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Google's Meridian GeoX leaves beta with an unreplicated 31% savings claim
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Google's Meridian GeoX leaves beta with an unreplicated 31% savings claim

Google's open-source geo incrementality library GeoX reached general availability on 9 September 2026 with claims of 31% budget savings. Here is what…

Sep 11, 20263 min read
Bots and AI agents now pass half of web requests, and cleaning retargeting pools cost 20 percent more CPM
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Bots and AI agents now pass half of web requests, and cleaning retargeting pools cost 20 percent more CPM

Cloudflare data cited by Digiday puts bots and AI agents at more than half of all web requests, and agencies say cleaning…

Sep 9, 20263 min read
Google's Qualified Future Conversions: a seven-day signal that counts sales up to 180 days out
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Google's Qualified Future Conversions: a seven-day signal that counts sales up to 180 days out

On the Ads Decoded episode of 2 September 2026, Google's John Chen called the conversion lookback window arbitrary and set out how…

Sep 7, 20263 min read
A preprint says a standard mix model overstated paid search ROAS by 2.5 times
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A preprint says a standard mix model overstated paid search ROAS by 2.5 times

A simulation study posted to arXiv on 21 August 2026 found a standard marketing mix model reporting 10.61x ROAS for paid search…

Sep 2, 20263 min read
Magnite's Hong Kong survey puts mobile streaming reach at 83% against CTV's 67%
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Magnite's Hong Kong survey puts mobile streaming reach at 83% against CTV's 67%

Magnite surveyed 920 Hong Kong adults who watch ad-supported streaming and found mobile reach at 83% against 67% for connected television, the…

Aug 31, 20263 min read
FTC locks Cox Media Group's fake Active Listening ad product under 20 years of binding orders
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FTC locks Cox Media Group's fake Active Listening ad product under 20 years of binding orders

The FTC issued final orders on 26 August 2026 over Active Listening, an ad product sold as AI that detected purchase intent…

Aug 31, 20263 min read
Indonesia sets a mid-January 2027 deadline for its data protection rules
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Indonesia sets a mid-January 2027 deadline for its data protection rules

Government Regulation No. 33 of 2026 was signed on 16 July 2026 and takes effect six months later. It reaches controllers outside…

Aug 30, 20263 min read
Google unifies Google tag and Tag Manager, adds no-code event tracking
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Google unifies Google tag and Tag Manager, adds no-code event tracking

Google's 20 August 2026 update turns Google tags into full Tag Manager containers, adds visual no-code event tracking and a simpler interface.…

Aug 25, 20263 min read
StackAdapt: only 6% of marketers almost always act on in-platform AI recommendations
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StackAdapt: only 6% of marketers almost always act on in-platform AI recommendations

StackAdapt's "The AI Delegation Gap", published 19 August 2026 from a NewtonX survey of 500 marketing and advertising professionals, finds near-universal AI…

Aug 21, 20263 min read