Google's Mueller answers whether sites pass on negative signals and says that a lack of helpfulness could cause a link to be ignored.

Google AdSense will auto-activate consent message optimization for EEA publishers on May 7, 2026, unless publishers opt out within the 30-day review window.

Google is doubling down on Data Strength as conversion signals become more critical to bidding, performance, and how campaigns are optimized.

ISM and Catalyst Media Consulting release a framework called Shopper Purchase Rate that replaces digital attribution with product movement metrics for in-store retail media.

LiveRamp and Akkio partnered on April 7, 2026, to embed Akkio's AI chat engine into LiveRamp's measurement reports, enabling natural-language data queries for marketers.

AI Digital relaunched its Elevate platform on April 7, 2026, offering agencies a vendor-neutral AI intelligence layer across 12+ DSPs and 15+ data partners.

Google's March core update finished rolling out. A Search Console bug inflated impressions for nearly a year. Pichai warns AI will break software security.

See what Sundar Pichai reveals about agentic search, AI workflows, and why 2027 could mark a major shift in how we use technology.

xAI filed a federal lawsuit today against Colorado to block SB24-205, an AI bias law set to take effect June 30, 2026, asserting First Amendment violations.

Google today announced upcoming Display & Video 360 updates adding campaign-level reach overlap dimensions and instant access to Inventory Availability reports, estimated for April 2026.

Joybuy entered EU Google Shopping in March 2026, outranking rivals faster than Temu did. Meanwhile, smec data shows Shopping CPC up 10% YoY and conversions crashing.

Spotify today announced new video controls rolling out globally, letting Premium, Basic, and free-tier users toggle Canvas visuals and podcast videos through Settings.

YouTube Premium raises US prices by up to $4/month in April 2026, with the individual plan climbing to $15.99 and the family plan reaching $26.99 monthly.

Tracer and Code3 unified media, sales, and financial data into one system, slashing reporting hours by 40% and accelerating billing workflows by over 300%.

Spotify expanded Prompted Playlist on April 7 to include podcasts for Premium users across the US, UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and Sweden.

Amazon's advertising business generated $68.6 billion in 2025, yet CEO Andy Jassy's annual shareholder letter devoted just one sentence to it as AWS dominated.

Google today endorsed 14 bipartisan bills in Congress aimed at preparing the U.S. workforce for AI-driven job changes, covering training, tax credits, and data collection.

AutoBait: DoubleVerify's Fraud Lab exposed a 200-domain AI slop network making clickbait for $2.25 per article and capturing tens of millions of ad impressions.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today ruled Section 230 does not shield Meta from state claims that Instagram was deliberately designed to addict children.

Digital marketing agencies are facing a new fraud wave in which scammers impersonate corporate clients to gain MCC account access, as warned on April 10, 2026.

The new Merchant API gives advertisers more scalable, feature-rich tools to manage product data while preparing for the Content API sunset.