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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…

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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…

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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…

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Retargeting Ads: Who to Exclude, Not Just Include

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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…

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Meta Pixel Helper Is Gone: How to Check Your Pixel Now

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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…

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Google Ads vs Facebook Ads: How to Choose First

Reading Time: 5:58 min

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…

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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…

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Google Ads Audit: What to Check in the First 20 Minutes

Reading Time: 5:34 min

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,…

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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.…

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Why Your Store’s Search Can’t Find a Product That’s Right There

Reading Time: 5:38 min

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…

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