The API is just a different submission method, if everything is running smoothly with your data feed and it all processed etc... then it could be a competitor working on optimizing thier items.
Look at optimizing your data to compete on ground of quality and completeness. I've developed a tool that can be used to help : http://dev.tomthedeveloper.com/googlebase/ca Tom Wilson Freelance Google Base Developer and Consultant www.tomthedeveloper.com Google Base Tools - http://dev.tomthedeveloper.com/googlebase Featured Project : http://google-code-featured.blogspot.com/2008/02/google-base-competitor-analysis.html On Oct 29, 5:48 pm, rs2k <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our store currently uses a php script to pull data from our store's > product database to build a large XML file that contains our complete > store's inventory every day. It then uploads that XML data feed to > Google Base via FTP. Lately, our ranking in Google Base has dropped > considerably. I am trying to find out why. What advantages are there > to using the Google API over the Google Base bulk data feeds? Does > using API over XML make any difference in how an item may rank or is > the API just another means of upload and finding data or is there more > to it? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Base Data API" group. To post to this group, send email to Google-Base-data-API@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Base-data-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
