Hi Andy, welcome to the community and thanks for sharing the details — I can definitely see why you're frustrated.
I took a look at your site (www.vitaledgerecovery.com) and wanted to share a few things I discovered that might be triggering the "Website or online store needs improvement" error from Google Merchant Center:
Here's What We Found:
The site loads correctly and visually looks strong overall, but…
There’s an issue with the header/logo area.
When you scroll down the page, the logo section remains quite large and ends up pushing down or overlapping the product listings awkwardly. This layout behavior can:
Interfere with content visibility
Be seen as poor UX on mobile and desktop
Violate Google’s requirements for “clear and transparent presentation”
Google does manually review for things like:
Layout problems that obstruct product access
Broken or awkward scrolling behavior
Placeholder elements or unused space above key content
Suggestions to Fix It:
Consider enabling a “shrink header on scroll” feature (some themes have this built-in).
If not available, a developer (or some simple CSS/JS) can help make the header collapse smoothly when users scroll, improving the page structure and visual flow.
Double-check your mobile experience to ensure the same issue isn’t worse on smaller screens.
Fixing this layout issue could potentially resolve the “needs improvement” error. Once corrected, I recommend requesting a new review in Google Merchant Center with a note explaining what was improved.
Let me know if you’d like help adjusting the code — happy to assist further!
