Google Search revenue growth slowed for a second straight quarter, and lower AI Mode monetization was one reason given.

Search revenue growth fell to 12% from 17% in Q2 and YouTube ads slowed to 9%. With no paid click or CPC data, advertisers cannot see how AI Mode is priced.

Sixteen terms, four groups of four. Friday's grid is the hardest of the week, with one set pulled out of the utility room and tiles that refuse to stay put.

Ad sales rose $152m on Q2 even as YouTube took a record 15.8% of US TV time in August. Music and Premium hit 150m subscribers. Are ads or fees driving growth?

Alphabet's Q3 ad revenue rose 10.5% to about $82 billion as AI Mode squeezed search ad slots, and Google said ads in AI Mode would now reach 10 more markets.

Capex of $51.4bn equalled 121% of operating cash flow, and Alphabet sold $12.4bn of stock and $28.7bn of notes. Q4 needs $63-73bn more to meet its 2026 plan.

Bing advertisers lose their search-only figure: ex-TAC growth of 12% now blends in LinkedIn ads. December guidance calls for low-double-digit growth again.

Illinois, Virginia, Alaska and five more states signed on October 28, so 39 states and DC now back the objection. Will the bidding rules survive October 30?

Third FTC demand since 2022 targets how PayPal markets fees and buyer protection to consumers. Its 10-Q never names PayPal Ads. What does it tell ad buyers?

Emerging Verticals, home to its marketing solutions, rose to $351m, up 5.6% organically. What does the 10-Q show about the identity data that advertisers buy?

Microsoft is testing up to 40 messaging guidelines for AI-generated ads, giving advertisers a way to steer claims, tone and wording before review.

Watch our live technical SEO audit on November 4. Learn what to check for Google and AI search, with Loren Baker and Vahan Petrosyan.

GA4 missed two-thirds of one retailer's holiday orders. Here's how to spot missing orders in GA4 and check your tracking before peak season.

OpenAI’s new visual ad format for ChatGPT is now showing in chats, with multiple images, bold text, a ‘Learn more’ button, and an ‘Ad’ label.

Google’s new help doc says AI review summaries in search ads are positive only, meaning a business with poor reviews could still get a glowing summary.

Search engines licensing Google data from January 2027 must pass external audits. DuckDuckGo asks who checks the cost and filter figures Google reports itself.

iPhone Duo owners get player controls that follow book, tent and tabletop poses. The feeds land in 2027, when Netflix plans to take vertical video ads global.

Google explains when missing pages should stay gone, when redirects make sense, and why they recommend custom 404 pages.

From CPC to CTR, crack the code of PPC acronyms and get to grips with the jargon every advertiser should know.

APIG and DVP members have had no Meta payments since early 2025. Fair pay must now track use and value, and platforms will carry the burden of proving both.

Ad buyers see season two, out October 21, pass Carrie and Reacher in a count of worldwide accounts. No totals are given, so what does a rank alone tell them?