Add Search Engine Land to your Google News feed. New on Search Engine Land About the author Anu Adegbola has been Paid Media Editor of Search Engine Land since 2024. She covers paid search, paid social, retail media, video and more. In 2008, Anu’s career started with delivering digital marketing campaigns (mostly but not exclusively … Read more
When setting up Performance Max or Shopping campaigns, structure and segmentation are often among the first considerations. Your approach depends on the account’s size, conversion volume and overall business objectives. This article explores the advantages and disadvantages of the most common campaign segmentation methods, including: A single “one size fits all” campaign. Segmentation by best … Read more
Google Ads experienced a significant system glitch affecting its Shopping product serving late last month. This error resulted in advertisers’ products being displayed in other merchants’ ad accounts, potentially exposing sensitive business data to competitors. The incident has left many advertisers frustrated not only by the technical failure but also by Google’s inadequate communication in … Read more
Google has confirmed it is testing more than 10 ads (some 18) in the Google Shopping ad box. Ginny Marvin, Google’s Ads Liaison, said “This is a small experiment exploring different configurations for shopping ads to promote greater discovery.” This test was spotted by Saad AK who posted a video of this on X. The … Read more
TikTok is set to integrate Amazon shopping directly into its platform, allowing users to make purchases without leaving the app. Why it matters. Advertisers having access to TikTok’s massive, highly engaged user base could be a game changer and reduced friction between discovery and purchase could boost conversion rates. How it works: Amazon product recommendations … Read more
Google seems to be showing photos from reviews from actual users in the Google Shopping product image carousel. So when you click on a product listing and then swipe through the images, you may see actual photos submitted by users from their reviews. Saad AK spotted this and posted about it on X, he wrote, … Read more
Google announced that ads were coming to AI Overviews at Google Marketing Live in May. We’re still waiting, but ads in AI Overviews are coming “soon,” Philipp Schindler, Alphabet’s senior vice president, chief business officer, confirmed during last *****’s Alphabet Q2 earnings call. Soon. What can advertisers expect and when? Here’s what Schindler said: “And … Read more
This year’s shopping season is unusually short. Instead of the normal four and a half to five weeks, we have just 27 days between Thanksgiving and Christmas. On top of that: Hanukkah starts on Christmas, and Kwanzaa is on the day after. Christmas and Hannukah are on Wednesdays, eliminating the ease of shopping retail over … Read more
Google Shopping has many complex (and seemingly convoluted) features and potential listing formats. Since the expertise in terms of optimising Google product listings began as an SEO exercise, shifted over to PPC teams and then back to SEO again; it’s not hard to see why optimisation guidance has become so confusing. Before we learn … Read more
Amazon rolled out its AI-powered shopping assistant, Rufus, to all U.S. customers in its mobile app. Why it matters. This move signals Amazon’s push into AI-assisted shopping, potentially transforming how consumers interact with ecommerce platforms. How it works. Rufus uses a specialized large language model (LLM) trained on Amazon’s product catalog, customer reviews and web … Read more
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