Google Base expected to become force to be reckoned with in 2007

[mandy]

I predict that Google Base refinement options on Google will be rolled out over the next 2 months. Yes, we’ve been waiting for this to happen for a while…and there were signs that the implementation would take place last quarter. I don’t know what’s causing the delay, but if I were Google, I wouldn’t have made any major changes during the holiday season…so it just makes sense that changes will start to show up now. Also, Google has been much better about kicking out eBay affiliates which were spamming Base and shutting down duplicate accounts (to the dismay of many many etailers - especially b/c both accounts are basically de-activated at once).

Even though smart search marketers have been giddy over Google Base for a while and have been using Froogle effectively for a year or 2 or 3, adding a Google Base search refinement option to Google.com will dramatically increase the visibility of the service...

full article: http://www.comparisonengines.com/2007/01...f-q1-2007/

[mandy]

A related blog post from Google Base's Associate Product Manager:

Last year saw a number of improvements to Google Base, and we have ambitious plans to make Base even better for providers and searchers in 2007 -- plans like this:

    * Helping you format and describe your items better so they're easier for searchers to find on Google
    * Providing more data about your items with expanded stats and reporting
    * Improving the bulk upload creation process with better error messages, faster processing times, and more options to give us data
    * Making it easier to develop applications and mashups with the Base API

http://googlebase.blogspot.com/2007/01/b...-2007.html

[FiberGuy]

----Wish I could agree... but the vast majority (90% or more) of our customers whom I refer Google Base (Froogle) to have never heard of it.

If they put the link more prominently on the Google search page (instead of having to click on the "more" link), perhaps that would change.

*duh*

[thentavius]

My Google Base items are still getting really skimpy hits and clicks, compared to the time before they integrated Froogle & Base, or whatever they did.

[regic]

I predict that Google Base refinement options on Google will be rolled out over the next 2 months. Yes, we’ve been waiting for this to happen for a while…and there were signs that the implementation would take place last quarter.

In September Google promised it would be introduced before the holiday shopping season.

[FiberGuy]

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I predict that Google Base refinement options on Google will be rolled out over the next 2 months. Yes, we’ve been waiting for this to happen for a while…and there were signs that the implementation would take place last quarter.

In September Google promised it would be introduced before the holiday shopping season.
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;D

Google is WELL-KNOWN for rolling out products waaaaayyyy too early... and then keeping them in beta for an eternity.  Maybe they got some of their techies from ebay?