Google shares ACA FAQ and marketers give their verdict

Google’s automatically-created assets (ACA) for responsive search ads have been causing confusion amongst marketers. The feature was rolled out in September for general availability in eight languages: Dutch English French German Italian Japanese Portuguese Spanish Now, two months on, the Google team is still receiving questions from perplexed advertisers that it would like to address….

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Microsoft Search and News Advertising revenue up 8%

Microsoft reported its strongest financial quarter to date after becoming a $3 trillion company. Search and news advertising revenue increased 8% year on year, excluding traffic acquisition costs that Microsoft pays to publishers. However, despite the rise in search and news advertising revenue marks a slowdown in growth in comparison to the previous quarter’s 10% increase….

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Google tightens verification for lawyers in Local Services Ads

Google is implementing new identity verification requirements for lawyers using Local Services Ads. Why we care. This change aims to protect both businesses and consumers from impersonation and fraud in legal service advertisements. However, this could be an extra hurdle that some businesses may not be willing to prioritize. Key details. Deadline: Nov. 15. Who’s…

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Google Ads Introduces New Masthead Format Requirements Page

Google will launch a new consolidated resource on Oct. 3, called “Masthead format requirements.” This new page will streamline all requirements for masthead ads across YouTube and Google TV, providing a centralized reference point for advertisers. Why we care. While the specific requirements for YouTube masthead ads remain unchanged, this move to consolidate guidelines into…

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You Gotta Pump Those Dimensions: DreamEditor is an AI Model That Edits 3D Scenes Using Text-Prompts

The 3D computer vision domain was flooded with NeRFs in recent years. They emerged as a groundbreaking technique and enabled the reconstruction and synthesis of novel views of a scene. NeRFs capture and model the underlying geometry and appearance information from a collection of multi-view images. By leveraging neural networks, NeRFs offer a data-driven approach…

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