title [title]: Definition

When to use

Format

Follow these formatting guidelines to make sure that we understand the data that you're submitting. 

To format your data for Content API, have a look at the Content API for Shopping.

Guidelines

Follow these guidelines to make sure that you submit high-quality data for your products.

Minimum requirements

These are the requirements that you'll need to meet to show your product. If you don't follow these requirements, we'll disapprove your product and let you know on the Diagnostics page of your Merchant Center account.

• Use a relevant title that clearly describes your product.
• Describe the product shown on your landing page. Make sure that your title describes the product that you're linking to.
• Distinguish between variants.
  • Add the distinguishing details of each variant to the title. For example, Google T-Shirt, Red. Don’t forget to submit these details also through the appropriate attributes such as color [color], size [size], or age_group [age_group]. For product design elements that don’t have a corresponding attribute, such as flavour, add them to the title.
  • Be specific. The more specific you are with your title, the easier it is for users to identify the correct product and any of its possible variants on your landing page. For example, you are selling curtains and have listed 7 different curtains on your landing page, all distinguished by different sizes and colours. Users need a simple way to quickly identify the product that they were looking at initially. A specific title can help with that.
• Use professional and grammatically correct language. Correct grammar is easier to understand and gives you a more professional appearance, which can lead to more clicks. Also avoid gimmicky ways of drawing attention such as all caps, symbols, HTML tags and promotional text. Learn more about the editorial and professional requirements
• Don't use words from foreign languages unless they're well understood, such as a product with a foreign name or title.
  • For example, sushi is a word well understood outside of Japan.
  • Write foreign words using the alphabet of your target language. For example, avoid Japanese characters when targeting the United States. Letters with accents, like 'Les Clés' are allowed.
  • Don't use foreign characters for gimmicky purposes. This technique is common in spam and untrustworthy ads. For example: (ಠ_ಠ)
• Don't use capital letters for emphasis. Capitalised text is common in spam and untrustworthy ads. You should still use capitalisation when it's appropriate, including for abbreviations, phone numbers, countries and currency. For example, ADHD, UNICEF, 1-555-CALL-NOW, UK and USD.
• Don't include promotional text. Don't add information such as price, sale price, sale dates, delivery, delivery date, other time-related information, or your company's name. Include this information with the other attributes such as sale price or delivery.
• Don't use extra white spaces. Instead, use those characters in a more effective way to describe your product.

Best practices

These best practices can help you go beyond the basic requirements to optimise your product data for performance.

• Use all 150 characters. Your title will be used to match your product to a user's search. Include the important details that define your product.
• Put the most important details first. Users will usually see only the first 70 or fewer characters of your title, depending on screen size.
• Use keywords. Keywords will help connect your product with a user's search and help the user recognise what you're selling. Your keywords could include these types of product details:
  • Product Name
  • Brand
  • Specific details about the product area such as 'maternity' for clothing or 'waterproof' for mascara

Additional guidelines

Review each section closely to determine whether the requirements apply to your country or product. If you don't follow requirements that apply to you, we'll disapprove your product and let you know in Diagnostics in your Merchant Center account.

Examples