Optimize your Shopping feed for google product search

For companies that sell online it is vital that you get your shopping feed and products on as many shopping portals as possible, and now that google has release google product search initially in the USA, now Germany, France, United Kingdom & Japan you need to know the best way to get your feed SEO optimised for the best results.

I personally prefer to use a component which pulls your product feeds automatically but if you dont have this option make sure you do the following.

Keep your Keywords in the title with a catchy phrase.

An example.

• "keyword" product information "New" "Free Shipping"

This is vital, keep your title succinct to around 30 - 40 characters and use words like "New" and "Free Shipping" as it pulls in customers.

Use all of the fields available in your .txt file that google provides. These include the basic ones which are:

id [id]
A unique alphanumeric identifier for each item- e.g. your internal ID code.
IMPORTANT:
    •    Once an item is submitted the unique id cannot change when you update your data feed.
    •    Item identifiers must be unique within your account. If you have multiple feeds, items within different feeds must still have a unique identifier.


title [title]
The name of the item should be placed here and as described in our editorial guidelines please don't include any promotional text. In addition, all symbols should adhere to their true meaning, for example, do not use the @ symbol to replace the letter "a".
Type
Text, that should be not longer than 70 characters
Text/Tab delimited

link [link]
This attribute is a direct link to your product URL. As our policies state as a merchant using Google Product Search it is your responsibility to maintain the website associated with your account at all times. All your URLs must link directly to webpages about your products without pop ups or redirects to other pages. This includes landing pages requiring sign ups, passwords, or direct links to files/email addresses. Links should not contain raw ip addresses.
Type
URL. (this must include the http:// portion)
Text/Tab delimited
http://www.example.com/asp/sp.asp?cat=12&id=1030

price [price]
Only items with fixed prices are allowed in Product Search; items with variable prices such as plane tickets or auctions are not valid. For items sold in bulk quantities the price for the lowest purchasable number of items must be defined in this attribute (not the per unit price) as described in our policies. All submitted prices must exactly match the price displayed on your website.
Type
Number
Text/Tab delimited
15.00 USD

description [description]
This text describes each item. As laid out in our policies you may not use promotional or boiler plate text, such as "Free Shipping" or "Click Here Now".
Type
Text. Include as much text as is necessary to accurately describe the item. You can submit up to 10,000 characters.
Text/Tab delimited
This teddy bear is fuzzy and cuddly. The bear is yellow with with white paws and stuffed with high quality hypoallergenic synthetic cotton.

Use all of this information and our SEO optimisation to get the best results on google product search!