Google and Amazon have been at war ever since Amazon started stealing away searchers looking to buy online. As Google began losing ground in the realm of product based searches, the company fought back with the rollout of Google Shopping ads (formerly, but often still referred to as PLAs) released in 2010, and Google Express […]
Walmart and Google have announced a new partnership with some interesting implications for the industry and some potential opportunities for brands to consider. First, Walmart is jumping into Google Express, Google’s home delivery service, with the most product offerings of any brand. Additionally, Walmart’s customer data will be accessible through Google so that interactions will […]
Google Shopping is becoming an ever more important piece of the Google Search landscape. From changes in SERPs to better highlight shopping to larger percentages of budgets shifting to shopping, PLAs aren’t going away anytime soon. In fact, according to industry reports, traffic and investment KPIs are trending upwards for PLAs. Shopping ads now account […]
As you may have noticed during the latter part of the past holiday season, Google was testing Merchant Promotions links on mobile Google.com Product Listing Ads (PLAs). Starting today, mobile Merchant Promotions are officially available in all live Merchant Promotions countries besides Germany. The user experience is similar to desktop with a few changes to […]
In 2015, Google began requiring Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs) for products from a list of 50 brands. Going forward into 2016, the requirements for GTINs will expand beyond those 50 brands to include all products with a GTIN assigned by the manufacturer. Beginning May 16th, merchants targeting Australia, Brazil, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, […]
What is Predictive Search? Predictive search, as the name suggests, is based on the preemptive solicitation of information to a user based on their historical behavior and available data points. In other words it’s search engines, like Google, essentially bypassing the need for a “query” to deliver personally relevant information. In doing so Google & […]
If you log into your Google Merchant Center account multiple times per day like I do, you may have noticed a new “Assortment” tab on the right panel. What Is It? This is a new business intelligence tool that Google is calling “The Assortment Report.” It shows you the most popular products that are missing […]
Say hello to Shopping Ads for YouTube. Google announced yesterday that in the next couple of months they will begin displaying Shopping Ads on YouTube. It will work similarly to Google Product Listing Ads seen on Google, allowing consumers to shop directly via the YouTube video. For example, let’s say you’re interested in buying a […]
Google has announced that starting today you will be required to submit ‘gtin’ and ‘brand’ attributes for products in ‘new’ condition from a designated list of brands. You can see the list of brands here. This is a requirement for items targeting Australia, Brazil, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, […]
Here at PMG we’re lucky enough to work with some of the biggest and coolest brands around. Along with bragging rights, this affords us the opportunity to engage in new and awesome betas with Google, Bing, & Yahoo. One of the coolest betas to come around in a while is Google’s Local Inventory Ads (LIAs). […]