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Practical guides on Google Ads, AI Max, Shopping feeds and LLM visibility for ecommerce. No fluff, only what I apply on client accounts.

July 7, 2026 · Google Ads · AI Max

AI Max for Search for Ecommerce: Setup, Guardrails and Real Results (2026)

A practical guide to AI Max for Search for ecommerce brands: what it does, the +7% conversion data, how to set guardrails with AI Brief, and when NOT to use it. By an ex-Googler.

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July 6, 2026 · Google Ads · AI

AI Performance Insights: Measuring Your Brand on Google's AI Surfaces (2026)

Google's new AI Performance Insights in Merchant Center shows how your brand performs on AI Mode, Gemini and other AI surfaces. How to read it, build an AI visibility KPI stack, and fix weak visibility. By an ex-Googler.

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July 1, 2026 · Merchant Center · AI Mode

Conversational Attributes in Merchant Center: Optimizing Your Feed for AI Mode (2026)

Google's Conversational Attributes let you describe use cases, occasions and problems solved directly in Merchant Center. How to write them, which products to prioritize, and why it also helps on ChatGPT. By an ex-Googler.

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June 29, 2026 · Google Ads · AI

Dynamic Search Ads Are Becoming AI Max: Your Migration Plan (2026)

Google is upgrading Dynamic Search Ads to AI Max. What DSA advertisers lose and gain, a pre-migration checklist, how to map page feeds, and a 30-day monitoring plan. By an ex-Googler.

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June 22, 2026 · Smart Bidding · Profit

Product Value Adjustments: Bidding on Margin, Not Revenue (2026)

Product Value Adjustments let you apply value multipliers to specific items in Smart Bidding. An ex-Googler explains how to escape the ROAS trap and bid toward margin, with setup examples.

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June 15, 2026 · AI Mode · Google Ads

Ads in Google AI Mode: How Ecommerce Brands Show Up in Conversational Search (2026)

Google's new Gemini-powered ad formats live inside AI Mode responses. An ex-Googler explains what that means for ecommerce, how to prepare asset libraries, and the measurement caveats.

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June 8, 2026 · Google Shopping · AI Max

AI Max for Shopping: What the One-Click Upgrade Really Does (2026)

AI Max for Shopping explained by an ex-Googler: what the one-click upgrade changes vs standard Shopping, why feed quality becomes creative input, and a safe rollout plan.

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May 25, 2026 · Google Ads · AI

AI Brief: Steering Google's Ad AI With Your Own Words (2026)

How to use AI Brief, Google's Gemini-powered natural language interface for AI Max: messaging, matching and audience guidelines, real examples, and a template you can copy. By an ex-Googler.

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April 20, 2026 · Merchant Center · Feeds

Google Merchant Center 2026 Product Data Update: Deadlines and Fix List

The April 14, 2026 Merchant Center spec update explained: product-level shipping controls, the new video attribute, the 500x500 image minimum and its January 2027 enforcement date. A prioritized fix list by an ex-Googler.

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April 6, 2026 · Feeds · Agentic Commerce

Your Product Feed in the Agentic Era: Getting Found in ChatGPT Shopping (2026)

AI traffic to Shopify stores grew 8x and AI orders nearly 13x in Q1 2026. How feed quality decides whether ChatGPT and other AI agents can quote and sell your products, with a practical checklist. By an ex-Googler.

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