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Jan 08 2024

Scientific A/B Testing for Products Feeds and PLAs

How often do A/B tests run only to yield inconclusive data? Especially in the data feed and PLA world, the problem is prevalent. VersaFeed's new Dynamic Experiment solution solves this problem once and for all.Our dynamic system will…

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Nov 08 2023

Beauty Virtual Try-On Experience for Google PLAs

After much anticipation, Google is now offering beauty brands a way to interact virtually with their mobile shoppers via Free Listings and Shopping Ads. AR beauty features were introduced nearly three years ago; however, only recentl…

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Oct 05 2023

Using ChatGPT to Enhance Google & Social Feeds

With ChatGPT becoming ubiquitous across the digital landscape, VersaFeed researched the most effective ways to integrate this tech into paid media data feeds. Our early testing indicates that product titles, categories, and descripti…

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Oct 05 2023

New Feature: VersaFeed ChatGPT Integration

VersaFeed is thrilled to announce our new integration with ChatGPT for data feed optimization!Merchants and brands using VersaFeed can now utilize ChatGPT to rewrite product titles, descriptions, and categories straight from the Vers…

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Aug 02 2023

Local Inventory Ads Badge + Annotations

Google makes it easy to take advantage of badges on Shopping ads and Free Listings promoting Local products. Consumers will see Local Shopping ads when the item they’re searching for is available nearby. Google lets you know it's a L…

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Jun 30 2023

Return Annotation for Google Shopping Ads

The Returns annotation has become a common Shopping Ad element this past year. Google first required the return policy to be set up in the Google Merchant Center to showcase on Shopping Ads but slowly started trying to estimate for brands …

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Jun 05 2023

Product Ratings for Shopping Ads & Free Listings

Google can show star ratings annotations on Shopping Ads and Free Listings for products offered by eligible advertisers - officially referred to as Product Ratings. Both the product and advertiser must meet certain requirements to be…

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May 05 2023

Highlighting Shipping on Google

As Google continues to increase the visibility of product delivery options across Search and Shopping, here are a few ways to make sure your shipping options are highlighted accurately for potential customers: Free Shipping Annotation …

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Mar 20 2023

Price Drop Badge/Annotation on Google

There are many ways Google highlights products when their prices change - specifically lower. The Sale badge and Special Offer annotation (aka Merchant Promotion) do a great job showcasing temporary price cuts on items. But there’s …

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Mar 03 2023

Supporting Customer Retention with PLA

With inflation top-of-mind for both merchants and customers, maintaining a loyal base of customers is more crucial than ever in the ecommerce space. Loyalty, however, does not mean you still won’t have to fight to keep those customer…

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Feb 07 2023

Google's Top Quality Store Badge

Earning the Coveted Blue Checkmark While competition for PLA real estate continues to heat up, there are several small but significant additions that merchants can make to their Google Shopping program to help gain an edge on a crowded SE…

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Jan 26 2023

Leveraging Your Product Feed for PMax Success

With the roll-out of Google’s automatic migration from Smart Shopping to Performance Max Campaigns, traditional PLA is now just one of many forms that your product listings can take across Google properties. For example, PMax campaig…

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Jan 23 2023

Google Hosted Local Storefront : LIA

Google has been steering advertisers for years now towards the Merchant Hosted Local Storefront, even providing them with 2 options: Basic and Full. Here, we will be covering details around the rarely talked about Google Hosted Local Store…

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Jan 18 2023

Google Merchant Promotions for Local Inventory Ads

With Google’s Local Promotions moving from beta to a full-fledged feature, merchants running Local Inventory Ads now have the option to display promotions that are redeemable either online, in store, or both. Local promotions may be…

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Dec 23 2022

Google Manufacturer Center :: Part 2

Google gives manufacturers control of how their products are presented across Google through the Manufacturer Center. Product content can be pulled over from the Google Merchant Center or a feed can be uploaded directly to the Manufacturer…

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Dec 22 2022

Google Manufacturer Center :: Part 1

Google's Manufacturer Center is another tool to help brands improve the shopping experience for its products across the Google properties. There are 2 main purposes for using Manufacturer Center: Gain insight into your products' aggrega…

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Oct 24 2022

Regional Availability and Pricing (RAAP) for Grocery Chains on Google Shopping

In response to a growing demand for convenient online shopping, grocery stores are rapidly adapting to increase their digital presence and expand order fulfillment options. With the introduction of Regional Availability and Pricing (RAAP)…

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Oct 11 2022

Shopping Feed Tips for a Smooth Holiday Season

Many things go into preparing for the busy holiday season. Planning budgets for big days, sometimes down to the hour, can be time intensive but can have a large pay off. Reviewing bidding strategies to make sure automation will adjust prop…

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Sep 19 2022

Google Gets Smart With Titles

Google has quietly introduced a new "enhancement" to Shopping ad titles, referred to in their [title] attribute documentation as Optimized titles. Google will dynamically prepend product features or attributes to the front of your PLA ti…

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Mar 03 2022

Preparing for Planned Site Outages

From time-to-time, websites need to come offline for maintenance. There's no way of telling Google about this, so when they perform their regular checks of your data feed against your site it sets off a wave of events, which can include pr…

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Dec 16 2021

Merchant Promotion vs Sale Price Annotations / Badge

Google steadily introduces enhancements to Shopping ads, and before you can execute, you have to know how to choose the right approach. When product prices are discounted during a sale, there are 2 common options that websites will utiliz…

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