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Google Base verification MANDATORY May 18th!

May 18th is the day! MANDATORY site verification if you upload products from your ProStores store to Google Base! You must claim your URL from inside your Google Merchant Center, formerly Google Base, otherwise you products will be de-listed until you do so. I have a whole walkthrough here: Keeping your Google Base Account Active! [...]

Keeping your Google Base Account Active: New rules from Google

On 3-24-10 I got an e-mail from Google stating that all users of Google Base / Product upload need to verify and claim their URL to ensure that they are the only ones with authorization to upload products. In 8 weeks it will be required or else you will be prevented from uploading products. Source: [...]

**RESOLVED** ProStores Stores can no longer upload sitemaps to Google.

***UPDATE*** Found a way around this, just put in the root domain, i.e. www.perrysjewelry.com without the /servlet/StoreFront on it. That pretty much makes it a non issue. ***UPDATE*** Very recently Google made a change to their Webmaster Tools that will adversely affect a ProStores store that wants to add their site and get it verified. [...]

ProStores – What is Domain Trust and Authority

Last Friday’s Whiteboard Friday from SEOmoz.com contained some really good information about why and how websites show up in search the way they do. Take a few minutes to watch and listen, then apply what you’ve learned to your ProStores sites. SEOmoz Whiteboard Friday – Domain Trust & Authority from Scott Willoughby on Vimeo. Getting [...]

Web Analytics Webinar Next Week (it’s free)

Hey folks, next week, Tuesday, Ian Lurie of Portent Interactive and author of Conversation Marketing, a Internet Marketing Strategy blog will be hold a FREE Webinar. Ian is a good friend of mind and really knows what he is doing. You NEED to attend this! Btw, I’m not making any money or anything like that, [...]

Rankings and Personalization: Matt Cutts interview

Good interview with Google’s Matt Cutts (head of web spam) by Web Pro News. I’d strongly suggest you all watch it, its only 10 minutes long. More WebProNews Videos