Invalid google_product_category is now an error
May 24, 2012
Google now treats an invalid Google Product Category as an item error. We updated our validation rules yesterday to also treat this as an error. If you have any items with invalid Google Product Categories, please update them to ensure that your items are listed. Note that Google recently changed many categories. See here for further instructions on how to update your google product categories.
As a reminder, Google requires you to define your tax and shipping settings. If you have not already done so, please do so on the GMA Tax Settings and GMA Shipping Settings pages.
Use the Google Validation Report in your account to quickly show you if there are any errors in your Google feeds.
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