Following on from our first part here, we look at how to integrate the Google Shopping API with Magento Go.
In the first part we set up a Google Merchants account and linked it up with Magento Go. In this part we’ll look at adding the necessary attributes required by Google Shopping and adding them to products.
In the first of this three part series, we look into integrating Google Shopping API with Magento Go.
Recently we were tasked with setting up a Google Shopping feed for one of our Magento Go clients. Having already set up quite a few of these for our Magento Community clients (Which I will write about in a future blog post), and knowing how awkward it can be, I assumed that it wouldn’t be possible in Magento Go.
Thankfully Magento have had the good grace to integrate Google API including Google Shopping into Magento Go. While this makes the process easier in some respects, it still throws up some issues along the way.
Allow me to introduce myself; I’m Asha, Junior SEO Consultant and one of the latest additions to the digital marketing team at The Distance. I’ve been with the agency for around a month now and the time has come to embark on The Distance rite of passage: blog writing. So, here is my first of many blog posts for The Distance journal.
The past few years has seen e-commerce redesign the process of shopping. With consumers able to access e-commerce sites via their laptops or mobiles, shops can now be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. However, it means competition for sales has increased as buyers now have access to shops all over the world and not just on their high street. Having a strong content marketing campaign is a great way to generate and retain customers. With that in mind, here are 10 tips to improve your content for ecommerce:
Recently a client of ours asked if we could add a Facebook Like button to all of the products on their Magento Go site, the idea being that when the button was pressed it would then add the link to that particular product to their Facebook page.
In Magento Community this wouldn’t be too much of a problem, however this particular site is a Magento Go store which doesn’t have the same amount of customisability or extensions. A quick search of the Magento Go documentation brought up a page showing how to add social networking links to Magento Go through a static block, but no reference to what code would be needed to actually connect to Facebook.
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The last couple of months has been a great time for us with the introduction of a couple of new team members and our official partnership with Magento Go due in no small part to our fantastic and increasingly successful clients, for which we are very grateful.
Jamie Stead
Asha Kandiah
Ryan Atkins