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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 …

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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 …

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Update 23rd June 2023, as of today I am seeing the volume of disapprovals for this specific issue drop, however no official news from Google that the issue was resolved. Starting June 21, 2023, you may experience a substantial number of unavailability incidents for both desktop and mobile landing pages. The issues will primarily include …

Google Merchant Center Unavailable Desktop & Mobile Landing Page Bug 21st June 2023 Read More »

As of the 17th of May, 2023, I discovered that the acceptance of user access from the Google Merchant Center immediately displays a 403 error. This issue has persisted for a week, but there is no cause for alarm. Wait approximately 15 minutes before attempting to reopen the Google Merchant Center. At this point, you …

[Don’t Worry] Accepting Google Merchant Center Invitation Returns a 403 Error Read More »

Many users have faced challenges while trying to connect their Google Channel app from Shopify to their Google Merchant Center sub-account. In this article, we will discuss a workaround that has proven to be effective for some users. Solution The solution involves adding a different email address as the sub-account user. This is necessary because …

[Solution] Can’t Connect GMC Sub Account With Shopify Google Channel App Read More »

Your Merchant Center accounts are at risk of suspension. Address warnings to continue showing Shopping ads.  Recommended because you have Merchant Center accounts at risk of suspension due to data quality or policy violations.  First, I want to explain not to panic. Most of these recommendations are not as severe as you may think. It …

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Since the introduction of feed labels and target countries in the Google Merchant Center, if you plan to add additional countries using a dedicated feed, you will find that other countries have started showing zero products. The issue is that if, for example, your default country is the US, and you add another country, such …

Adding New Google Merchant Center Countries Removes Other Countries Read More »

On rare occasions, you may find your website being flagged by Google as a parked domain. Two main factors cause a website to be flagged. 1) Google can not assess your website 2) Website content does not meet Google’s requirements. Below is a list of possible reasons for getting flagged for parked domain: Failed Website …

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If you have created a promotion starting 26th December 2021 and set the promotion for all products, but got them rejected for a reason: unmapped. Then the below solution is how you can resolve it. Google has stated it will take one month to fix the technical issue. So best to follow the solution below for …

[SOLUTION] Google Shopping Promotions Rejected Due To Unmapped Specific_Products. While All_Products Was Selected Read More »

As of the 13th of December 2021, I have been getting issues where the supplement feed in Google Merchant Center shows an error where the ID value does not match. While in fact, it’s correct. Let’s go and check ourselves if it is indeed correct or not. You need to check first to ensure the …

[Bug] Supplement Feeds Offer Does Not Exist Read More »