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Search Engine Land » Channel » Commerce » Google Merchant Promotions will be approved faster this holiday, Google says

Google Merchant Promotions will be approved faster this holiday, Google says

Google also announced pre-holiday updates for Local campaigns.

Ginny Marvin on September 1, 2020 at 11:00 am

It’s that time of year. The ad platforms are starting to wheel out their holiday advertising updates. On Tuesday, Google announced new capabilities for Local campaigns and Shopping Promotions.

Local campaign updates. Local campaigns, Google’s automated campaign type for local businesses, can now optimize for store visits indicators such as clicks on directions or calls.

This can be seen as a proxy for store visits when Google doesn’t have enough actual store visits for a location. The algorithm will aim to optimize for users likely to take those actions on a store listing.

Multi-location retailers can now set up location extensions in Local campaigns from a list pulled from Google Maps.

Merchant Promotions updates. Getting Merchant Promotions — set up in Google Merchant Center — approved in time for your sale can be a big pain. Google says this holiday there will be “near instant promotion approvals on eligible offers” in the U.S. In addition, advertisers in the U.S. will be able to make edits to live Promotions without causing long re-approvals.

Google Shopping will feature more sales filters for users that are based on Merchant Promotions. For example, it will support flash sales in the U.S. and users will be able to filter for those types of offers.

Why we care. The holidays are always critical for retailers, but with the pandemic crippling local retail, in particular this year, there’s even more on the line.

Google is also hosting a Think Retail on Air virtual event Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. ET. You can register here if interested.


Opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and not necessarily Search Engine Land. Staff authors are listed here.


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Ginny Marvin
Ginny Marvin was Third Door Media’s former Editor-in-Chief (October 2018 to December 2020), running the day-to-day editorial operations across all publications and overseeing paid media coverage. Ginny Marvin wrote about paid digital advertising and analytics news and trends for Search Engine Land, Marketing Land and MarTech Today. With more than 15 years of marketing experience, Ginny has held both in-house and agency management positions. She can be found on Twitter as @ginnymarvin.

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