eCommerce Data Feeds for Search Engine

Start with the four, free shopping engines.

1. Google Product Search
The largest shopping engine, and it is FREE for merchants
2. Bing Shopping (by Microsoft)
Another large shopping engine with a FREE merchant program.
3. TheFind
An established, larger shopping engine that is FREE for merchants
4. GoShopping
A new and growing shopping engine that is FREE for merchants


Other data feeds to consider:

* Yahoo Store Bing Shopping Data Feed
* Yahoo Store Custom Feed Data Feed
* Yahoo Store Sortprice Data Feed
* Yahoo Store Custom Feed Data Feed
* Yahoo Store Commission Junction Data Feed
* Yahoo Store ShopTab for Facebook Data Feed
* Yahoo Store Shopping.com Data Feed
* Yahoo Store Amazon Product Ads Data Feed
* Yahoo Store Shopzilla Data Feed
* Yahoo Store Google Product Search Data Feed
* Yahoo Store Goshopping Data Feed
* Yahoo Store Buy.com Marketplace Data Feed
* Yahoo Store ShareASale Data Feed
* Yahoo Store Pricewatch Data Feed
* Yahoo Store Pepperjam Data Feed
* Yahoo Store Wishabi Data Feed
* Yahoo Store PriceGrabber Data Feed
* Yahoo Store TheFind Data Feed
* Yahoo Store Become.com Data Feed
* Yahoo Store Oodle Data Feed
* Yahoo Store NexTag Data Feed
* Yahoo Store BuySafe Data Feed
* Yahoo Store Wholesale Central Data Feed
* Yahoo Store ShopMania Data Feed
* Yahoo Store Monitus Web Analytics Data Feed
* Yahoo Store Pronto Data Feed
* Yahoo Store Onewayshopping Data Feed
* Yahoo Store PowerReviews Data Feed
* Yahoo Store ClixGalore Data Feed

Bing Shopping Data Feed

As Google Products put more requirements on its data feed and competition is getting more intense, we have to work on diligently on the new ecommerce marketing strategies to improve website traffic and sales conversion rate.

Bing Shopping Data Feed came to my notice when I browsed Google Products' blogger on new data feed requirements.

Here is the top search result on Bing Shopping Data Feed by Aten Software. They did a pretty good job on search engine optimization (SEO), at least on this query.

How do I set up a data feed for Bing Shopping?

Use the instructions below to set up a Bing Shopping feed for your Yahoo Store. If you have multiple stores, you can manage them all from within one Adcenter account.

1. Sign up for Bing Shopping at Microsoft AdCenter.
   • Bing Shopping Merchant Portal is a sub-account of Microsoft AdCenter
   • You will be required to enter a credit card, but you will not be charged anything unless you set up pay-per-click ad campaigns.
2. Log into Microsoft AdCenter
3. Go to Tools > Bing Shopping Account Management
4. Either create a new account or migrate your existing account by entering your Store Settings or Bing Shopping login, respectively. (NOTE: If you are prompted to sign-in, do that, sign-out, and then repeat the previous two steps.)
5. On the "Store Settings" tab, although it does not say this, you are required to upload a logo and fill in the other information.
6. On the "Catalog Management" tab, make sure the following settings are selected and then click "Save".
   • Feed Format: Bing Shopping / Cashback
   • How to Provide Feed Files: Merchant upload
   • Feed file name: bingshopping
7. On the "FTP Settings" tab, enter an FTP login and password and click "Save".

Your Bing Shopping account will now be set up, but the FTP account will be "Inactive". Please allow up to two weeks for the FTP account to be activated. Once that is done, continue to set up the feed on our site as described next.

7. Log into our site and click "My Account > Add Feed".
8. Enter your Store Name, select the Bing Shopping Template, and click "Create Feed".
9. Continue to "Modify Settings", and enter the Objinfo and/or Catalog export URLs for your Yahoo Store.
10. Enter the FTP Username and FTP Password from the "FTP Settings" tab in your Bing Merchant account. Set the submission frequency to 'Daily'. Click "Update" to save the settings.
11. Run a submission task to perform your first upload.

• After your first submission, it may take up to 10 business days for the products to be listed.
• Please contact freeshop@microsoft.com if you have any questions about the status of your listings. They tend to be very responsive (within 1-3 business days).

Kingsource Online Listing

Kingsource is not listed on the following sites?! Got to work it out.

1. Yahoo: Alexa#4. Yahoo Online Stores are authentic merchants! Listed as Auto King Source.

2. YellowBot: Find local businesses, rate your experiences, and share with the community.

3. Yelp: Alexa#195. Fun and easy way to find and talk about great (and not so great) local businesses. Listed as KingSource Auto Parts.

4. WhitePages: Find People. Find Business.Reverse Phone. Reverse Address.

5. MapQuest: Maps. Get Directions.

6. Superpages: Alexa#2017. Find a super business near you.

7. Citysearch: City Guide. Reviews and Recommendations.

8. Yellowbook: Yellow Pages and Local Listings.

9. Local.com: Alexa#2,025. Search for Local Businesses.

10. FourSquare.com: Alexa#834. Listed as KingSource Auto Parts online store.

11. MerchantCircle.com: Alexa#1,487. Listed as KingSource Auto Parts.

12. EZLocal.com: Alexa#55,974. Listed as KingSource Auto Parts.

Sites Linking to King Source

Looking ways to improve site ranking by increasing number of inbound links to Kingsource.com.

http://www.alexa.com/site/linksin/kingsource.com

1. Google
   
   
2. Odp - Open Directory Project
   
   
3. Ioffer - The Original Way To Buy And Sell!
   
   
4. www.pegasusdirectory.com/Shopping/Autospage-10.html
   
   
5. www.benzworld.org/forums/w163-m-class/1379322-blacked-out-ml-post-your-comments-6.html
   
   
6. EXOspy.com - free web directory - SEO friendly
   
   
7. www.starsdirectory.com.ar/Recreation/Autos/?
   
   
8. ScoobyMods.com
   
   
9. All Amazing Directory
   
   
10.  by OhSearch Directory
    
    
11. www.hitsdelivered.com/a.htmlpage_51/
    
    
12. usautolighting.com/bookmarks/tag/2001+camaro+headlights
    
    
13. www.onestopmovingdirectory.com/web-online-directory/misc-links/misc-links8.htm
    
    
14. viselka.com/Aftermarket_Accessories-1.htm
    
    
15. www.mustangklub.pl/printview.php?t=20&start=435&sid=2858fe85ac4f0311960cf9a72e636af8
    
    
16. searchforlinks.com/BMW/BMW-E46-Headlights-502.html
    
    
17. wiki-car.com/search/Honda_accord_euro.html

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Check the Keywords of Your Competition

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There is also a Firefox web browser add-on you can add here if you like.

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