On episode 338 of PPC Live The Podcast, I speak to Nick Handley Paid Media Lead at Impression, about one of the most formative mistakes of his career — and why those early errors often shape the strongest marketers. The podcast series focuses on PPC professionals’ biggest “F-ups,” but never without exploring how they recovered, […]

Some Google Ads advertisers are seeing a bug that causes the option to add notes to disappear from the account change popup, making it harder to document optimizations and performance shifts. The issue was flagged by paid search consultant Odi Caspi, who says the problem has appeared intermittently over the past couple of weeks. What […]

A new bug in Google Ads is preventing some advertisers from editing and saving existing Performance Max (PMAX) asset groups. Users report seeing error messages when attempting to make changes in the platform interface, blocking updates from being saved. Why we care. Performance Max relies heavily on asset freshness and iteration. If advertisers can’t update […]

TikTok has created a new U.S.-based joint venture designed to comply with federal national security requirements and keep the app operating for more than 200 million Americans. The new entity, TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, was formally established under an executive order signed by President Trump on Sept. 25, 2025, according to an announcement released […]

Generative AI has become a practical tool in search, content, and analytical workflows. But, as adoption increases, so does a familiar and costly problem: confidently incorrect outputs. Also called “hallucinations,” the term implies that an AI model is malfunctioning.  But here’s the truth: This behavior is often predictable and results from unclear instructions. Or, more […]

Automation has been reshaping PPC account management for years, from rules, scripts, and API-driven workflows inside Google Ads.  Most marketers are already comfortable with automated bidding, data-driven optimization, and other AI-powered enhancements. The next shift goes further. Two developments in particular are changing how PPC campaigns are managed and optimized: AI agents and vibe coding. […]

Google is asking a federal judge to pause the DOJ’s antitrust remedies, warning that forced search and ad syndication would expose its proprietary technology and hurt advertisers. The argument appears in a new affidavit from Jesse Adkins, Google’s director of product management for search and ads syndication, filed Jan. 16 in support of the company’s […]

Google’s head of Search warned a federal court that forcing the company to share its search index, ranking data, and live results with competitors would cause “immediate and irreparable harm” to Google, its users, and the open web. The warning appears in a filed affidavit from Elizabeth Reid, Google’s vice president and head of Search, […]

Google Ads is rolling out Campaign Mix Experiments (beta), a new testing framework that lets advertisers test multiple campaign types, budgets, and settings within a single, unified experiment. How it works. Advertisers can create up to five experiment arms, each with a different mix of campaigns. Campaigns can appear in multiple arms, with traffic split […]

Google is pushing more Demand Gen features (boosting shoppable and travel ads) into general availability, expanding its role as a full-funnel performance channel that blends discovery, video, and commerce across YouTube and Google surfaces. What’s new: Shoppable CTV via Demand Gen is now live, letting viewers browse and buy products directly from YouTube ads on […]