New AdWords Shopping Campaigns Report For Google Analytics Rolling Out
Today, Google announced that a new Shopping Campaigns report will start appearing in the AdWords section of Google Analytics. The report is rolling out globally over the next few weeks. The news comes along with the full release of Enhanced Ecommerce f…
Google Introduces Automatic Item Updates For PLAs
Up to now, Google has systematically disapproved product listing ads when retailers had price or inventory variances between their product feed and the microdata on their sites. Now, to help retailers maintain consistent visibility in PLAs, Google has launched “automatic item updates”…
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How To Keep Your Product Advertising Game Sharp
Contributor Matt Ackley from Marin provides data and insights on the latest product advertising trends and best practices.
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Samsung Vs. Apple In PLAs: Advertisers Spent 3X More On IPhone Ads Than Galaxy In Q2
Mobile device advertisers spent $26.4 million on Google product listing ads in Q2, according to new data from AdGooroo, which looked at 339 mobile device-related keywords. Apple iPhone-related keywords accounted for 45 percent of total spend on PLAs an…
Official: Google Expands Local Inventory And Store-Only PLAs Beyond The U.S.
Last fall, Google introduced local product listing ads, which it is now calling “local inventory ads”, in the U.S. This week Google officially announced support for local inventory ads in the UK, France, Germany, Japan and Australia. These are product listing ads (PLAs) from nearby…
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Google Brings PLAs To Third-Party Sites Like Walmart.com
Today, Google announced it is extending its popular product listing ads (PLAs) to retail and e-commerce sites across the Google Search Network. The ads are served via a new Google product called AdSense for Shopping, which offers retail and ecommerce s…
Optmyzr Launches Google Shopping Campaigns Setup Tool
There are many benefits of the new Shopping Campaigns structure that Google ushered in on September 1st, however, the setup process can be cumbersome and iterative, particularly if you have the same type of campaign structure across multiple campaigns….
Google Allows Store-Exclusive “Nearby” Product Listing Ads On Desktop
The ability to advertise locally-available products on Google via local product listing ads on mobile and desktop devices has been available since last fall. However, only on mobile devices could retailers promote items that were just available in-stor…
DoubleClick Search Announces New Google Shopping Campaigns Tools For Retailers
Today Doubleclick Search launched three new reporting and optimization tools for for retailers using the DoubleClick Search Commerce Suite. Designed for Google’s Shopping Campaigns, which take effect on August 31, new Adaptive Shopping campaigns structures product groups based on similar…
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The Google Shopping Campaigns Countdown Is On: Transition Surprises And Tips From The Experts
Tick tock, we’re in the final countdown before the big transition from traditional product listing ad (PLA) campaigns to Shopping Campaigns in Google AdWords at the end of the month. Considering PLAs now can account for 40 percent or more of a merchant’s paid search traffic, getting the…
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As PLAs Come To An End, AdWords Rolls Out New Shopping Campaigns Upgrade Tool
With Product Listing Ad campaigns coming to an end this month, Adwords has launched a new tool to help users upgrade their PLA campaigns to Shopping campaigns in what it claims is just a, “…matter of clicks.” According to the announcement: Google offered the following screen shot…
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For More Accurate Shipping Rates In Google Shopping, Merchant Center Gets Shipping Configuration Tool
Google launched new features today to help merchants customize the shipping rates that display in Google Shopping. The shipping configuration tool is now available in Google Merchant Center, and a new shipping label attribute can be used in product fee…
Ratings Come To Google Product Listing Ads In The US
Spotted in a test back in May, product ratings and reviews are officially rolling out on Google Product Listing Ads as of today — just weeks ahead of the full transition to Shopping Campaigns. Available in the U.S. only for now, consumers will begin to see the 5-star rating system appear on…
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Marin Software Adds Support For Google Shopping Campaigns
Marin Software has added support for Google Shopping Campaigns, which will become the only way to manage Product Listing Ads (PLAs) in AdWords beginning in late August. The dynamic campaigns tool in the Marin platform automates Shopping Campaign creati…
Reassess How You Prioritize Your E-Commerce PPC Campaign Builds
Over the last couple of years, the prioritization of e-commerce PPC campaign builds has shifted dramatically. With the rise of Google Shopping and with dynamic solutions now available to advertisers, standard Search Network text-ad campaign builds fall down the priority list. In today’s world…
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New Google AdWords PLA Test Groups Products By Price
This could get interesting. Last month, we saw Google running a test that ranked product listing ads (PLAs) by ratings and reviews in search results. Now, a new test groups and ranks products by price. In the screenshot below, provided by CPC Strategy, PLAs are grouped in two pricing stacks —…
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Google’s New AdWords Editor Version Offers Shopping Campaigns Support, More Display Targeting Options
Roughly a month ahead of the rollover to Shopping Campaigns, Google has released a new version of AdWords Editor that supports the new campaign type. Google announced the old style of PLA campaigns will be shut down at some point in late August. Note t…
The 10 Most Important Paid Search Developments So Far In 2014
It’s been a big year so far for product listing ads on both Google and Bing. Google started putting more ads in the Knowledge Graph. Bing followed Google’s lead on combining tablet and desktop traffic. And Google said it would begin stripping paid search queries from referrer strings….
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3 Opportunities With Those New Google Shopping Campaigns
For those who are not necessarily familiar with Google Shopping campaigns — let’s clarify things straight away. Product listing ads (PLAs) are remaining the same as an ad format for end users, whether search marketers are using “old PLAs” or new Shopping campaigns. The…
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Google Issues Best Practices For Shopping Campaigns Ahead Of This Summer’s Big Transition
With Shopping Campaigns becoming the default campaign type for running Product Listing Ads on Google by the end of August, the search giant has issued a best practices whitepaper to help marketers make the transition. The main points the paper dives in…