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MarTech » Customer & Digital Experience » Google rolling out Showcase Shopping Ads – PLAs for broad product queries – and other Shopping updates

Google rolling out Showcase Shopping Ads – PLAs for broad product queries – and other Shopping updates

Ahead of the holiday push, Google is debuting a new ad and landing page format for retailers to show users more products.

Ginny Marvin on July 12, 2016 at 11:51 am | Reading time: 2 minutes

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This month, Google is rolling out a brand-new look for product listing on broad, non-brand queries like “summer dresses.” The search giant says some 40 percent of product searches are for broad terms. Instead of featuring a selection of individual product listing ads, new Showcase Shopping ads will start appearing in the search results for generic product queries in the US, the UK and Australia in the coming weeks.

The new format marks a big change for advertisers running non-brand Shopping campaigns. Showcase Shopping ads feature three product images — a main image and two smaller side images — and either a promotional message or the retailer’s distance from the user for Local Inventory Ads at the bottom of the ad. When a users clicks on a Showcase Shopping ad, they are taken to a catalog-style landing page hosted by Google that features a retailer’s promotional copy and related products pulled from the product feed just like regular PLAs.

Advertisers are charged if a user clicks through on one of the products featured on the landing page to the retailer’s site.

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A premium version that gives merchants more control over the branding is being tested. Shopping campaign advertisers in the the US, the UK and Australia will automatically be eligible for Showcase Shopping Ads.

For more on Showcase Shopping ads and the other changes Google announced for Shopping campaigns, including TrueView for Shopping, on Tuesday, see our full coverage on Search Engine Land.


Opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and not necessarily MarTech. Staff authors are listed here.


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About The Author

Ginny Marvin
Ginny Marvin was formerly Third Door Media’s Editor-in-Chief, running the day-to-day editorial operations across all publications and overseeing paid media coverage. Ginny Marvin wrote about paid digital advertising and analytics news and trends for Search Engine Land, Marketing Land and MarTech Today. With more than 15 years of marketing experience, Ginny has held both in-house and agency management positions. She can be found on Twitter as @ginnymarvin.

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