As noted in a previous post, Google Base will be making some changes to its required attributes on June 30th. While this won’t effect Yahoo! store – FeedPerfect users, it may be an issue for Legacy store users not on FeedPerfect.

If you are not yet using FeedPerfect and you have a Yahoo! Legacy store, please take a closer look. The now required “condition” attribute can cause some issues for you without the help of FeedPerfect.

Legacy stores do not have catalog manager, and therefore the merchant cannot easily add a new attribute like “condition”. In Legacy stores, only objinfo.xml is available for pulling catalog data. It does not include that field as of yet. So there is a chance Google Base will reject products that do not include the “condition” after June 30th.
What’s a Legacy store owner to do?

1. Upgrade in Yahoo! to Merchant Solutions.

2. Try FeedPerfect. FeedPerfect is designed to overcome these limitations and provide all Yahoo! store owners the ability to overcome the constant changes in feeds requirements. Legacy store owners can import their store, and use FP’s default condition to circumvent the limitation.

FeedPerfect is currently available with a 14 day free trial too.  Just visit FeedPerfect.com and ensure that you don’t lose visibility on Google Product Search any time soon.

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