Company CultureEvents Before You Blame the Person, Look at the System I left Shopify DotDev energized by two talks in particular. The first was the fireside chat between Tobi Lütke and Harley Finkelstein. The second was…Shilo JonesJuly 31, 2026
Google AdsIndustry NewsSEM Google’s AI Can Now Write Your Ads. Could Your Insurance Refuse to Cover Them? Here are two things that are both true right now, in mid-2026. First, Google has updated its advertising policies, giving its AI the ability to…Mike JelleyJuly 21, 2026
EcommerceGoogle AdsSEM One Of The Most Important Fields In Your Shopping Feed Is Optional If you've ever opened Google's product data specification, you know there are dozens of fields you could be filling in, and nobody has time for…Andrew FlickerJuly 2, 2026
Google AdsSEM How to Add Product Data to Your Google Shopping Feed When It Doesn’t Exist in Shopify Merchant Center is flagging missing GTINs. Or you want custom labels for campaign segmentation, a deeper product type tree, maybe a material attribute so your…Andrew FlickerJuly 2, 2026
Google AdsSEM The Shipping Cost Google Shows Is a Promise Your Checkout Has to Keep A batch of products gets disapproved for "inaccurate shipping costs." Or a shopper sees one total on Google, clicks through, and gets a different one…Andrew FlickerJune 24, 2026
EcommerceSEO When Fixing Duplicate Meta Titles Makes the Problem Worse When a site audit flags duplicate meta titles, most merchants treat it as a writing task: find the duplicates, update the titles, check the box.…Jeff McRitchieJune 24, 2026
Google AdsSEM Why Did My Google Ads Account Spend So Much? When the daily spend in a mature Google Ads account jumps unexpectedly, or the month is on track to blow past its budget, panic might…Andrew FlickerJune 18, 2026
Company Culture The Problem With an All-Green Dashboard Most Monday mornings start the same way. I log in and respond to our team's feedback in Officevibe. We have been running it for years,…Shilo JonesJune 7, 2026