Google and Robots.txt

Author storesecured Posted on October 28, 2011September 17, 2025Categories Notices

Recently we have started getting questions from current merchants about a new error relating to the Google Product Feed. The error states: The submitted image URLs seem to be blocked by robots.txt. Google will not be able to display these images together with the products. Please change your robots.txt file to allow Google to download the image. Please note that StoreSecured has always blocked all bots from crawling the images directory by default.  It now appears that if you are … Continue reading “Google and Robots.txt”

Feedback tab temporarily removed

Author storesecured Posted on October 12, 2011September 17, 2025Categories Notices

The Feedback tab that you normally see on the left hand of your screen when managing your store has been temporarily removed.  We are currently in the process of moving to a new feedback system and the tab will be put back shortly.  In the meantime you can still access/change/manage your feedback by visiting my account–>feature requests–>feedback forum.

New Google Field Added…Availiability

Author storesecured Posted on October 10, 2011September 17, 2025Categories Features

The availability column is now available for editing and import/export for all stores.  Google is requiring this column for their google merchant center feeds, if you are not using the Google feeds then it is not necessary. The default value for this column is automatic.  Automatic means that the store will automatically determine if the item is in stock or not based on the current quantity in stock.  All other values besides automatic will be sent directly to Google as … Continue reading “New Google Field Added…Availiability”

Item reviews functionality change effective tomorrow 10/7

Author storesecured Posted on October 6, 2011September 17, 2025Categories Important Changes, Notices

The item review functionality will be changed effective tomorrow to remove the stars from the standard small item layout that displays just the item name and picture.   Several of our beta testers for the review functionality have indicated that this layout looks to busy with the stars included and therefore they will be removed. If you are not using the item review functionality, not using a standard layout or not using the small layout with just the item name … Continue reading “Item reviews functionality change effective tomorrow 10/7”

Google Merchant Center Feeds

Author storesecured Posted on October 6, 2011September 17, 2025Categories Features, Notices

We have received notice from a couple of our merchants that their google item feeds are now being rejected due to a missing required attribute in the feed.  The missing attribute in question is the availability attribute.  This is a new field that Google is apparently requiring for all merchant feeds.  The StoreSecured staff is working to quickly add functionality to allow merchants to define the items availability status either manually or automatically for inclusion in your google feed however … Continue reading “Google Merchant Center Feeds”