Google Ads has stopped supporting Store Sales Direct (SSD) as a standalone product. The update means that SSD conversion upload requests to the Google Ads API are also no longer supported. Why we care. If you relied on SSD, Google said to review the Store Sales onboarding guide to understand your eligibility for ongoing store sales measurement. ..
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Google has addressed the most commonly asked questions it receives about automatically-created assets (ACA) and provided some much-needed answers. Why we care. As more generative AI tools become available to marketers, choosing the right one can be challenging. The confusion about these tools and their proper usage adds to the complexity. Understanding the capabilities of ..
Google is updating the language in some child and teen ads policies next month, including: Ads & made for kids content. Ad-serving protections for children. Ad-serving protection for teens. The search engine explained that while there are no enforcement changes, it is tweaking policy language to provide more clarity and transparency for brands and advertisers. ..
Apple is reportedly pulling all of its adverts from X after Elon Musk endorsed an antisemitic conspiracy theory. The tech giant has allegedly also been concerned about its products being promoted alongside far-right content, according to Axios. Why we care. As one of X’s longstanding major advertisers, Apple’s move to halt all ads is a ..
Meta has previewed two new generative AI tools for video asset creation and picture editing. The projects will eventually be rolled out to Facebook and Instagram, enabling content creators to generate videos and edit in-stream images within seconds using text prompts. Why we care. Instantly generating various video assets and image edits reduces the back-and-forth ..
TikTok is rolling out a new measurement tool called Engaged View-through Attribution (EVTA) to provide creators with more insights into conversions. When a viewer watches a video ad for over six seconds, it counts as an engaged view. EVTA tracks conversions that occur after a user watches an ad for at least six seconds but ..
Instacart is rolling out two new tools to help up-and-coming brands connect with retailers: Digital sell sheets: Instacart’s new sell sheets allow brands to easily and automatically showcase their best products (including platform sales data, product information, and key growth insights) to the platform’s extensive network of more than 1,400 retail banners, directly in Ads ..
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has confirmed that the company pays Apple 36% of its Safari search revenue. The search engine shares this revenue, which is reportedly worth $18 billion, in exchange for default status on all of Apple’s devices. Pichai made the admission while being cross-examined at the Epic Games antitrust trial, after a Google witness ..
Apple reportedly asked Amazon to stop competitor ads from appearing on its product pages. In response, the retail giant allegedly agreed to only serve ads and recommendations at the very bottom of Apple product pages – a gesture it doesn’t provide to rival brands like Samsung and Microsoft. This preferential treatment has supposedly enhanced Apple’s ..
Nobody likes to be on the receiving end of a good “I told you so,” but at least a couple of times on this fine domain, I’ve warned against reliance on display and programmatic. And if you weren’t convinced earlier, the kerfuffles surrounding TrueView and the programmatic ads directing users to AI-generated properties should at ..