Google Updates Merchant Center With Video And Shipping Changes
Google updated Merchant Center on April 14, 2026, adding new shipping fields and a video option in product feeds. Image requirements will tighten further by early 2027.
Google updated Merchant Center on April 14, 2026, adding new shipping fields and a video option in product feeds. Image requirements will tighten further by early 2027.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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.
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.
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 […]