Google Base
- Alan Knighting
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Google Base
Has anyone tried Google Base. Could it be a useful addition to owners' marketing?
It can be found at "base.google.com."
Alan
It can be found at "base.google.com."
Alan
Alan,
Interesting, but their TOS prohibit:
"upload, post, email or transmit or otherwise make available messages that promote pyramid schemes, chain letters or disruptive commercial messages or advertisements, or anything else prohibited by law, these Terms of Service or any applicable policies or guidelines."
Using it to promote the sale of real property would fall into the "commercial messages or advertisement" category, wouldn't it?
Interesting, but their TOS prohibit:
"upload, post, email or transmit or otherwise make available messages that promote pyramid schemes, chain letters or disruptive commercial messages or advertisements, or anything else prohibited by law, these Terms of Service or any applicable policies or guidelines."
Using it to promote the sale of real property would fall into the "commercial messages or advertisement" category, wouldn't it?
Waves from America
- Alan Knighting
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Joanna,
It was just a positive thought, maybe going nowhere.
Alan
Could be but as you say it is "disruptive commercial messages or advertisements" they don't like. There are already some properties advertised.Using it to promote the sale of real property would fall into the "commercial messages or advertisement" category, wouldn't it?
It was just a positive thought, maybe going nowhere.
Alan
- cambalala
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an update here....
Googlebase looks like its going to be an interesting resource for free advertisig.
I recently added my place here and with relatively few search terms it comes up.
see here I only used "safari golf south africa"
anyhooo... not sure how usefull google base is right now, but they do say they will be linking it to the googe product/shopping search sometime which I think will make it loads more usefull.
Googlebase looks like its going to be an interesting resource for free advertisig.
I recently added my place here and with relatively few search terms it comes up.
see here I only used "safari golf south africa"
anyhooo... not sure how usefull google base is right now, but they do say they will be linking it to the googe product/shopping search sometime which I think will make it loads more usefull.
- Rocket Rab
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- cambalala
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I think the key thing to do is add your own custom "Detail aspects"
by using "Include additional details for your item" this seems to add additional searchable keywords to your item.
You get the standard ones like "Bathrooms" "Sleeps" "price" etc.
But adding your own seems to help narrow down more specific searches. I read somewhere this helps.
Before I added a "Feature" with value "safari"
and a "country" with value "south africa" mine was not coming
up at all.
try something similar like "Place" value "Bavaria" and "castle" value "neuschwanstein" and see if it helps.
by using "Include additional details for your item" this seems to add additional searchable keywords to your item.
You get the standard ones like "Bathrooms" "Sleeps" "price" etc.
But adding your own seems to help narrow down more specific searches. I read somewhere this helps.
Before I added a "Feature" with value "safari"
and a "country" with value "south africa" mine was not coming
up at all.
try something similar like "Place" value "Bavaria" and "castle" value "neuschwanstein" and see if it helps.
- Mountain Goat
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We are now top of the list if you search for Bavaria BUT there is no thumbnail photo showing. Everything looks fine on the full page, including photos. Does anybody know how to fix this? I tried emailing Google about the problem of US listings coming up on Bavarian searches but they didn't reply so I don't much confidence in emailing them again with this query!