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Google updates Merchant Center product data specifications

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Google’s product data specification requirements guarantee that all product data submitted to the Merchant Center is formatted correctly to optimize success for both Shopping ads and organic Shopping listings. Each year, the search giant updates these specifications in a bid to try and improve shopping on its platform.

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Google quietly increases ad prices to meet targets, claims exec

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The search engine “frequently” changes the auctions it uses to sell search ads, increasing the cost of ads and reserve pricing by as much as 5% for the average advertiser. Google tends “not to tell advertisers about pricing changes”, he added. Why has Google been tweaking search ad prices?

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Amazon’s ‘secret ad pricing scheme’ revealed in previously redacted documents

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New documents detail the alleged deceptive practices used to boost consumer prices by more than $1 billion including deliberately making Amazon search worse – a strategy reportedly approved by chairman Jeff Bezos. Raising prices for consumers. Consumers pay the price. Why we care. The impact of Junks Ads.

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Product page SEO: A complete guide

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Optimizing product detail pages (PDPs) is crucial for ecommerce websites. Well-optimized product pages can increase organic traffic, boost conversions, and grow revenue. This comprehensive guide covers key elements of effective product page optimization, including: Structuring clear, descriptive product page URLs.

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New Google SGE insights: Content formats, YMYL, product views

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The company shared new data on the most popular Google SGE content formats, warnings being shown in YMYL queries and ways Google is experimenting with product views. SGE is a huge coming shift in Google Search. Meanwhile, product viewers (for product-related searches) appear 8% of the time. Product views.

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How product scoring can boost your Shopping campaigns

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Managing tens or hundreds of thousands of SKUs poses a challenge for advertisers, making it hard to focus on individual products. Still, delving into SKU-level details is crucial to uncover hidden potential, address wasted budget, or identify specific products affecting overall category performance. What is product scoring?

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Google Merchant Center: Using product data to boost your retail efforts

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It offers free analytics on product performance, pricing, demand and more. This article shows how to extract these insights to make smarter inventory, pricing and assortment decisions. Best-sellers report Offers insights into the most popular products and brands in both paid and unpaid listings, including inventory status.

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