Google Merchant Center for agencies now supports 1,000 linked accounts
The Google Merchant Center Help document was recently updated with new information. GMC for agencies can now link up to 1,000 client accounts. Previously, there was no clear information available about account linking limits. Now Google has spelled it out directly. Google wrote: “As an agency admin, you can link up to 1000 client merchant […]
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Microsoft Bing tests large images for ads, and it could dramatically boost CTR
Bing is testing large images for ads appearing at the top of its search results page. I spotted this yesterday. Last year, Bing tested something similar within Copilot ads, but this test looks different it shows larger images specifically for sponsored ads sitting at the very top of the page. Here is the screenshot of […]
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Microsoft Bing tests large images for ads, and it could dramatically boost CTR
Bing is testing large images for ads appearing at the top of its search results page. I spotted this yesterday. Last year, Bing tested something similar within Copilot ads, but this test looks different it shows larger images specifically for sponsored ads sitting at the very top of the page. Here is the screenshot of […]
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Google sponsored ads now show star ratings
Google is testing a new addition to sponsored results on mobile, displaying a website’s overall rating out of 5. We spotted this yesterday. When searching for “best phones,” Samsung’s sponsored result appeared with a rating shown alongside it. It looks like a solid addition. Here is the screenshot of this, showing how it looks. This […]
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Google sponsored ads now show star ratings
Google is testing a new addition to sponsored results on mobile, displaying a website’s overall rating out of 5. We spotted this yesterday. When searching for “best phones,” Samsung’s sponsored result appeared with a rating shown alongside it. It looks like a solid addition. Here is the screenshot of this, showing how it looks. This […]
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Google tests replacing ‘Sponsored Store’ with ‘Featured Store’ in SERP
Google is testing a new heading for its sponsored store section, swapping “Sponsored” for “Featured Store,” with a new subheading that reads “Shop these top products.” This section itself isn’t new Google was testing it in the SERP last year, but it now appears Google is changing the heading used for it. Here is a […]
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Bing tests See more and Visit site buttons for sponsored results
Bing is testing new “See more” and “Visit site” buttons appearing for sponsored results. We spotted this yesterday, with these buttons showing up for the Forbes website specifically. This looks like a recent test from Bing, though we couldn’t find it appearing for other websites at this time. Clicking the button takes users to the […]
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Google tests sponsored results with new subheading.
Google is now testing a change that displays the websites name directly under sponsored results. Normally, sponsored results just carry the “Sponsored Results” heading, but this test adds a subheading “from website icon and website name.” For example, when searching for ‘SEO,’ three sponsored results appeared, and under the main ‘Sponsored Results’ heading, we saw […]
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AI Mode ads now show non-clickable sitelinks
Google is testing sitelinks appearing in ads in AI Mode. This is the first time we’ve seen this style of ad the links aren’t clickable, but they appear alongside the ad in a format similar to traditional sitelinks, which is why we’re referring to them as such. Here is a screenshot of how they look. […]
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Google tests blue hyperlinks in sponsored results ads
Google keeps rolling out changes to its Shopping and sponsored results ads. Last week, we saw AI-generated descriptions being tested in shopping ads, along with underlined links appearing in sponsored results. Now we’ve spotted another test: a blue hyperlink within sponsored ads that, when clicked, takes you to the same landing page as clicking the […]
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Google tests AI-generated descriptions in Shopping ads
Google is testing AI-generated descriptions in Shopping and product ads. This follows a similar test spotted last month in regular sponsored text ads, which Google confirmed was a small experiment and now the same approach appears to be showing up in Shopping ads as well. Brodie Clark and SERP Alerts spotted this on X, with […]
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Google Ads Rolls Out Live Test Of Strong Match Labels
Google is testing a “Strongest match” or “Strong match” label on certain search ads. This one is confirmed Google’s Ginny Marvin announced it on LinkedIn and X. Marvin wrote: “We’ll be running a small experiment with adding a ‘Strongest match’ or ‘Strong match’ label to certain search ads.” Here is how it looks. A label […]
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Google tests new “Featured Products” subheading in shopping ads
Google is testing a new subheading within its Sponsored results carousel called “Featured products,” with the description “From online or local stores” underneath it. We’re seeing this tested on both mobile and desktop. Here is the screenshot. In the example above, a search for wheelchairs shows the usual Sponsored results carousel, but now with this […]
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Meta introduces generative AI video advertising tools
Meta now offers generative video tools and better brand voice and tone for advertisers, along with more integrated influencer campaigns.
Google Product Studio launches AI-generated video creation tool
This is now rolling out to US based merchants.
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Amazon Today: A new frontier for brick-and-mortar by Feedonomics
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How AI is advancing advertising and changing consumer engagement
James Murray of Microsoft explains how AI-powered search engines are revolutionizing users interactions & highlights the opportunity for advertisers.
Google AI Overview ads launch on mobile in U.S.
The sponsored AI Overview ads will appear below the organic AI-generated answer. Will this positioning be good or bad for advertisers?
Branded keywords: How Google Ads drives up CPCs
Rising CPCs on branded keywords? Here’s why Google’s push for PMax and AI-driven auctions are inflating costs and reducing efficiency.