Merchant Center began warning that images under 500x500 px are ineligible for YouTube Shopping ads

Date

Dec 1, 2025 (first reported)

Primary source

PPC News Feed

Sources

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  Google Flags Small Images as Ineligible for YouTube Shopping AdsPPC News Feed · Dec 1, 2025

Related changes

• Mar 2, 2026UCP checkout documentation published; native_commerce attribute required to show the Buy button
• Feb 24, 2026Merchant Center 'Video assets' section began auto-populating with videos pulled from YouTube and other sources
• Feb 5, 2026New Merchant Center recommendations suggested attributes to add to product descriptions
• Jan 17, 2026"Product data experiments" A/B tests of product titles and images appeared for select advertisers
• Jan 6, 2026Multi-channel products unified; separate IDs required when online and in-store attributes differ (March 2026)
• Jan 1, 2026Merchant API v1beta discontinued on February 28, 2026; all calls must target v1 or v1alpha

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