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Google Forces Exact Match Ads Into AI Mode
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Google Forces Exact Match Ads Into AI Mode

Google has quietly activated a "small experiment" that lets your exact match and phrase match Search campaigns appear in AI…

10 Sep 20265 min
Mastering the Google Ads Target Adjustment Tool
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Mastering the Google Ads Target Adjustment Tool

Google has spent years stacking controls inside the Ads interface that most advertisers don't even know exist. The Target Adjustment…

5 Sep 20266 min
Google Cuts DV360 Brand Safety Controls in Oct 2026
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Google Cuts DV360 Brand Safety Controls in Oct 2026

Google has decided to tinker with DV360's controls again. And not to give you more. Starting October 1, 2026, granular…

5 Sep 20265 min
Google Ads API Developer Assistant 4.0.0: What's New
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Google Ads API Developer Assistant 4.0.0: What's New

Google has just published version 4.0.0 of its Developer Assistant for the Google Ads API with an ambitious promise: unified…

3 Sep 20266 min
Display to Demand Gen: What Google Won't Tell You
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Display to Demand Gen: What Google Won't Tell You

Google wants you to migrate from Display to Demand Gen. They pitch it as a natural upgrade: smarter AI and…

3 Sep 20265 min
Google Ads API v25.1: Lift Studies Go Programmatic
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Google Ads API v25.1: Lift Studies Go Programmatic

Google just opened a door we've been waiting years for. Version 25.1 of its Ads API finally enables programmatic access…

28 Aug 20265 min
Performance Max Channel Prioritization: Real Control?
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Performance Max Channel Prioritization: Real Control?

Performance Max has always been the co-pilot that won't let you touch the steering wheel. You put up the money,…

27 Aug 20266 min
Performance Max Channel Controls: Slider or Illusion?
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Performance Max Channel Controls: Slider or Illusion?

Performance Max has been running like a casino for years, you put up the chips, Google decides which table to…

27 Aug 20266 min
Meta AI Manages Your Ads, But Whose Side Is It On?
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Meta AI Manages Your Ads, But Whose Side Is It On?

Meta just put its AI in charge of managing Facebook and Instagram ad campaigns. It analyzes performance, delivers real-time optimization…

26 Aug 20266 min
Google Ads AI Max Auto-Migration: Act Before September
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Google Ads AI Max Auto-Migration: Act Before September

Google just released v25.1 of its Ads API and, buried in the release notes, there is a detail that should…

24 Aug 20266 min