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Merchant Advisor testing: Google Ads Advisor pattern lands in Merchant Centre
Barry Schwartz has flagged that Google is testing Merchant Advisor: a Merchant Centre equivalent to Google Ads Advisor, originally spotted by Tamara Hellgren on Momentic and surfaced by Hana Kobzová in her weekly digest. The product mirrors Ads Advisor's design pattern: in-context AI assistance for diagnosing feed issues, troubleshooting disapprovals, surfacing optimisation opportunities, and answering platform questions through natural-language interaction with the Gemini-powered Advisor.
What changed
The arrival of Merchant Advisor sits within Google's broader push to replicate the Ads Advisor pattern across every Google advertising surface: Ads Advisor for Google Ads (now generally available), Security Agent for account protection (covered Week 18), and now Merchant Advisor for Merchant Centre. The mechanic standardises diagnostic and troubleshooting workflows across the Google advertising stack. Likely formal announcement at Google Marketing Live on 21 May.
Why it matters for advertisers
For you, this means Merchant Centre operators should monitor for Merchant Advisor appearing in their accounts as the test broadens. Worth treating as a productivity gain for feed troubleshooting: particularly relevant for ecommerce accounts where feed disapprovals or product-level issues have been recurring sources of support-ticket overhead.
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Merchant Advisor testing: Google Ads Advisor pattern lands in Merchant Centre
Barry Schwartz has flagged that Google is testing Merchant Advisor: a Merchant Centre equivalent to Google Ads Advisor, originally spotted by Tamara Hellgren on Momentic and surfaced by Hana Kobzová in her weekly digest. The product mirrors Ads Advisor's design pattern: in-context AI assistance for diagnosing feed issues, troubleshooting disapprovals, surfacing optimisation opportunities, and answering platform questions through natural-language interaction with the Gemini-powered Advisor.
The arrival of Merchant Advisor sits within Google's broader push to replicate the Ads Advisor pattern across every Google advertising surface: Ads Advisor for Google Ads (now generally available), Security Agent for account protection (covered Week 18), and now Merchant Advisor for Merchant Centre. The mechanic standardises diagnostic and troubleshooting workflows across the Google advertising stack. Likely formal announcement at Google Marketing Live on 21 May.
For you, this means Merchant Centre operators should monitor for Merchant Advisor appearing in their accounts as the test broadens. Worth treating as a productivity gain for feed troubleshooting: particularly relevant for ecommerce accounts where feed disapprovals or product-level issues have been recurring sources of support-ticket overhead.
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