Google is rolling out new features in Google Discover to help promote publishers and content creators. There is a new follow publisher feature in Google Discover where you can subscribe to your favorite publishers. Plus, Google said it will show more social posts from X, Instagram and YouTube Shorts, from your favorite content creators, within […]

Generative AI is changing how users search. With instant answers from AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and other tools, many searchers no longer need to click through to websites – especially for informational queries. But this change has resulted in many websites seeing declining click-through rates despite rising impressions. However, there’s a notable exception: local search. Businesses […]

What’s the narrowest, niche, specific type of targeting you can use in Google Ads? Placements! It’s a type of content targeting that you can use in Display and Video campaigns. (We covered one of your other options, Display/video keywords, in a previous column). If you’ve ever wanted to get your ads in front of people […]

Customers expect content tailored for them. In fact, 71% of consumers say  it’s “critical” for brands to anticipate their needs and serve relevant content in the moment. But only 34% believe brands actually deliver. The disconnect doesn’t signify a lack of effort, but a lack of scale. Real personalization is about reaching every customer with […]

OpenAI today announced upgrades to ChatGPT search that aim to deliver more accurate, reliable, and useful results. What’s new. OpenAI’s updates to ChatGPT search focused on three areas: Factuality: ChatGPT search produces fewer hallucinations, improving the accuracy of answers, OpenAI said. Shopping: Search is now better at detecting when users want product recommendations, keeping results […]

Meta is giving advertisers more ways to reach WhatsApp users by combining click-to-message ads with Status placements, offering a new path to spark conversations with potential customers. Ads will now appear in WhatsApp’s Updates tab (home to Status and Channels) and, when tapped, send users directly into a business chat. The expansion builds on Meta’s […]

Reddit today launched a beta feature called 6-second Engaged Video Views, a new optimization goal designed to make video ads more impactful and cost-efficient. Unlike Reddit’s existing 2-second view objective, the new option prioritizes users who are likely to watch an ad for at least six seconds or to completion. Early testers reported +130% view-through […]