Stay organized with collections
Save and categorize content based on your preferences.
The following best practices apply to the
integration and can be leveraged to avoid usability and performance issues.
Low data quality might lead to inventory takedown.
Feeds
If a service doesn't have a set length, set duration_sec in
the Availability feed to one of the following:
The number of seconds it takes to perform the service in a
reasonable manner.
The average number of seconds required to complete the service.
Make the Category field input in the merchant's feed is
specific. For example, a restaurant might submit a specific type, such as
French or Japanese. For details, see
Place types for potential category values.
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