- How can I update my catalog and information?
- Are there any catalogs that will not be included in the search?
- How can I gain tracking information regarding users visiting my catalog using Google's Catalog Search?
| About Google's Catalog Search |
Google Catalog Search applies Google's sophisticated search technology to thousands of scanned mail-order catalogs, from industrial adhesives to designer clothing and gourmet food. Whether you publish business or consumer catalogs, Google Catalog Search extends the reach of your marketing efforts to millions of new customers.
Inclusion in Google Catalog Search is currently free for publishers. There is no obligation and nothing you need to do other than provide Google with copies of your catalogs. Google's enormous user base performs more than 150 million searches a day, so your catalog will be seen by customers it would take millions of dollars and years to find through traditional means. And remember that these users are actively looking for the products you sell.
| Add Your Catalog |
Add Google to your catalog mailing list! To create the most useful and comprehensive catalog search service we need to include your publication. Please add us to your subscriber list, using this address:
Google Catalogs
171 Main St. #280A
Los Altos, CA 94022
Once you have added us to your mailing list, please send an email to catalog-vendors@google.com notifying us. You should see your catalog on the site within a few days after it arrives in our mailbox. There is absolutely no charge to be included in Google Catalog Search.
| Customer Service |
If you have concerns about Google's catalog search service, please contact us at catalog-vendors@google.com, and we will work with you to quickly resolve any issues. Please make sure to include in the email your name, title, phone number, and the full name of your catalog.
| Frequently Asked Questions |
1. How can I update my catalog and information?
If the catalog being displayed is not current, please send the most
recent issue to:
Google Catalogs
171 Main St. #280A
Los Altos, CA 94022
To suggest changes to the description of your catalog, send email to catalog-vendors@google.com listing the information as it appears currently and how you would like it to be changed. Be sure to include your name, title and phone number so we can verify you actually represent the publisher of the catalog.
2. Are there any catalogs that will not be included
in the search?
Google's beta catalog search focuses on standard U.S. mail-order product
catalogs which have prices printed in them and are designed to help
customers make a purchase immediately. At this time we are not including
foreign catalogs, travel guides, course catalogs, manufacturers' information
sheets, looseleaf sheets/brochures, and catalogs that are printed with
unusually large or small dimensions, or in landscape (horizontal) format.
In addition, Google's policy is not to host catalogs that focus on liquor,
tobacco, firearms, or similar products.
3. How can I gain tracking information regarding users
visiting my catalog using Google's Catalog Search?
Google will work with you to link products in the scanned catalogs to
the same product on your web site, so users can order from you even
more easily. Please send an email to catalog-vendors@google.com
for more information.
For answers to users' frequently asked questions, please go to the Catalog Search Help page.
