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Microsoft turns on AI Max for every advertiser account worldwide
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Microsoft turns on AI Max for every advertiser account worldwide

Microsoft Advertising began rolling out AI Max to every advertiser account running Search campaigns on 19 August 2026, with search term matching,…

Aug 20, 20263 min read
ChatGPT Ads adds view-through conversions on a fixed one-day window
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ChatGPT Ads adds view-through conversions on a fixed one-day window

OpenAI switched on view-through conversion reporting in ChatGPT Ads on a fixed one-day window, visible as VTA (1d) but excluded from the…

Aug 20, 20263 min read
What SEM is, how it works, and what budget to start with
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What SEM is, how it works, and what budget to start with

SEM is paid advertising on search results pages. This guide covers campaign structure, keyword match types, negative keywords, Quality Score, bidding and…

Aug 20, 20263 min read
Google narrows Branded Searches to a 7-day window and drops Performance Max support
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Google narrows Branded Searches to a 7-day window and drops Performance Max support

Google set the Branded Searches default view-through window to 7 days, down from 30, and removed Performance Max from the supported campaign…

Aug 19, 20263 min read
Google will AI-reframe Performance Max videos unless you opt out by 4 September
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Google will AI-reframe Performance Max videos unless you opt out by 4 September

Google began notifying Performance Max advertisers on 17 August 2026 that generative AI will create missing vertical and square cuts from video…

Aug 18, 20263 min read
Google makes Demand Gen view-through conversion bidding video-only
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Google makes Demand Gen view-through conversion bidding video-only

Image assets lose view-through conversion bidding eligibility but keep being reported as secondary conversions, and display video moves from CPC to CPM.…

Aug 18, 20263 min read
Google Display Network cost: how CPC, CPM and budgets really work
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Google Display Network cost: how CPC, CPM and budgets really work

The Display Network has no rate card. Here is how it charges, how to size a starting budget, and how to work…

Aug 17, 20263 min read
Google Ads deprecations 2026 and 2027: the full timeline
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Google Ads deprecations 2026 and 2027: the full timeline

A consolidated timeline of everything Google Ads is removing, retiring or auto migrating between August 2026 and the end of 2027, sourced…

Aug 16, 20263 min read
Google blocked new broad match settings on 3 August, ahead of the September AI Max migration
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Google blocked new broad match settings on 3 August, ahead of the September AI Max migration

The 1 September AI Max auto-upgrade was already known. What is new is that Google closed creation of campaign-level broad match settings…

Aug 16, 20263 min read