Google shopping errors

-- url of the page with the problem -- : mywebsite.com/mypage
-- HikaShop version -- : 2.2.3
-- Joomla version -- : 3.1
-- PHP version -- : x.x.x
-- Browser(s) name and version -- : XXXXX x.x.x
-- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Error_message

When I load the xml file in to google, I get some errors. Google won't show the products on there shopping online. How to solve this:

Here are the errors, its Dutch but also with English:

1.
263,"8","Onvoldoende product-ID's: twee van deze drie kenmerken ontbreken ('gtin' [gtin], 'merk' [brand], 'mpn' [mpn])",Fout,,"<item> <g:id>263</g:id> <title><![CDATA[ Volkswagen Golf 5 Autoradio + Navigatie + Telefoon ]]></title> <g:link><![CDATA[ www.autoradioexpert.nl/index.php?option=...o-navigatie-telefoon ]]></g:link> <g:price>329.75 EUR</g:price> <g:description><![CDATA[  

2.
271,"412","Deze waarde moet √©√©n van de waarden in de gegevensfeedinstructies voor dit kenmerk zijn: condition",Fout,"Waarde=Nieuw","<item> <g:id>271</g:id> <title><![CDATA[ Volkswagen EOS Autoradio + Navigatie + Telefoon ]]></title> <g:link><![CDATA[ www.autoradioexpert.nl/index.php?option=...o-navigatie-telefoon ]]></g:link> <g:price>329.75 EUR</g:price> <g:description><![CDATA[  

Hi Nicolas,

Now the products are refused because it's not possible to crawl the images. This is a robots.txt problem. Do you know how to set this?

Regards Jarno

Hi Nicolas,

I understand, it's also possible to set on general settings. But where to set it to for the best SEO for google and acceptance of google shopping.

I tried everything, but I can't get my products uploaded to google shopping. The problem: robots.txt can't crawl the images.

This is my robots.txt. could you please check what to change?

# If the Joomla site is installed within a folder such as at
# e.g. www.example.com/joomla/ the robots.txt file MUST be
# moved to the site root at e.g. www.example.com/robots.txt
# AND the joomla folder name MUST be prefixed to the disallowed
# path, e.g. the Disallow rule for the /administrator/ folder
# MUST be changed to read Disallow: /joomla/administrator/
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# www.robotstxt.org/orig.html
#
# For syntax checking, see:
# tool.motoricerca.info/robots-checker.phtml

User-agent: *
Disallow: /administrator/
Disallow: /cache/
Disallow: /cli/
Disallow: /includes/
Disallow: /installation/
Disallow: /language/
Disallow: /libraries/
Disallow: /logs/
Disallow: /modules/
Disallow: /plugins/
Disallow: /templates/
Disallow: /tmp/

I see, google got my new robot.txt, but now it crawls only the first image, but not the rest.

I have minimal of 3 images for 1 product, they all have the same name. Do I need to change that for google shopping or is it better for SEO?

Regards Jarno

Hi,

I think that it's better to have a different image names. For google shopping and for SEO too.
What you can have with the same value is potentially the "alt" attribute.

Hi,

I have started to implement Googl Shopping for my site as well and now trying to figure out how to change robots.txt file in order to make it work with Google shopping but exclude all other folders.

I see you've enabled media folder for search crawlers:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /administrator/
Disallow: /cache/
Disallow: /cli/
Disallow: /includes/
Disallow: /installation/
Disallow: /language/
Disallow: /libraries/
Disallow: /logs/
Disallow: /modules/
Disallow: /plugins/
Disallow: /templates/
Disallow: /tmp/

well, I found the answer (at least theoretically):

User-agent: *
Disallow: /administrator/
Disallow: /cache/
Disallow: /cli/
Disallow: /components/
Disallow: /images/
Disallow: /includes/
Disallow: /installation/
Disallow: /language/
Disallow: /libraries/
Disallow: /logs/
Disallow: /media/
Disallow: /modules/
Disallow: /plugins/
Disallow: /templates/
Disallow: /tmp/
Disallow: /multisites/
Disallow: /external_files/
Disallow: /docs/

User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /media/com_hikashop/upload/

To solve this problem
Just remove "Disallow: /media/" fom the original Robot.txt, and wait until Google crawl you page again ! =)

I don't think it's a good idea as Media folder contains not only images.