#Google’s Performance Max placement rules create API confusion

#Google’s Performance Max placement rules create API confusion

Google Performance Max is causing confusion around placement exclusions, with a notable gap between Google’s official policy and real-world evidence. A discrepancy emerged between Google’s official stance on API-based placement exclusions and real-world observations, particularly for Performance Max (PMax) campaigns. The contradiction: Google claims API-based placement exclusions don’t work for PMax Multiple advertisers report successful…

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#Google December 2024 spam update done rolling out

#Google December 2024 spam update done rolling out

This spam update took about 7 days to fully roll out and is now complete. Google’s June 2024 spam update rollout is now complete. The spam update started on December 19, 2024, about seven days ago, finishing on December 26, 2024. This was the third spam update of the 2024 year and started a day after Google completed the December…

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#Google ads rolls out Brand Report for enhanced advertiser insights

#Google ads rolls out Brand Report for enhanced advertiser insights

Google Ads Brand Report is a unified view of brand campaign performance with deduplicated reach and frequency metrics across multiple campaigns. Google Ads introduced Brand Report, a new dashboard tool that gives advertisers consolidated insights into reach and frequency across campaigns. The tool simplifies how brand advertisers track campaign performance by providing deduplicated metrics in…

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#Google expands AI organized search results to restaurants

#Google expands AI organized search results to restaurants

Google expanded these for dining recommendations within Google Search. Google has expanded its AI-organized search results for local queries on restaurants. As a reminder, Google announced AI-organized search results back at Google I/O in May, then officially began rolling them out in October for recipes and meal inspiration on mobile and now they are rolling…

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#Google tightens ad policies to align with Search spam rules

#Google tightens ad policies to align with Search spam rules

Advertisers risk ad disapprovals if their sites violate Google’s spam policies, making search compliance critical to PPC success. Starting December, Google will expand its “Abusing the ad network” policy to explicitly disapprove ads pointing to destinations penalized for violating Google Search spam policies. The details: Ads directing users to websites subjected to manual actions under…

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