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Methodology

How we calculate your feed score

The score in the feed check is not a gut feeling and not an AI opinion. It is calculated for every product from six measurable components, following fixed rules, with no language model and no randomness involved.

This page shows you the full calculation: how much each component counts, how missing data pulls the score down further, and what your final grade means.

Six components, one score

Every product gets a score from 0 to 100, built from six weighted components whose weights add up to 100.

25% of the score

Title

Length, brand, color, material, size in the title. The strongest lever for clicks in Google search.

20% of the score

Description

Is there enough text for Google and shoppers to understand what you sell? Full points require 600 characters or more.

20% of the score

Attributes

Color, material, size, gender, age group as their own fields. Without them a product drops out of filters and out of specific searches.

15% of the score

Product details

Structured extra information Google reads to judge how relevant your ad is.

10% of the score

Product highlights

The bullet points that make your key selling arguments visible in the first place.

10% of the score

Google product category

Wrong or too generic means your product shows up in the wrong searches.

Why completely empty fields cost more than they should

After weighting comes a second step, the completeness multiplier. It checks how many of the four data areas, attributes, product highlights, product details and Google product category, are completely empty for a product, not just thin, actually empty, and lowers the score accordingly.

0 empty areas× 1.00
1 empty area× 0.90
2 empty areas× 0.75
3 or more empty areas× 0.55

The reason: a product with mediocre but present attributes is still something Google can classify. A product missing entire data areas is not, and that costs disproportionate visibility in practice.

Bands and grades

The final score, base score times the completeness multiplier, lands in one of three bands and is also translated into a letter grade from A to F.

Score bands

  • criticalbelow 40 points
  • warning40 to 70 points
  • good70 points or more

Grade scale

  • A85 points or more
  • B70 points or more
  • C55 points or more
  • D40 points or more
  • Fbelow 40 points

Honestly: most feeds start out weak

Most feeds start out with a D or an F. Fewer than 1 in 10 feeds reached an A or a B on their first check.

After optimization, feeds reached a median of around 81 out of 100 points, with the middle half falling between roughly 59 and 87 (measured across 35 feeds with at least 50 products, as of July 2026).

What the score does not measure

The feed score only evaluates the content quality of your product data. It does not measure:

  • Clicks, impressions or other performance data from Google Ads
  • Approvals or disapprovals in Merchant Center
  • Prices or how competitive they are

Click and CTR data before and after an optimization lives separately in the app's performance dashboard.

Want to know where your feed stands?

The feed check runs on exactly this methodology, free and with no credit card.

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