#Google Shopping Ads get conversion annotations
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Merchants can enable conversion annotations that showcase a product’s popularity directly in Google Shopping ad listings.
What’s new. Conversion annotations like “best selling” or “1K shopped here recently” provide visual cues about a product’s sales performance directly in the ad unit.
Why we care. Conversion annotations incentivize advertisers to share valuable purchase data with Google for visibility boosts. But they’ll have to weigh the benefits against data privacy concerns.
The pitch. Google claims conversion annotations can:
- Enhance the shopping experience by showcasing top products.
- Build trust and social proof by highlighting customer interactions.
- Ultimately, drive more purchases by making listings stand out.
Behind the feature. The annotations rely on merchants sharing aggregated conversion data from their sales.
- Merchants must have conversion tracking enabled in Google Merchant Center to qualify.
- Google says the data allows it “to be more creative and innovative to help you stand out.”
The requirements. To display conversion annotations, merchants need:
- Conversion tracking activated in the Merchant Center.
- To opt-in to share purchase history for annotation use.
Anu Adegbola has been Paid Media Editor of Search Engine Land since 2024. She covers paid search, paid social, retail media, video and more.
In 2008, Anu’s career started with delivering digital marketing campaigns (mostly but not exclusively Paid Search) by building strategies, maximising ROI, automating repetitive processes and bringing efficiency from every part of marketing departments through inspiring leadership both on agency, client and marketing tech side.
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