2025 edition
The year AI Max arrived for Search, Performance Max got negative keywords and search terms back, AI Mode went live with ads, and Amazon left the Shopping auction again — what a multi-brand reseller should have done.
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The year AI Overviews arrived with ads inside them, the Digital Markets Act rewrote Europe's results page, and profit became a bidding goal — what a multi-brand reseller should have done.
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The year Performance Max learned to stay off a brand, generative AI entered the account, Demand Gen replaced Discovery and Universal Analytics ended — what a multi-brand reseller should have done.
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The year Smart Shopping became Performance Max, expanded text ads froze, feed labels replaced countries and the Digital Markets Act was signed — what a multi-brand reseller should have done.
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The year Performance Max reached everyone, broad match modifier disappeared, measurement was rebuilt after iOS 14.5, and customer lists opened up — what a multi-brand reseller should have done.
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The year free listings came back, the search terms report went quiet, consent entered the tag and demand swung week by week — what a multi-brand reseller should have done.
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The year manufacturers could fund a reseller's Shopping campaigns, average position disappeared, identifiers stopped disapproving and started limiting — what to have done.
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The year AdWords became Google Ads, Smart Shopping offered to take the wheel, Europe's clicks got cheaper through a partner, and price benchmarks arrived — what a multi-brand reseller should have done.
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The year Europe's Shopping auction was rebuilt, customer lists reached Shopping, and Merchant Center learned supplemental feeds — what a multi-brand reseller should have done.
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The year the right-hand ads vanished, GTINs became compulsory for everything, Feed Rules arrived and text ads grew — what a multi-brand reseller should have done with each.
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The year GTINs became compulsory for the big brands, mobile overtook desktop, and automated bidding and customer lists reached Shopping — what a multi-brand reseller should have done.
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The year every reseller was moved onto Shopping campaigns, Google published its own structure guide, and the feed rules tightened — what to have built.
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The year the paid model went global, enhanced campaigns merged every device, and Shopping campaigns gave resellers custom labels — what to have done with them.
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The year Google Shopping stopped being free — and what a reseller carrying several brands should have done about Product Listing Ads.
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