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Google Maps Adds AI With New Ways To Explore Shops
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Google Maps Adds AI With New Ways To Explore Shops

According to Google, Google Maps is rolling out new AI features, including “Ask Maps”, which lets people ask questions about places in a more natural way, along with more visual navigation. Instead of just typing keywords, users can now describe what they’re looking for. That alone could change how people find and pick businesses.

Katarína Šimčíková Katarína Šimčíková
E-commerce Content Writer & EU Market Partnerships, Ecommerce Bridge EU
Google Ads Ends Customer Match API Uploads April 2026
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Google Ads Ends Customer Match API Uploads April 2026

Google is changing how businesses upload customer data for advertising. From 1 April 2026, Customer Match uploads through the Google Ads API will stop working, meaning developers will need to move to the Data Manager API instead. According to a report by SwipeInsight, the change mainly affects projects that haven’t uploaded Customer Match data in […]

Katarína Šimčíková Katarína Šimčíková
E-commerce Content Writer & EU Market Partnerships, Ecommerce Bridge EU
Google Expands AdSense Vignette Triggers in 2026 to Capture More Engaged Traffic
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Google Expands AdSense Vignette Triggers in 2026 to Capture More Engaged Traffic

Google has begun rolling out new behavioural triggers for AdSense vignette ads as of 9 February 2026, expanding when the full-screen overlay format can appear and potentially increasing revenue for publishers without increasing ad density. The update, confirmed in an official AdSense announcement, adds interaction-based signals such as end-of-article behaviour, inactivity recovery and browser back […]

Katarína Šimčíková Katarína Šimčíková
E-commerce Content Writer & EU Market Partnerships, Ecommerce Bridge EU
Google Ads Reveals Where PMax Ads Actually Run
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Google Ads Reveals Where PMax Ads Actually Run

Google is changing how Performance Max campaigns are evaluated. With the release of Google Ads API v23, advertisers finally gain visibility into where Performance Max ads actually run and how they perform by channel. For e-commerce teams and performance marketers, this is a meaningful shift away from opaque reporting. Google confirmed in its official announcement […]

Katarína Šimčíková Katarína Šimčíková
E-commerce Content Writer & EU Market Partnerships, Ecommerce Bridge EU
Can Google UCP Simplify Online Checkout?
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Can Google UCP Simplify Online Checkout?

Online shopping could soon require fewer clicks and less technical hassle for retailers. Google has unveiled a new open standard that aims to simplify how products are discovered, purchased and paid for across digital platforms. According to Ecommerce News UK, the initiative is designed to fix long-standing integration problems in e-commerce.

Katarína Šimčíková Katarína Šimčíková
E-commerce Content Writer & EU Market Partnerships, Ecommerce Bridge EU
Google Shopping Adds New Promotion Options From January 2026
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Google Shopping Adds New Promotion Options From January 2026

Google will update its Shopping promotion rules from January 2026. Merchants will be able to promote discounted subscriptions and use common promo abbreviations more freely. The changes were announced by Google and apply to most markets, with one exception.

Katarína Šimčíková Katarína Šimčíková
E-commerce Content Writer & EU Market Partnerships, Ecommerce Bridge EU
Google Wraps Up December 2025 Core Update
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Google Wraps Up December 2025 Core Update

Google has finished rolling out its December 2025 Core Update, the last major search algorithm change of the year. The update ran from December 11 to December 29, taking just over 18 days to complete.

Katarína Šimčíková Katarína Šimčíková
E-commerce Content Writer & EU Market Partnerships, Ecommerce Bridge EU
Social SEO on Instagram: How to Optimize Content So Customers Find You in Google
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Social SEO on Instagram: How to Optimize Content So Customers Find You in Google

Instagram has evolved from a purely visual platform into a role previously dominated by search engines. As Google began indexing content from professional accounts, the platform became a source of answers in search results. Brands are therefore naturally reevaluating how they talk about products, how they build their profiles, and what they actually publish. What […]

Veronika Slezáková Veronika Slezáková
Editor in Chief @ Ecommerce Bridge, Ecommerce Bridge