We’re constantly looking for ways to give thoughtful, relevant information as shoppers browse, compare and research during their I-Want-to-Know moments. At the same time, we want to help you differentiate your products and stand out on Google.
Promotional text, an optional message added to your ad groups in AdWords, was part of our first efforts to do just that. We noticed many of you use promotional text to highlight special offers or free shipping, so today, we’re excited to introduce new automated extensions for shopping ads (PLAs).
Automated extension for shopping ads
These new extensions are displayed alongside your shopping ads (PLAs) at no additional work or cost. They use existing information you’ve provided in your Merchant Center settings and data feed to automatically show free shipping and price drop information in a consistent and digestible way for shoppers.
Promotional text retirement
Based on initial results, we’re seeing shoppers prefer these new automated extensions over promotional text and advertisers are getting better click through rates with it too. Thus, we’ll be retiring promotional text at the end of September 2015 and start surfacing automated extensions more frequently instead.
For those who use promotional text, no additional action is needed. Your ads won’t be otherwise affected and will continue to reach shoppers searching on Google. If you want to highlight other offers aside from free shipping and sale prices, we strongly encourage you to take advantage of our other shopping extensions:
Availability of this extension may vary by country, so check out the above help center articles for more details. You can find more information on automated extensions in our help center as well.
Posted by Tom Beyer, Product Manager, Google Shopping
Promotional text, an optional message added to your ad groups in AdWords, was part of our first efforts to do just that. We noticed many of you use promotional text to highlight special offers or free shipping, so today, we’re excited to introduce new automated extensions for shopping ads (PLAs).
Automated extension for shopping ads
These new extensions are displayed alongside your shopping ads (PLAs) at no additional work or cost. They use existing information you’ve provided in your Merchant Center settings and data feed to automatically show free shipping and price drop information in a consistent and digestible way for shoppers.
Based on initial results, we’re seeing shoppers prefer these new automated extensions over promotional text and advertisers are getting better click through rates with it too. Thus, we’ll be retiring promotional text at the end of September 2015 and start surfacing automated extensions more frequently instead.
For those who use promotional text, no additional action is needed. Your ads won’t be otherwise affected and will continue to reach shoppers searching on Google. If you want to highlight other offers aside from free shipping and sale prices, we strongly encourage you to take advantage of our other shopping extensions:
- Merchant promotions to share discounts and promo codes
- Product ratings to display aggregated star ratings and link to customer reviews
- Trusted Stores certification to show the world you’re trusted by Google as a great place to shop
Availability of this extension may vary by country, so check out the above help center articles for more details. You can find more information on automated extensions in our help center as well.
Posted by Tom Beyer, Product Manager, Google Shopping