Daily Search Forum Recap: January 28, 2022

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

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New Tools For Smart Shopping & Local Campaigns Being Replaced By Performance Max

Google has released a set of new tools and features to help advertisers when Google existing and future Smart Shopping campaigns and Local Campaigns get replaced by Performance Max campaigns. This includes a new migration tool and API migrations.

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Google Promotes Pointy From Google In Business Profiles

Google is promoting the Pointy from Google solution in Google Business Profiles dashboard, Colan Nielsen explained on Twitter. Google is placing this box that says "Help customers find products they need" by connecting your in-store product inventory with Google Search and Maps.

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Google Deprecating The Google My Business API On April 20, 2022

Google will be deprecating the Google My Business API on April 30, 2022 and replacing it with new APIs in the Google federated model. So you will have to update any of the old APIs you may be using with the new ones within the next few months.

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Google Search Console Logging Bug May Result In Drop In Image Search Performance Data

Google has confirmed an issue with the Google Search Console Performance reports specific to image search. The issue is a logging issue that may result in your clicks and impressions data in those reports being lower than normal. Google said the issue began on Monday, January 24, 2022 and is still ongoing.

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