Google has launched passkeys for Google Merchant Center, rolling out starting October 29, 2026. Sensitive actions in your account will now need a passkey confirmation, which makes it much harder for a hacker to take over your account. In this article, I’ll explain what passkeys are, how to set them up, the annoyances you can
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If you send a Google Shopping feed to Canada and you sell electronics or household appliances, there’s a new attribute you should add: warranty. Google added it in October 2026 so merchants can show the legal warranty duration that Quebec now requires next to the price. In this article, I’ll explain who this affects and
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Product videos you submit to Google Merchant Center are currently stuck in “preview processing”, and they never actually play on your listings. This affects both YouTube links and videos hosted on your own website. Someone in the community spotted this, and that person is Joey Bidner. Joey is a great guy who knows quite a
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Google Merchant Center added a new optional subattribute for merchants listing vehicles. This new subattribute is for the Installment attribute. You can now add the maximum distance the vehicle can be driven per year under the financing or leasing contract without adding any additional per-kilometer or per-mile charges. This attribute is only optional for the
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If you are using Google Merchant Center, you may have migrated from the Content API to the Merchant API, usually without you having to do anything. The problem is that it comes with bugs and issues that weren’t anticipated, including mine.So I am writing a guide on what to check after Google’s automatic enforcement on
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Starting 31st January 2027, Google requires all product images to be at least 500 pixels by 500 pixels. It used to be 200 / 300 pixels, depending on the niche of products. While Google explains that you will get a warning in Google Merchant Center about which images are flagged for being too small, we
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Today I want to talk about something that Barry Schwartz picked up on recently, Google has made some improvements to how it handles situations where Googlebot can’t access your website for Google Merchant Center. Barry shared a post with all the changes nicely screenshotted, so definitely go and follow him and check out his site,
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Hello everyone! I’ve got some genuinely good news to share today, and it’s about something that’s been causing a lot of confusion (and a fair bit of stress) for Shopify merchants going through the move from the Content API to the Merchant API. If you’ve been following along, you’ll know we originally flagged that product
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A few months ago, Google quietly added a new Analytics tab within the Shipping and Returns section of Google Merchant Center. At the time, the tab was empty, no data, no reports, nothing to work with. But shortly after, data started appearing on specific accounts, and it turns out this feature is far more important
Most merchants treat Google Ads as a machine that buys sales. You put money in, orders come out, and the only question is whether the return on ad spend is acceptable. But your ads are buying something else at the same time, something most advertisers throw away: information about what customers wanted versus what they
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