How we write, verify, and correct

Sources

Every policy claim on this site cites Google’s own documentation where possible. Specifically:

• Google Merchant Center Help articles (support.google.com/merchants)
• Shopping ads policies (support.google.com/merchants/answer/6149970)
• Merchant API and Content API v2.1 reference docs
• Google Blog posts and product launch announcements
• Publicly disclosed case data from merchants we have worked with

Where a claim is sourced from our own scan data (for example “top 10 disapproval reasons we see across audits”), we disclose that explicitly and describe the sample.

Verification

Before an article publishes, the author runs through this checklist:

AI assistance disclosure

Some drafting and editing on the FeedShield blog uses AI assistance. Specifically:

• Large language models may be used to generate initial drafts, reorganize sections, or propose alternative phrasings.
• Every paragraph that appears on the site is reviewed by a human author who takes responsibility for its factual accuracy.
• Factual claims are verified against primary sources before publication, regardless of whether the draft was human-written or AI-assisted.
• Product features, pricing, and scan-data claims are never AI-generated. These come from internal product truth.

Corrections

When we get something wrong, we fix it. Our process:

1. We confirm the error within 2 business days.
2. We update the article and bump its “last reviewed” date.
3. For material errors (wrong pricing, wrong policy threshold, incorrect API behavior), we add a visible correction notice at the top of the article explaining what changed.

Updates and freshness

Google updates Merchant Center policies multiple times per year. We re-check evergreen articles on a rolling schedule:

• Policy articles are reviewed quarterly or within 7 days of a policy change we are aware of, whichever comes first.
• Step-by-step guides are reviewed whenever the underlying GMC or Google Ads interface changes materially.
• Every article shows a visible publication date and, where updated, a “last reviewed” date.

Conflicts of interest

FeedShield is a commercial product. Articles on the blog may reference our own platform where it is genuinely the right tool for the task described, but we do not pretend to be neutral in comparisons where we have a product stake. Competitor comparison pages are clearly labeled and aim to describe where each tool is the better fit honestly — including cases where a competitor is the right answer.