Google Cloud, a division of Alphabet, has introduced Anti Money Laundering AI for banks. The proposed AI solution is an innovative tool driven by artificial intelligence (AI) that aims to revolutionize anti-money laundering efforts in the financial industry. The product utilizes machine learning techniques to assist banks and other financial institutions in meeting regulatory requirements…
Pinterest is testing a new program that could reshape advertising strategy, leveraging the relationships and expertise of news outlets and other publishers. Why we care. This move creates a new offering for advertisers of potentially more targeted and effective ad placements. Details: Pinterest is exploring an ad auction system on its pages, with revenue sharing…
Today’s advertisers face a daunting operational challenge: scaling customized, local advertising campaigns across a growing number of channels. Overall digital ad spend continues to grow, and new channels, financial media and retail media networks are emerging. As the space gets more complex, both in-house and agency ad teams are stretched thin, trying to do more…
Google is implementing jurisdiction-specific surcharges for ads served in certain countries, impacting advertisers globally. Why we care. These new fees, such as the Canada DST Fee, will increase advertising costs for businesses targeting audiences in affected jurisdictions, regardless of the advertiser’s location. By the numbers: 2.5% Canada DST Fee starting Oct. 1. Surcharges apply to…
Google Ads continues to roll out AI features within the advertiser console. Now some advertisers are seeing AI summaries of how their ad performance is doing. These AI summaries give you an overview of your Google Ads campaign performance over a specified period. Anthony Higman shared a video cast on X of the AI summary…
Google Ads is merging its Video Action Campaigns (VAC) into the more versatile Demand Gen campaigns starting Q2 2025. This shift aims to enhance advertisers’ ability to capture emerging demand and drive growth through a multi-format approach. Why we care: Advertisers using VAC could see significant benefits from adopting Demand Generation campaigns. Combining video and…
The long-awaited and much-anticipated Google AI Overview Ads are going live and will begin showing to mobile U.S. users, Google announced today. We first learned Google would start testing this new AI Overview ad format five months ago (it was one of the big announcements at Google Marketing Live 2024 in May). However, we’ve yet…
Creating high-quality, helpful content that drives search traffic is more important than ever. There’s nothing worse than pouring your heart and soul into a wonderful guide or blog post that nobody ever sees or churning out pieces with little value that disappoint or alienate your potential audience. Standing out from the crowd requires a delicate…
Are you ready to turn your low-spending but profitable lead gen search campaigns into sources of significant growth? You might be ready to scale your Google Ads account. Every new Google Ads account starts from a humble position, but there comes a time when it makes sense to tune up campaigns and generate even more…
Google has updated its Web Stories documentation to explain where Web Stories can show in search. Google said Web Stories no longer will show up within Google Image Search, the carousel view and made some changes to where these Web Stories show within Google Search. Google wrote, “Web Stories don’t appear in Google Images anymore,…