If you’re looking for information about encoding settings for garbled text in the classic Merchant Center experience, click here.
If you open the .txt Google product taxonomy and find that the text is garbled, you can update your browser's encoding settings to allow the taxonomy to render properly.
To adjust your browser's encoding settings, just follow the browser-specific steps below.
Chrome
You can't adjust Chrome's encoding settings, but you can try using an extension to fix issues with garbled text.
Visit the Chrome Web Store.
At the top left, click Extensions.
Enter "Garbled text" in the search bar.
Choose an extension.
Learn how to install and manage extensions.
Firefox
Select View from the top of your browser window.
Select Text Encoding.
Select Unicode (UTF-8) from the dropdown menu.
Safari
Select View from the top of your browser window.
Select Text Encoding.
Select Unicode (UTF-8) from the dropdown menu.
Internet Explorer
Navigate to the page you have trouble viewing.
Right-click on the page.
Mouse over "Encoding."
In the expanded menu, select Unicode (UTF-8).