Shopping — surface checklist
Every Shopping surface Google can serve into — Search, Discover, Gmail, YouTube — and what feed vs. asset-group quality gates to hit before scaling.
Standard Shopping vs PMax Shopping modules
Standard Shopping concentrates on Search product modules and related Shopping surfaces. Performance Max can also inject Shopping tiles into Discover, Gmail, and YouTube when product feeds and asset groups qualify. Do not assume one feed fix covers both campaign types.
Feed quality gates
Title, GTIN/MPN, image link, and price mismatches suppress surfaces silently. Run Merchant Center diagnostics before blaming placement performance. Custom labels help you segment reporting once delivery is stable.
Reporting habit
Pull placement and asset-group breakdowns weekly. Discover and Gmail Shopping modules often show higher CPM but acceptable ROAS for prospecting SKUs — separate brand vs. prospecting in campaign structure instead of blending targets.
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- Ad Placements — where ads actually showEvery paid surface — Search, YouTube, Gmail, Discover, Maps, Display, Shopping, Meta family, TikTok — mapped to the campaign type that controls it.Open →
- Pulse — the paid media news feedAI-summarized headlines from Search Engine Land, Ahrefs, Semrush, PPC Hero, Google, Meta, TikTok, and the publications operators actually read. Updated daily.Open →
- Ad Specs — current dimensions, file weights, and aspect ratiosSearchable reference for current ad specs across every major paid platform. Monitored daily, sourced.Open →
- Policy Watch — paid media policy change trackerAdvertising policy changes across Meta, Google, TikTok, LinkedIn, Amazon and more. Sourced from official changelogs.Open →