Home/Optimizer/Shopping Feed Problems
Common Google Ads Problem

Is Your Product Feed Costing You Sales?

Feed issues silently kill Shopping and PMax performance. Bad titles, missing data, and feed errors reduce visibility and waste budget.

Estimated Cost

20-40% of Shopping potential lost to feed issues

Affected Metrics

Impression Share, CTR, Quality Score, CPC, ROAS

Do You Recognize These Symptoms?

Low impression share despite competitive bids
Products not showing for relevant searches
High impressions but very low clicks
Frequent Merchant Center disapprovals
Poor performance compared to competitors

The Real Impact

Feed quality directly impacts Shopping ad eligibility, auction performance, and click-through rates. Poor feeds waste 20-40% of Shopping budget on missed opportunities.

Why This Happens

Understanding the root causes is the first step to solving the problem.

1Poor product titles

Titles missing key attributes (brand, size, color) reduce search matching and ad appeal.

2Missing required attributes

GTINs, MPNs, and product category data affect eligibility and auction performance.

3Low-quality images

Blurry, watermarked, or non-compliant images hurt CTR and cause disapprovals.

4Inconsistent data

Price, availability, and shipping mismatches between feed and website trigger disapprovals.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

Well-intentioned fixes that often make things worse.

Using default platform export settings

Shopify/WooCommerce defaults often miss key attributes. Custom feed optimization is necessary for good performance.

Ignoring Merchant Center warnings

Warnings indicate issues affecting performance even if products aren't disapproved. Fix warnings, not just errors.

Optimizing ads before fixing feed

Best bidding and structure can't overcome poor feed quality. Feed is the foundation of Shopping performance.

The Solution

How PerfoAds Solves This Problem

Purpose-built features to detect, diagnose, and fix shopping feed problems.

Feed Health Analysis

Identify products with likely feed issues based on performance patterns (low impressions, poor CTR).

Title Optimization Recommendations

Suggest title structures and missing attributes based on high-performing products.

Product Performance Segmentation

Group products by performance to identify which SKUs have feed vs strategy issues.

Competitor Comparison

Benchmark against auction competitors to identify feed quality gaps.

Prevention Tips

Best practices to prevent this problem from occurring or recurring.

Use a dedicated feed management tool (Feedonomics, DataFeedWatch)
Include brand, size, color, material in titles
Maintain GTIN data for all applicable products
Update feed at least daily for price/availability
Monitor Merchant Center diagnostics weekly

Frequently Asked Questions

Key indicators: low impression share despite competitive bids, some products never showing, Merchant Center warnings or disapprovals, and poor CTR compared to benchmarks. PerfoAds identifies products whose performance suggests feed issues. We can't directly analyze your feed, but we flag products worth investigating.

Ready to Fix Shopping Feed Problems?

PerfoAds AI identifies, diagnoses, and helps you fix account issues automatically. Start solving problems today.

SOC 2 Certified
99.9% Uptime
500+ Teams