Bing Product Upload (codenamed ''Agora'', formerly ''Windows Live Product Upload'' and ''Live Search Product Upload'') was part of
Microsoft
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's
Bing
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search engine. It enabled online shoppers using
Bing Shopping to find easily find merchant's products.
Product Upload helped merchants to upload their product catalogs in either text or XML file formats. It supported bulk uploads using
FTP
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and
browser-based uploads using
HTTP
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. After the products were uploaded, they became visible to online shoppers using
Bing Shopping. Shoppers were able to view prices, descriptions, and product images, and a direct link to the merchant's website to purchase their products. Merchants required a
Windows Live ID
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to log in and sign up.
Bing Product Upload was discontinued on 15 May 2009.
Features
Catalog Management
Merchants might upload their product catalogs in any of the formats supported: text or XML through either HTTP upload or FTP. Products could include images, description, price, and links to web addresses on the merchant's website. They could upload any number of catalogs with no specific limits. Once the catalog was successfully published and has passed the validation steps it would be searchable through
Bing Shopping.
Reporting
Merchants could use Product Upload to keep up to date on the status of their catalogs and keep track of their products on
Bing Shopping.
See also
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Windows Live
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Bing Shopping
External links
Bing Product UploadBing ShoppingOfficial Live Search Product Blog
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