Common issues that result in Missing Images on Google Base uploads

[mandy]

I see a variant of this question nearly every day of the week, and it's one that I'm eager to answer. After all, an image can describe an item much better than a thousand words.

To help you make sure your images appear the first time around, here are some of the most common issues:

HTML "images:" Faulty image links are the most common cause of an image not appearing...

Re-directs: An image_link should also link directly to an image. If the image_link redirects to another URL of the image we won't be able to grab a copy of your image to add to search results...

HTTP headers: ...
Image size: ...
Robots.txt:...

full article: http://googlebase.blogspot.com/2006/11/w...mages.html