People use YouTube to help them research their prospective purchases. Last year Google introduced TrueView for shopping, making it easier for viewers to get more information about your products and click to buy while watching video ads. To further improve this service, Google are introducing two new features: Companion banner: Google are adding a new interactive… Read more »
Shopping truly went global in the 21st century. To make shopping more efficient for buyers and sellers alike, Google are currently testing a tool to perform currency conversions in Australia, Switzerland, Canada and the UK. This feature will allow you to convert the currency in your product data locally, making your ads more understandable to… Read more »
Google have always been focused on helping people find the exact product they’re looking for when they already have a good sense of what it is they want. But over 40% of shopping related Google searches are made in broad terms like “men’s sport clothing” or “outdoor patio furniture.” For these less defined searches, what… Read more »
Whatever they’re looking to buy, people want to know what their options are and how much they cost before making a decision. That’s why Google AdWords are introducing price extensions; additional information that appears on your mobile text ads, showcasing your products and services, and how much they cost. Price extensions provide valuable information to… Read more »
Here at teclan, as web hosting providers, we often get support queries from you telling us that you are having trouble sending or receiving emails, or that your password is not being accepted. This is usually down to third party platforms having done an update or it’s an issue with your ISP, which can cause… Read more »
Hot on the trail of merchants being required to update their barcodes due to last month’s GTIN Enforcement another set of changes have been announced by Google. This update mainly focuses on clothing retailers. The general consensus is that this will be to make way for improved filtering within Google Shopping search results and possibly… Read more »
The Google Performance Summit focused on mobile and locations; while discussing the future of Google AdWords. We have put together some of the highlights and will be talking more about them in the coming weeks. New AdWords interface Google introduced a new sleeker looking AdWords interface, which has been built from the ground up rather than… Read more »
There are some obvious words that Google does not like to see appearing in products within Google Shopping, for example swear words and drugs. However sometimes legitimate products can contain key words that get flagged up simply because they may have a double meaning or other, less savoury connotation. Either way they will get… Read more »
As announced in February, Google are tightening up their polices on GTIN requirements for Google Shopping. With less than two weeks to go here are some additional important facts you need to know and please read our previous Blog regarding the announcement. You can find it here. What products are exempt? Own branded products. Products that have no… Read more »
Today Bing has introduced an option for Callout Extensions in their text ads. Much like the Google Callout Extensions, this provides additional highlighted text ideal for putting in your unique key selling points or the products you offer. The best thing is, they are free, so it is highly recommended you make use of them.… Read more »
