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November 8, 2025

# Google Merchant Center Feed FAQ: Questions People Actually Ask

**What is Google Merchant Center feed, in plain terms?**
A rejected Merchant Center feed doesn't fail loudly — products just quietly stop showing in Shopping results, which is why so many stores don't notice for weeks that half their catalog dropped out.

**How often should this be checked?**
Regularly, not just once. Using vague or truncated titles instead of the recommended brand + product type + key attributes format that shopping algorithms parse for matching. Set a recurring reminder rather than trusting memory.

**What's the most common mistake here?**
Submitting inconsistent pricing between the feed and the live product page, which Google actively checks for and disapproves.

**Does this actually affect rankings, or is it just best practice?**
It's rarely a single ranking factor on its own, but it affects whether search engines and users can do what you actually need them to do — which shows up in rankings indirectly, often more than any one direct factor would.

**What's the fastest way to check this on an existing site?**
Google Merchant Feed Generator — paste your URL in and it does the check directly, no setup.

Related: our guide to Facebook Catalog feed.

Try Google Merchant Feed Generator yourself

Everything in this guide runs directly in your browser — no signup, no install.

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