Gmail and Outlook ad inventory sits inside Demand Gen and Audience Ads. Here's how to run it without cannibalizing your search campaigns.

A v2 update to the llms.txt spec has shipped, adding formal link relations that help AI agents locate Markdown versions of pages.

Google Gemini allows users to disable the visible watermark on AI-generated images, videos, and music, while SynthID and C2PA marks stay embedded.

Retention ran five years past termination and access logs six months, the Garante found. The company can now settle at half the sum inside the appeal window.

Engaged views stay the basis for Partner Program pay, so bigger counters will not move creator earnings. Help Center text still carries the old 30-second rule.

Overperformers on Target CPA and ROAS drift toward stated figures in Search, Shopping, PMax, Demand Gen and Travel. Will results read before Q4 budgets lock?

Merj's monitor logged 21 new CIDR prefixes at 00:49, taking the published pool to 7,056 addresses. Apple has issued no statement about the capacity increase.

Warning hand symbol goes, and app publishers get 4,000 characters to explain ads. Commitments bind for seven years. Will other EU markets inherit the design?

Community forum visits rose 86% over the same period, while Save the Children logged 303% more AI Overview appearances. Where does charity traffic go next?

Advertisers in both countries get the Ads Solutions team, partners and the self-serve Ads Manager on day one, unlike the UK. Which markets stay unlit in 2026?

Downstream providers get an email route to report Articles 53 to 55 breaches. Complainants must identify themselves. Who files first against a model provider?

Nearly 30% of ad-eligible Google AI Mode queries now show ads, yet advertisers cannot segment them in Google Ads reporting. Can a vendor panel close that gap?

A classifier for the AI conversations leaking into Search Console. Seven kinds, from human replies and comparison questions to tracker bots and agent prompts.

Google is making view-through conversion optimization video-only for Demand Gen while expanding support to Display.

YouTube counts views from the first frame across Shorts, long-form and live streams on August 24. Public counters inflate. Creator pay stays on engaged views.

YouTube views count how many times a video was played. From August 24, 2026 the counter fires on the first frame across every format, inflating public totals.

YouTube is changing how it counts views on long-form videos and live streams. This change will not affect earnings or eligibility.

Google Ads Liaison Ginny Marvin discusses Smart Bidding, AI, PPC mistakes and why strong fundamentals still matter with the rise of AI.

Google has confirmed the issue starting on August 13, and the result is a decrease in impressions.

ChatGPT draws a higher share of Google clicks than any other top destination, highlighting overlap between search and AI discovery.