- Advertisers Launch Early Holiday Campaigns
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, August 17, 2026
Shifts in consumer behavior are pushing advertisers to track shopping preferences mo ...
- Google Ads To Eliminate Language Targeting In September
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, August 17, 2026
The system will prioritize ads that match the language that the user ...
- YouTube Deploys Chatbot For Mobile Users
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Thursday, August 13, 2026
YouTube is expanding its "Ask YouTube" chatbot feature to all users ...
- Agency Feedback On Apple 'Ads On Maps' Runs Hot, Cold On Eligibility
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, August 14, 2026
Agencies expect the ad unit, launched Friday, will have high-performance metrics f ...
- CTV Growth? Social, Search Are In Its Sights
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, August 13, 2026
One analyst questions whether CTV-focused DSP platforms can pull money away fr ...
- ChatGPT Serves Ads In Results On Irrelevant Topics, Data Shows
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, August 11, 2026
OpenAI's conversational engine found places to serve ads, deliver traffic and genera ...
- Tougher Google Antitrust Penalties Threaten Firefox, Mozilla Warns
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, August 7, 2026
Firefox developer Mozilla is warning that it could be forced to "ex ...
- Rakuten Sees Earnings Growth From AI
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, August 10, 2026
In its Q2 earnings report, Rakuten reported its first net income ...
- Roku Credits Search, AI In Shareholder Letter To Revenue Increase
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, August 7, 2026
To help viewers find its content faster and engage further, Roku improv ...
- Gemini Shifts Ad Landscape, Google Retires Android Assistant
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, August 5, 2026
The move opens contextual opportunities for advertisers by providing a smooth transiti ...
- DeepMind Chief Scientist Leaves To Start A Company Google Will Invest In
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, August 5, 2026
A shakeup in Google's AI division has prompted one of its chi ...
- Rethinking Search For A Zero-Click World
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, August 6, 2026
Zero-click searches and complete decoupling of information from site visits - redistributi ...
- Google Should Be Forced To Shed Chrome, Advocacy Group Argues
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Independent ownership of Chrome "would open the distribution channel Google controls a ...
- Kroger Adds 'Product Listing Ads' To AI Shopping Assistant
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, August 4, 2026
This week, Kroger Precision Marketing integrated product listing ads as new placemen ...
- IAB Unveils Framework For AI Visibility
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, August 3, 2026
The "Measuring Visibility in the AI Era" framework supports organic media f ...
- Google Search Remedies Too Weak, Feds Tell Appeals Court
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Antitrust enforcers are urging an appellate court to uphold a trial judge ...
- Journey Further Taps Hoover To Direct Organic Strategy, U.S. Growth
MAD, Fern Siegel - Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Hoover previously handled SEO for Havas Media Group and Omnicom Media. ...
- Google Rivals Seek Damages After Record $1B Fine
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, July 28, 2026
The latest fine from the European Union is one more billion add ...
- AI Search Visibility: Fool's Gold or the Future?
Brand Insider, Blake Hochberger - Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Scale Marketing's Partner writes, "AI Search optimization is a tale of t ...
- AI Fraud The Ad Industry Has Yet To Discover
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, July 27, 2026
AI has lowered the cost of faking a click, an install ...
- Bots And Brains For Brands Are Fed By AI-Readable Data
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, July 27, 2026
Adobe has created a feature that makes it easier for LLMS ...
- Bakery Owner Panicked After AI Overview Hung A Closing Sign
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, July 27, 2026
When someone Googled "Anna Mae's Bakery," an AI overview served up ...
- EU Fines Google $1B, Trump Imposes New Tariffs
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, July 24, 2026
The European Commission has fined Google $1 billion, claiming it breached t ...
- Pinterest Creator Fund Incentivizes Use Of 'Inclusive' Search Features
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Pinterest announced the return of its "Inclusion Fund," a program designed ...
- Alphabet Earnings Rise 24% As Google Faces Reddit Challenges
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Alphabet has recorded double-digit growth for 12 consecutive quarters. But Google fac ...
- Anthropic, SpaceX Hand Google Profit Windfall
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, July 23, 2026
At least on paper, for now, Google's investments in Anthropic and Spac ...
- Replacing Digital Pennies With AI Half-Pennies
Media 3.0, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Decades ago, then NBCU chief Jeff Zucker famously quipped how search engin ...
- Judge Dismisses Google Complaint Against SerpApi Over Scraping
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, July 21, 2026
A federal judge has dismissed Google's complaint against the Texas-based company SerpAp ...
- PayPal's Honey Users Want Appeals Court To Revive Lawsuit
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, July 20, 2026
Web users based in the U.K. have appealed an order dismissing the ...
- Google Gives Publishers Opt-Out For AI
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Google is testing new controls in Google Search Console, enabling publishers ...