His guys, thanks for mentioned Eric :) On using the Google Base API as a ranking tool, for Google Products at least there are major differences in the algorithm that returns results.
Theres also seems to be differences in the algortihm that return Google Base search results and Google Base API results, so using the API is something from my experience is pretty useless. 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 Sep 29, 3:40 am, "Eric (Google)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Tom, > > Before you dive into creating your own dasbhoard, > take a look at Google Base's built-in 'Performance > dashboard':http://www.google.com/base/performance > > Another tool is by Tom Wilson, an active Base developer. > He has created a similar dashboard using the > API:http://dev.tomthedeveloper.com/googlebase/ > > I don't think either of those pages have all the stats you're > interested in (i.e. correlating search terms with how > frequently an item shows results). You'd have to write your own > tool for something like that. Keep in mind that queries through > the API are different from queries through Google Base. > > Eric > > On Sep 28, 8:22 am, Tom_EA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello all! > > > I am currently trying to come up with a good way to measure the > > performance of real estate listings submitted via Google Base and > > appearing in the real estate search results. > > > For example, if we submitted a series of listings for Townsville, CA > > from a web site called, say, realestatewebsite.site, then I would > > like to be able to pull data to generate a report on how prominently > > results from realestatewebsite.site are appearing when someone > > searches for "houses in Townsville, CA". > > > It has been suggested to me that, using the Google Base Data API, we > > could write a tool to run searches against Base programmatically and > > receive a structured xml file in return, which we could then parse to > > find the rankings of properties. > > > I know this wouldn't be 100% accurate given the ability of Base users > > to set their listings to not appear via the API, but it is the best > > solution that has been suggested thus far. > > > So, my first question is... do folks here who are familiar with the > > Base API agree that this is the best way to approach it or is there > > another approach I'm overlooking? Secondly, does anyone have or know > > of a tool already in existence to accomplish this, before we attempt > > to "re-invent the wheel?" And, third, if no tool does exist and we > > have to begin from scratch, does anyone have any suggestions or > > pointers that we should be considering as we begin? > > > Thanks! > > > - Tom --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
