For most information types we require new uploads at least once a month, or more frequently. However, in order to keep the information in your items up-to-date, you should send us a new bulk upload as often as the information in your items changes - up to once per day. Remember to resubmit your bulk upload with the same filename each time.

How long will my item be displayed?

To register a bulk upload:

1) Click on the "Bulk Upload" link on the Google Base homepage: http://base.google.com/



2) If you don't have an account, you'll be asked to create one. If you already have an account, sign in and then click on "Register a new bulk upload file."



3) Specify your account settings and click on the "Next" button.

4) Enter the file details for your bulk upload and click on the "Specify bulk upload file" button to save the information for your bulk upload.



Please note that whenever you add a new bulk upload or change a bulk upload's settings, you will need to allow 30 minutes for these changes to become valid.

To add a new bulk upload:

1) Select the "Bulk upload files" tab from your Google Base account's homepage.



2) Click the "Register a new bulk upload file" link.



3) Specify your account settings and click on the "Save Changes" button.

4) Enter the file details for your bulk upload and click the "Specify a Bulk upload" button to save the information for your bulk upload.



Please note that whenever you add a new bulk upload or change a bulk upload's settings, you will need to allow 30 minutes for these changes to become valid.

The number of "Active items" is the number of items that are currently being displayed on our search applications, up to a maximum of 10,000.



This limit applies only to the Google Base account dashboard - additional items will not be included among these "Active Items," but will still show in our search results.

The "Errors" section shows you the data from lines in your bulk upload that contain errors. When an item appears in the "Errors" section, there's an error somewhere in that line. However, not everything on the line is incorrect.

Please review the message in the "Error" column for details on the specific error.

There are important differences between the number of items processed, succeeded, and active. You can see these different numbers by clicking on the "Bulk upload files" link and then "details" or "see details and get help" next to any bulk upload in your Google Base account.



Number of items processed: the total number of items we found in your bulk upload.

Number of items succeeded: the number of items in your bulk upload that we were able to process successfully. This is the number of items that didn't contain formatting errors.

Number of active items: the number of items from your bulk upload which actually appear on our search applications. Usually this is the same as the number of items succeeded, unless items in your bulk upload are disapproved.