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E-juice Not Allowed On Google Shopping & Free Listings
As of November 2023, Google no longer allows E-juice for shopping ads or free shopping listings. E-juice is a liquid used inside e-cigarettes, also known as vape juice. Because e-cigarettes are considered dangerous products, Google has updated its policies and disallowed all e-juice listings.
How To Fix Non Family Safe Content In Google Merchant Center?
As of the 21st of November 2023, you will notice new warnings in your Google Merchant Center diagnostics tab highlighting Non Family Safe Content issues.Non Family Safe Content refers to adult-oriented products (e.g. erotic clothing, sexual enhancers or profane content). More info: https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/6150138 How To Fix? First, identify the reason, as with all of Google’s
How To Add Countries in Google Merchant Center
As of last week (mid-November 2023), you can add countries in Google Merchant Center Next using your default data feed. However, as with Google Merchant Center Classic, this setup is not recommended. Why Not? When adding countries to your default feed, you use your data feed’s default language and currency. This means if you initially
Brand Logo & Checkout Links Now Supported in Google Merchant Center Next
As Google is slowly adding more features that already exist in Google Merchant Center Classic, today, I noticed that Google has added two new features in Google Merchant Center Next. Business Logos and Colors for Ads Previously, this was called branding. Google is now calling it Business Logos and Colors for ads, which you can
How To Enable Small Business In Google Merchant Center
If you enable Small Business in Google Merchant Center, you can show an annotation (tag) on your products on Google Search and Google Maps. It will also show as a result in Google Search when you choose both Web Search and the Shopping Tab filters. Why Enable? Enabling that you are a small business will
New Google Shopping Results With Member Benefits
Menachem Ani discovered today that Amazon Prime is advertised in the shopping tab when searching for products in the US. This specific ad is listed when searching for plumbing baths. I was immediately disappointed that Amazon Prime was added, as it would make it so much harder for merchants to compete against Amazon. I then discovered
Google Launches Automated Importing for Promotions Using Crawler
Google is launching another innovative feature in automated promotions, making a considerable difference for merchants. This innovation promises to place promotions from their websites on sites automatically. But what exactly does this mean for your online store? Google’s new algorithm is designed to crawl your site for any promotions that meet its criteria. Once identified,
Google Launches Shopping Insights Notification on Chrome
Last week, Google launched promotions for the Google Chrome Browser. Now, Google is allowing consumers to get a notification when product prices are lower on your website compared to competitors. This feature is currently available in the US only. You do not need to do anything for this feature to become active. This function does require
Emmanuel Flossie Receives Product Experts Summit 2023 Tailwind Champion Award
Every year, Google invites all Google Product Experts for a summit (PES), where new product features are introduced.This year’s summit was hosted for four days in London, partially in the Hilton Hotel in Paddington and the other half at Google’s Campus at Kings Cross. It allows us PEs (product experts) to meet other PEs in
How To Add Shopify Checkout Link in Google Merchant Center
The checkout link feature in Google Shopping offers a streamlined purchasing option by enabling a “Buy Now” button that adds products directly to the shopping cart and takes the customer to the checkout page. This function is beneficial for straightforward products that require no customization. However, retailers should use caution: it may lead to increased
New Google Merchant Center Promotion Destination
Google has released a new destination for promotions, reported by Valentinas Buzas over at LinkedIn. This new promotion destination is targeting Chrome browsers, which can target new Chrome tabs as part of recent activity across the web and in the Chrome address bar while consumers are browsing your website. Currently, this feature is available in
How To Add Google Business Profile in Google Merchant Center Next?
Google Merchant Center Next now allows you to connect your Google Business Profile. To accomplish this, navigate to Google Merchant Center Next, select ‘Business Info,’ followed by ‘Shops.’ It’s important to note a current limitation: you must be a super admin if you want to add or edit your connection or details. How to become