Google Shopping Appears 16 to 35 Times More Often in EU Search After Free Listings End
TLDR
After Google dropped free product listings in Europe under the Digital Markets Act, BrightEdge data shows Google Shopping now appears 16 to 35 times more often than the next competitor in European product search results.
What this Google Search removal means for your site
- Status
- Removed
- Platform
- Google Search
- Affects
- free product listings, Google Shopping results in European search
- Who
- Not specified in the source
- Effective
- Not specified in the source
- Action needed
- Not specified in the source
Optimixed Overview
Optimixed's original report on this story.
Google removed its free product listings in Europe because of the Digital Markets Act, and Google described the change as the biggest reduction in search quality in its history. Data from BrightEdge indicates that Google Shopping now appears 16 to 35 times more often than the next result in European product search.
How we got here: earlier Google Search coverage
- Sep 18Google Search drops free product listings and carousels from European Economic Area
Google has removed free product listings and carousel formats from Search in the European Economic Area as mandated by the Digital Markets Act.
- Sep 11Google Confirms Temporary Search Console Bug; EU Search Quality Degradation Tied to DMA Compliance
Google confirmed a temporary Search Console indexing bug and acknowledged its biggest EU search quality reduction due to DMA compliance changes.
- Sep 8Google Claims EU Digital Markets Act Changes Caused Largest Search Quality Decline in Company History
Google told Reuters that implementing EU Digital Markets Act compliance resulted in the biggest quality reduction in Search's 29-year history.
- Jul 23Google Rolling Out Major Changes to EU Hotel Search to Comply With Digital Markets Act
Google is rolling out structural changes to EU hotel search results, introducing a multi-provider Hotel Multi-Pack and direct hotel website module in response to Digital Markets Act compliance requirements.