Managing Your Items
What do the item status labels mean?
Published and searchable: Your item is currently
published and is displaying on our search applications.
Published... searchable soon: Your item is currently published and can be accessed by other users using the item URL. Items submitted through the user interface will take 15-60 minutes to be searchable on Google Base. Items submitted using a bulk upload will be searchable within 24 hours.
Draft: This item is saved, but not yet published. To publish a draft select the "Inactive Items" tab, check the checkbox next to the draft, and click the "Publish Drafts" button.
Deactivated: Your item is paused and isn't being displayed. To publish a deactivated item select the "Inactive Items" tab, check the checkbox next to the item, and click "Activate." Your item will be republished, and will appear in your "Active Items" shortly.
Expired: Your item has expired and is no longer showing. To publish an expired item select the "Inactive Items" tab, check the checkbox next to the item, and click "Activate." Your item will be republished, and will appear in your "Active Items."
Disapproved: Your item has been disapproved according to our Program Policies or Editorial Guidelines. If you feel this message is incorrect please write us using the "Contact us" link located near the bottom of this page.
Published... searchable soon: Your item is currently published and can be accessed by other users using the item URL. Items submitted through the user interface will take 15-60 minutes to be searchable on Google Base. Items submitted using a bulk upload will be searchable within 24 hours.
Draft: This item is saved, but not yet published. To publish a draft select the "Inactive Items" tab, check the checkbox next to the draft, and click the "Publish Drafts" button.
Deactivated: Your item is paused and isn't being displayed. To publish a deactivated item select the "Inactive Items" tab, check the checkbox next to the item, and click "Activate." Your item will be republished, and will appear in your "Active Items" shortly.
Expired: Your item has expired and is no longer showing. To publish an expired item select the "Inactive Items" tab, check the checkbox next to the item, and click "Activate." Your item will be republished, and will appear in your "Active Items."
Disapproved: Your item has been disapproved according to our Program Policies or Editorial Guidelines. If you feel this message is incorrect please write us using the "Contact us" link located near the bottom of this page.
How do I change an item's display name?
To change the display name for individual (non-bulk
uploaded) items:
1) Click on the "edit" link next to the item's title.
2) Click "edit" next to the "Contact" section.
3) Change the display name and click "ok."
4) Click on the "Publish" button to confirm the changes. This new display name should appear in our search results within a few hours.
Please note that if you'd like to change the display name for bulk uploaded items you'll need to change your account's default display name.
1) Click on the "edit" link next to the item's title.
2) Click "edit" next to the "Contact" section.
3) Change the display name and click "ok."
4) Click on the "Publish" button to confirm the changes. This new display name should appear in our search results within a few hours.
Please note that if you'd like to change the display name for bulk uploaded items you'll need to change your account's default display name.
My item expired. How do I republish it?
Once your item expires, it will be stored in your
inactive items until you restore or delete it. To
restore the item, log in to your Google Base account and
click "Inactive Items" at the top of the page. Select
the item you'd like to restore and click "Activate."
How do I delete an item?
To delete your item, select the checkbox beside the item
you'd like to delete, then click "Delete Forever."
Please note that you won't be able to retrieve the item
once you delete it.
If you're updating your items via bulk uploads, simply delete the item(s) from your bulk upload and submit the bulk upload again.
If you're updating your items via bulk uploads, simply delete the item(s) from your bulk upload and submit the bulk upload again.
How many items can I post?
You can post as many items as you like. However, if
you're planning on creating more than a few items, you
might consider
bulk
uploading your information to save you from having
to create multiple items by hand. Also, if you plan on
sending us more than 100,000 items, please contact us so
we can make the appropriate changes to your account.
How can I edit an item's location?
To change the location for individual (non-bulk
uploaded) items:
1) Click on the "edit" link next to the item's title.
2) Click "edit" next to the "Location and delivery" section.
3) Change the item location and click "OK."
4) Click on the "Publish" button to confirm the changes.
This new item location should appear in our search results within a few hours.
Please note that if you'd like to change the location for bulk uploaded items you'll need to change your account's default location.
1) Click on the "edit" link next to the item's title.
2) Click "edit" next to the "Location and delivery" section.
3) Change the item location and click "OK."
4) Click on the "Publish" button to confirm the changes.
This new item location should appear in our search results within a few hours.
Please note that if you'd like to change the location for bulk uploaded items you'll need to change your account's default location.
How do I pause my item?
If you'd like to stop showing your item publicly, but
don't want to delete it, you may deactivate your item.
Simply log in to Google Base, select the checkbox beside
the item you want to pause, and click "Deactivate." Your
item will remain in your list of inactive items until
you choose to restore or delete it.
What is the "Inactive Items" tab?
The "Inactive Items" tab contains all your deactivated
or expired items. Deactivating allows you to remove
older items from your active items without deleting
them. Once a message has been deactivated you can find
it by selecting the "Inactive Items" tab or searching
using the "Search my items" function.
To restore an item, check the checkbox next to item you'd like to restore and click "Activate."
To restore an item, check the checkbox next to item you'd like to restore and click "Activate."
About Reporting and Stats on Google Base
Google Base tracks total impressions, clicks, and page
views for each item you post. Google starts counting as
soon as the item is published.
Impr. (Impressions): The total number of times your item has appeared in search results since it was published.
Clicks: The total number of times that someone has clicked on your item in a list of search results since it was published.
Page Views: The total number of times a searcher has viewed your base.google.com item page since it was created. Google Base does not count page views for pages hosted on your own website. If your item links to a page on your own web site, page views data will not be available for that item.
Clicks and impressions statistics are updated daily; page views statistics are updated many times throughout the day.
Statistics are available as far back as June 7, 2006. If you created an item before that date, then impressions, clicks, and page views that occurred before that date will not be reflected in the statistics.
Impr. (Impressions): The total number of times your item has appeared in search results since it was published.
Clicks: The total number of times that someone has clicked on your item in a list of search results since it was published.
Page Views: The total number of times a searcher has viewed your base.google.com item page since it was created. Google Base does not count page views for pages hosted on your own website. If your item links to a page on your own web site, page views data will not be available for that item.
Clicks and impressions statistics are updated daily; page views statistics are updated many times throughout the day.
Statistics are available as far back as June 7, 2006. If you created an item before that date, then impressions, clicks, and page views that occurred before that date will not be reflected in the statistics.