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Upcoming Google Product Search Feed Specification and Policy Changes

As google announced in July, the new Google Product Search Feed Specification and Policies will go into effect on September 22, 2011 . After this date, accounts that do not comply with the new requirements may be suspended. New tools to help you prepare First, use the new Test Data Feed feature in Google Merchant Center (under “Data Feeds”) to test whether your updated feed complies with the new requirements. You will be able to download a full error report and resolve any issues prior to submitting your actual live feed. Rest assured, your test feed won’t appear on Google Product Search. For additional guidance, you can now view our new video tutorials: Understanding changes Providing high quality data Troubleshooting tools Google revamping the "Data Quality" tab in Google Merchant Center to enable you to quickly view the most critical data quality errors, and learn how to fix them (coming soon).