Topic: Google Merchant Center

Google Now Showing Rich Snippets For Shopping Sites

E-commerce stores in the U.S. can now hop on the rich snippet bandwagon with Google’s announcement today that it’s supporting enhanced search results for shopping sites. The rich snippet display can make a fairly compelling case for click-throughs with the inclusion of pricing and availability right below the page link. If you already give Google […]

Google Opens Local Shopping Merchant Details

The Google Merchant Blog announced they have opened up the help documents for how merchants can submit content, such as local stock inventory levels, for their products. Google said this is still a limited beta program, which was first announced in March of this year. Google also said that if merchants are interested in being […]

As AdWords Ads Get Images, What’s Deemed Family Safe?

Last week, I was surprised to find an image of a woman in a thong within a Google search ad. I asked Google if such ads were acceptable, and Google told me they were. These images came from product extensions that were showing up in the search results for a while now. Apparently, Google reviews […]