11/h...stuff.html

more info on attributes: http://base.google.com/base/about.html#labels
bulk upload info page: http://base.google.com/base/howtobulkupload.html
general uploading instructions: http://base.google.com/base/upload_instructions.html
Tab-delimited Bulk Upload Instructions http://base.google.com/base/tab_instructions.html

[sneakymagenta]

Whoever invented bulklisting deserves a medal 

[bargainbloodhound]

[quote author=sneakymagenta link=topic=1525.msg10676#msg10676 date=1142111301]
Whoever invented bulklisting deserves a medal 
[/quote]

...and sainthood.