Amazon Ads
Amazon extends Sponsored Products to third-party sites and apps
Amazon Sponsored Products expands beyond its marketplace to third-party websites and apps, according to the newsletter.
SourceLinkedIn
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ChatGPT Ads
ChatGPT Ads expands into Brazil and Mexico
OpenAI’s August update confirms that ChatGPT Ads has launched in Brazil and Mexico. Carlos Romero’s accompanying account of early testing offers practical observations on budget control and campaign focus.
SourceLinkedIn
Official SourceOpenAI +2
Google Ads
Google government documents policy enforcement begins on 5 October 2026
Google begins enforcing its government documents and services policy on 5 October, requiring official authorisation, matching services and regional targeting.
SourceGoogle Ads Policy
Official SourceGoogle Ads
Meta Ads
Meta ads can auto-reply to comments with keyword triggers
A new Conversations section at ad level lets advertisers auto-reply when people comment on an ad with specific keywords or phrases.
SourceLinkedIn
First ContributorBram Van der Hallen
Amazon Ads
Store pages gain section-level performance reporting
Amazon Store reporting now shows renders, views, clicks, and CTR for every section of a Store page.
SourceLinkedIn
Anthropic
Shared Claude conversations were indexed by Google
Thousands of shared Claude conversations were found indexed and publicly searchable on Google, exposing chats users believed private.
SourceLinkedIn
Google Analytics
Three quiet GA4 changes all point at data quality
Three recent GA4 release-note changes: spanning collection, processing, and reporting: each address how much you can trust the numbers.
SourceGoogle Analytics
Official SourceGoogle
Microsoft Advertising
Predictive Matching transitions into AI Max search term matching
Microsoft Advertising is transitioning Predictive Matching to Search term matching within AI Max. The consolidation aligns Microsoft's query-expansion features under its AI Max umbrella.
SourcePPC News Feed
First ContributorYoann Ferrand
Google Ads
Legacy video campaigns auto-upgrade to multi-format from September
Google will automatically upgrade legacy Video Reach and Video View campaigns to support multiple formats starting in September, per advertiser notifications.
SourceLinkedIn
Google Analytics
A help doc arrives for offline conversions with GBRAID
Google published documentation for setting up offline conversions using GBRAID, the iOS click identifier.
SourceX
Google Ads
Lead Journey Mapping arrives for lead generation advertisers
A new help page reveals Lead Journey Mapping, a visual drag-and-drop tool that maps the end-to-end customer journey inside Google Ads. It covers online and offline touchpoints from lead to sale, exposing tracking gaps and preparing accounts for journey-aware bidding.
SourcePPC News Feed
First ContributorHana Kobzová
Google Analytics
GA4 adds a Source Group dimension for cross-channel reporting
The new Source Group dimension in Google Analytics consolidates disparate source values into clean platform categories, working retroactively.
SourceLinkedIn
Official SourceLinkedIn
Industry
The US DOJ backs Google's appeal against the EU's DMA fines
Four days after the US President called the DMA fines illegal and discriminatory, the Department of Justice and state co-plaintiffs formally supported Google's appeal. This continues the €890m penalty story from Week 30.
SourceLinkedIn
LinkedIn Ads
LinkedIn adds an official label for AI slop
LinkedIn now lets members mark posts as AI-generated low-quality content, live in most accounts.
SourceLinkedIn
First ContributorMatt Navarra
Amazon Ads
Amazon renames seller review removal to "Request Review"
Amazon changed the Seller Reviews "Request Removal" option to "Request Review", confusing sellers because the wording now resembles requesting customer product reviews.
SourceLinkedIn
First ContributorIvan Marynych
Industry
GPT-5.6 API prices drop up to 80%, and Sol gains a Fast mode
OpenAI cut GPT-5.6 Luna token prices by 80% and Terra's by 20% in the API. Intelligence that was frontier-class a year ago now costs about six cents on the dollar per task at nearly nine times the speed, with gains spanning the model, inference stack, and agentic harness.
SourceOpenAI
Official SourceOpenAI
Industry
A help page formalises Text Disclaimers in Search ads
Google published a help page for the Text Disclaimers asset, documenting the compliance feature first covered in Week 25.
SourcePPC News Feed
First ContributorHana Kobzová
Google Ads
Search ads test a "Read more" expansion link on desktop
Google is testing a "Read more" hyperlink in desktop Search ads that expands the ad to show additional text.
SourceX
First ContributorSachin Patel
Google Ads
An Insights carousel replaces single recommendations
Google Ads now shows a swipeable carousel of up to seven insight cards instead of a single recommendation. Cards cover budget issues, performance shifts, and campaign attention flags.
SourceLinkedIn
First ContributorNatasha Kaurra
Google Ads
ChatGPT appears in Google Ads auction insights
An advertiser in a niche financial software area found ChatGPT in their Google Ads auction insights, present since May on exact match keywords. It is the clearest sign yet that ChatGPT ads compete in overlapping auctions.
SourceLinkedIn
First ContributorJyll Saskin Gales
Industry
Video guide: conversational attribute formatting for Google Shopping feeds
Joey Bidner has produced a video on uploading conversational attributes to the Google Ads shopping feed, covering the attribute formatting and the thinking behind it: the part Google's documentation leaves unclear.
SourceLinkedIn
Industry
Europe pledges €10bn to become the "first AI Continent"
The European Commission President announced up to €10bn of investment in European AI Gigafactories, positioning Europe as an AI power in its own right.
SourceLinkedIn
First ContributorLinas Beliūnas
Google Ads
Some US LSA advertisers will need a D-U-N-S number
Google will require a D-U-N-S business identifier for some US Local Services Ads businesses and users.
SourceLinkedIn
First ContributorAnthony Higman +1
Google Search Console
Search Console platform properties go global
Platform properties are now live for all Search Console users, tracking how Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube posts perform on Google Search, Discover, and News. Connecting an account creates a new property per platform.
SourceLinkedIn
Official SourceLinkedIn
Meta Ads
Meta removes the Messenger Stories placement from 27 August
Messenger Stories will no longer be available as a Meta Ads placement from 27 August, and active campaigns will stop delivering there.
SourceLinkedIn
First ContributorBram Van der Hallen
Industry
Apple passes $5tn in market cap after sitting out the compute race
Apple became the second company to surpass $5tn in market value, having avoided the $700bn-plus AI compute arms race. Days later, it reported Q3 revenue up 16% to $109.4bn: iPhone up 22%, Mac up 29%, China up 22%: though shares fell about 7% on the outlook.
SourceLinkedIn
First ContributorLinas Beliūnas +1
Amazon Ads
Amazon launches Validate Product Ideas in Opportunity Explorer
A new Validate Product Ideas tool inside Product Opportunity Explorer assesses product concepts with market insights and AI analysis, available in the US, UK, and Germany. Sellers enter a concept and receive demand validation before building the listing.
SourceLinkedIn
First ContributorIvan Marynych
Google Ads
The Budget Panel lands in Performance Max and Demand Gen
Google added a Budget Panel to its help documentation for Performance Max and Demand Gen. It shows recommended budget levels with performance forecasting to guide spend decisions.
SourceLinkedIn
First ContributorBarry Schwartz
YouTube
YouTube audio ads get official documentation
Google published a help page for YouTube audio ads. The format is not new, but the documentation formalises specs and availability.
SourcePPC News Feed
First ContributorHana Kobzová
Industry
EU AI Act enforcement begins with fines up to 3% of global revenue
From 2 August, the European Commission's AI Office and national authorities enforce the AI Act, with fines reaching €35m or 3% of global revenue and a 38-person enforcement team stood up in Brussels. The rules reach well beyond model makers to companies deploying AI, and the Act also bans tools built to mass-produce non-consensual sexual imagery, including nudify apps and deepfake generators.
SourcePolitico
First ContributorYoann Ferrand
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