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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
Important! Disable Website Feeds in Google Merchant Center, If
If you already have a primary data feed in Google Merchant Center, turn off the website feed immediately or risk getting suspended for abuse of ad network / double listing. As demonstrated in the screenshot below, you can see the listing from the content API (primary) and again in the web crawler (which should show
Google Merchant Center New Availability Value
Today, I found a new value that Google quietly launched, which Google did not even update the official documentation. When creating feed rules for availability in Google Merchant Center, a new value called limited availability can be seen. As there is no official info in Google’s documenation, I reached out to my contacts and the following has
New Customer Support Info For Google Merchant Center
Google has added a new feature in Google Merchant Center Next, you can select your preferred contact method alongside tagging if you support live chat or bot support. You can edit your business information by going to Google Merchant Center Next > Business Info > Edit Business Info Live chat and chatbot support Enabling one
Buy on Google for YouTube
Update 25th October 2023, Hiroki Tanaka discovered that Buy on Google for Youtube will also be removed. As per the official documenation. In July 2023, Google announced a significant change to its e-commerce model. Initially, I read that the “Buy on Google” feature would no longer be available. Fast forward to September 2023, and the
2nd Method For Adding Checkout Link To Your Products on Google Free Shopping
Just two weeks ago, I mentioned that you could add the checkout link in your data feed for free shopping listings. Now, you can enable the feature within Google Merchant Center. However, the feature is not very customizable regarding adding specific identifiers. This feature only allows you to add the product ID value as the identifier. For
checkout_link_template a New Google Merchant Center Attribute
Back in May of 2023, Google tested quick checkout buttons on shopping listings for Shopify users. This feature was only available when using the Google Shopping & YouTube app. Now, Google has officially launched the new attribute named checkout_link_template. What does it do? The checkout link template allows merchants to direct consumers directly to the
How To Convert Google Merchant Center Next to Google Merchant Center Classic?
The latest iteration, Google Merchant Center Next, is still in beta. And while any update or overhaul of a system brings potential improvements, there can also be some drawbacks. Key Features Missing in Google Merchant Center Next Google Merchant Center Next, despite its advancements, lacks several features that were previously available and critical for optimizing
Sexual Interests in Personalized Advertising a New Google Merchant Center Warning
August has witnessed a flurry of new policy flags from Google, with the introduction of “Inappropriate Image (Discovery and/or Demand Gen Ads)” and “Inappropriate Text (Discovery and/or Demand Gen Ads).” Recently, Google unveiled another policy warning titled “Personalized advertising: Sexual interests.” Similar to the previous warnings about inappropriate images or text, the current issue highlights
Google Merchant Center Publicly Added Virtual Model Link Attribute
A new attribute has been officially added to Google Merchant Center, the virtual_model_link, released as a feature for the manufacturer merchant center many years ago, as most merchants don’t use the manufacturer center. This is an excellent addition for Google Merchant Center users. Virtual model links show your products in augmented reality (AR) or 3D. AR
How To Fix Inappropriate Image (Discovery and/or Demand Gen Ads)
There seems to be an error with this warning. Based on Google’s historical approach to launching new features, this could be a misconfiguration with Google’s bot. This can also flag a similar waning named: Inappropriate image (YouTube Shopping Ads) In Google Merchant Center Next, the new UI version shows up as Invalid attribute value [image