Google updates Merchant Center product data specifications

Google’s product data specification requirements ensure that all product data submitted to the Merchant Center is formatted appropriately for both successful Shopping ads and organic Shopping listings. Every year, Google updates these specifications with the aim of improving its shopping experience. The company released the 2021 updates for search marketers yesterday. Below is a list…

Google Ads’ continuous audience sharing is now available from sub-accounts

Google has expanded on the continuous audience sharing feature it launched last year by enabling audiences to be shared from sub-accounts, the company announced Tuesday. When enabled, existing and future remarketing lists created from sub-accounts are automatically shared with manager accounts. Continuous audience sharing settings in Google Ads. Image: Google. How it different than before.…

Next week: Actionable, expert-led content training at SMX Create

Learn actionable tactics to drive more traffic, leads, and sales with expertly crafted content: Attend SMX Create online — next Tuesday, April 13 — for just $149! Together with hundreds of search marketers, you’ll unlock a tactical, two-track journey programmed by the Search Engine Land Experts that explores the latest in SEO and PPC content…

Reputation attack sites have plummeted in Google, but can still harm

Reputation-harming sites have long positioned themselves as admirable venues for consumer complaints while hosting unverified content that is often damaging to organizations and individuals. Fortunately, the most infamous of these websites took steep hits in 2018 and have not recovered rankings in Google since. However, these sites, including Ripoff Report, Pissed Consumer and Complaints Board,…

Take the Martech Replacement Survey

A lot of things have changed for over the last year, including of course for marketing and marketing ops teams. In a new survey conducted by Advanis for Sitecore, 80% of U.S. marketers said their responsibilities had significantly increased in the past year, against a backdrop of pressure from management, unrealistic deadlines, and sharp changes…

Streaming is surging, and so are data collaborations

This month, global information company TransUnion entered a partnership with a data and insights platform, Blockgraph, which is owned and operated by Comcast NBCUniversal, Charter Communications, Inc. and ViacomCBS, Inc. The TV publishers (aka broadcasters) gain the use of privacy-focused identity, data modeling and audience creation through TransUnion’s Tru Optik, an OTT and streaming data…