conversion optimization

Are Google’s Free Product Listings Really Free?
Reading Time: 5:22 min
Yes — putting products into Google’s free listings program costs nothing in media spend. You upload a feed to Merchant Center, opt in, and your catalog becomes eligible to show…

Merchant Center Suspended? Here’s the Order to Fix It In
Reading Time: 6:23 min
Your products disappeared from Google today, and Merchant Center is showing a suspension instead of a diagnostics page. Before you touch the appeal button, there’s an order to this, and…

UTM Parameters: A Naming System, Not a List of Links
Reading Time: 5:47 min
UTM tracking works exactly the way it should on the day you set it up: add a source and a medium to a link, and GA4 shows the traffic where…

Retargeting Ads: Who to Exclude, Not Just Include
Reading Time: 5:15 min
Most retargeting advice is a list of who to add: people who visited the pricing page, people who watched half a product video, people who put something in a cart…
Meta Pixel Helper Is Gone: How to Check Your Pixel Now
Reading Time: 5:36 min
If you went looking for “Meta Pixel Helper” to install the little extension that checks your pixel, it isn’t there anymore under that name. What you’ll find instead does more…

Google Ads vs Facebook Ads: How to Choose First
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Every comparison of these two platforms ends the same way: use both. That answer is correct, and it’s also the most expensive one you can give a business that only…

Local Search Ads on Google Maps: How They Work
Reading Time: 5:59 min
Search for a service near you and a handful of pins show up marked “Sponsored” before the rest of the map fills in. That’s a paid placement — but look…

Google Ads Audit: What to Check in the First 20 Minutes
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Most things called a “Google Ads audit” promise a full teardown — every setting, every asset, a checklist forty rows long. That’s not what actually finds the leak. Five checks,…

How Much Does a Shopify Store Cost? The Real Bill
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Ask “how much does a Shopify store cost” and you’ll get one number: $39 a month for the entry-level Basic plan (shopify.com/pricing, checked August 19, 2026). That number is real.…

Why Your Store’s Search Can’t Find a Product That’s Right There
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A customer types in a product name, a color, a size — something you know is sitting in stock — and the search box comes back empty. That’s usually not…

