Merchant Center announcements + change log
- Policy update: Restrictions on promoting deepfake sexual content
- Policy update: Enabling online pharmacies in Belgium to promote over-the-counter drugs
- Policy update: Brazil Political Content
- 2024 Merchant Center product data specification update
- Update: Loyalty program now available in Japan
- Update to Product Ratings feed specification: Review ID required
- Policy update: Vehicle ads policy update
- Product Studio now available to merchants in Australia and Canada
- St. Patrick's Day themed templates available in Product Studio
- Policy update: Teeth whitening products
- Preserving metadata tags for AI-generated images in Merchant Center
- Vehicle ads have become available to advertisers in Australia
- Policy update: Inappropriate content Sensitive Events policy
- Policy update: Inappropriate content sensitive events policy
- Policy update: Incorrect value: identifier exists [identifier_exists] changing from disapproval to warning
- Policy update: Aggregators in the United States and Canada can now participate in vehicle ads
- Changes to Google Analytics attribution models in Merchant Center conversion tracking
- Stand out on Google with the new small business attribute
- Policy update: E-juice is considered a dangerous product
- Policy update: Changes to the promotion of healthcare products in Brazil
- Policy update: Abusing the ad network
- Four ways to prepare for the holiday season
- Announcement: A new, simplified Merchant Center
- Policy update: Product Ratings policies
- Merchant Center Next: Increase shoppers’ trust with customer support
- Understanding Misrepresentation policy disapprovals
- Buy on Google ending in the US
- Policy update: New cars can now be advertised in Virginia
- 2023 Merchant Center product data specification update
- Policy update: Improving policy enforcement transparency for advertisers
- Updates to advanced shipping costs
- Policy update: Restricted gambling-related content
- Update: “Trusted Store” badge rebranded to "Top Quality Store”
- Update to Google’s COVID-19 policy and sensitive events policy
- Vehicle ads available to Canadian advertisers
- Policy update: Shopping ads policies
- Policy update: Sensitive events
- Policy update: The Dangerous products policy will include concentrated sodium nitrite
- Policy update: Unsupported Shopping content
- End of support for FTP in Merchant Center
- Policy update: Merchants can serve N95 masks on Shopping
- Policy update: Linked account suspension
- How to prepare for the holiday season
- Smart Shopping campaigns created in Merchant Center are now Performance Max campaigns
- New: Show products in all countries using a single feed
- Policy update: Insufficient contact information and Missing return & refund policy
- Policy update: Login required and Restricted purchase
- Policy update: Website needs improvement
- Improve your customer experience with the Shopping experience scorecard program.
- Auto-tagging supports more sources for conversions
- Policy update: Inappropriate Content
- Policy update: Enabling online pharmacies in New Zealand for over-the-counter drugs
- Policy update: Unsupported Shopping content
- 2022 Merchant Center product data specification update
- Policy update: Sensitive events
- See free product listings conversions by linking your Merchant Center and Google Analytics property
- Vehicle ads available to US advertisers
- Update related to Russian ads
- Update related to the war in Ukraine
- Introducing the Merchant Center status dashboard
- Update for free listings: Auto-tagging now available
- Policy update: Political Content
- Policy update: Misleading or unrealistic promotions policy
- Policy update: Medical test kits
- Update: There are now more ways to let Google calculate custom shipping speeds for you
- Update: Buy on Google France program to end in December
- Enforcement update for free listings
- Important policy update: Restructuring the Misrepresentation policy
- Policy update: Enabling online pharmacies in France for over-the-counter drugs
- Update: Show products in all countries using a single feed
- Policy update: High Fat Sugar Salt Food and Beverage
- Important policy update: More COVID-related products allowed on Shopping
- Changes to unique product identifier enforcement on free listings
- Important policy update: More mask types allowed on Shopping
- Policy update: Political content
- Changes to enforcement for the MPN [mpn] attribute
- Policy update: Insufficient contact information
- Policy update: Insufficient payment information
- Upcoming changes to availability enforcement
- WebP added as a supported image format in Merchant Center
- Policy update: Website needs improvement
- Policy update: Digital books can no longer be advertised on Shopping ads
- 2021 Merchant Center product data specification update
- Regional availability and pricing available in the United States
- Changes to the display of VAT in Japan
- Important policy update: Shopping ads referencing the US presidential election
- New warnings for unit pricing
- Upcoming changes to price enforcement
- Buy on Google update: submit disputes directly from settlement report
- Important policy update: Sensitive events
- Name changes: Surfaces across Google and Shopping Actions renamed
- Shopping ads policy update: US elections
- Automatic image improvements now available with Buy on Google
- Stay on top of trends with the Insights page
- Shopping Actions update: Review defect alerts on "Orders" page
- Important policy update: Sensitive events
- Get discovered by deal seekers with new features for listing your promotions (U.S. only)
- Easily respond to real-time holiday demand with Smart Shopping campaigns
- Buy on Google: How to prepare for the holiday season
- Important update: changes to availability enforcement on free standard listings
- Shopping Actions update: changes to Retailer Standards
- Free listings will soon be available across the world
- Use additional countries to determine your reach
- Important update: changes to image policy enforcement
- Shopping Actions: update to gift card policy
- Globally show your products in any Shopping language
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Merchant Center policy updates
- Free and fast annotation now available for Buy on Google and free product listings
- New warnings for missing energy efficiency class