Why can’t I crack the onebox?
While doing some research last week, I came across some rather interesting information about base feeds appearing in the OneBox. You can view it here.
Google – Items may appear on Google under the following conditions:
- Your items are bulk uploaded and updated at least 3 times per week.
- Your items are highly structured with relevant attributes.
- Your account is in good standing with a reliable upload history.
- Your bulk upload has been approved by a content specialist.
It appears that not just any feed can get listed in the OneBox. It appears that daily submissions are a good idea if you want to show up in that area. I never realized I should list that as a “Best Practice”, but I’m going to have to add that to my list. That reminds me, I need to start a list of best practices.
Comment by Vic Berggren | January 26th, 2007
>>Your bulk upload has been approved by a content specialist.
Can you define *content specialist*?
Comment by Brian Mark | January 26th, 2007
I’d assume that’s someone at Google that manually looks at your feed and approves it for inclusion. They don’t really specify, and that’s a quote straight from Google’s website.
Comment by Vic Berggren | January 26th, 2007
Got it… thanks Brian.