Google Ads

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Google Priced YouTube Creator Ads Off Auction Density, Not Influencer Fees

YouTube Creator Partnerships launched on March 23, 2026 across seven markets, moving creator video assets into Google Ads campaigns like Demand Gen, Performance Max, and Video Reach. Google reports an average 30% conversion lift when organic creator videos are boosted as paid ads. Creator inventory now prices off YouTube auction

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Google Posted a GEO Partner Manager Job While Gary Illyes Says GEO Isn't Real

Google's Large Customer Sales team posted a "GEO Partner Manager, Performance Solutions" role this week, listing a $124,000 to $180,000 base salary and spelling out "Generative Engine Optimization" seven times in one job description. The listing sits inside Google Ads, not organic

Google Is Closing the Ads API Hijack Loophole With Mandatory MFA on April 21

Google is making multi-factor authentication mandatory for new Google Ads API OAuth 2.0 refresh tokens starting April 21, 2026. Existing tokens keep working, but the second credentials need re-auth, the TWO_STEP_VERIFICATION_NOT_ENROLLED error stops the job cold. Agencies running Google Ads Scripts, Editor, BigQuery Data Transfer,

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Google Shows Where Your PMax Budget Goes. Not What It Bought.

Google rolled out a Performance Max channel performance timeline in April 2026 that shows weekly spend across Search, YouTube, Display, Discover, Gmail, and Maps. Across 61 advertiser accounts studied by BMG360, the average PMax campaign puts roughly 58% of spend on Shopping, 34% on Search, and 4% each on YouTube

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Google's PMax Spend Chart Closes One Black Box and Leaves the Bigger One Open

Google Ads rolled out a spend-over-time view inside the Performance Max channel performance report on April 2, 2026. The update lets advertisers see daily spend per channel across Search, YouTube, Display, Shopping, Gmail, and Discover for any date range inside the Insights page. It closes a two-year complaint about PMax

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Social Ads Just Passed Search by $3.5 Billion (and Budgets Are Lagging)

Social media ad revenue hit $117.7 billion in 2025, edging past search advertising at $114.2 billion for the first time in the IAB's annual revenue report. Search growth slowed from 15% YoY to 11%, while social posted 32.6% YoY growth, the largest gap between the

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Google Will AI-Upscale Your Merchant Center Images in 2027 (Unless You Beat It)

Google announced on April 14, 2026 that it will require a 500x500 pixel minimum for every Merchant Center image, with enforcement starting January 31, 2027. Merchants who do not re-upload will have their images AI-upscaled by Google, which can hallucinate product details and shift color fidelity on surfaces like Shopping