Higher-value audiences are adopting AI faster, fragmenting search behavior and reshaping decisions before the click.

IAS launched an open beta on April 2 for Low-Quality GenAI Avoidance, letting advertisers block AI slop via Context Control before and after the bid.

Google today named back button hijacking an explicit spam violation, with enforcement beginning June 15, 2026 - two months after today's policy announcement.

Google AdSense today made Offerwall generally available, adding email collection in beta, rewarded ads, and unconsented traffic monetization for publishers.

Google added back button hijacking to its malicious practices spam policy. Enforcement starts June 15, 2026. Sites have two months to remove offending code.

Nexxen launched an AI-native DSP interface and expanded its nexAI DSP Assistant on April 6, covering pre-campaign QA, deal diagnostics, and mid-flight optimization.

You have until June 15, 2026 to remove the back button code before Google begins to take action.

Google is reviving Data Studio as a simpler hub for analyzing marketing and business data across its ecosystem.

Google launched a unified Advertising and Measurement Developers Hub on April 6, covering APIs, SDKs, tagging, analytics, and publisher tools in one portal.

Kenya's data regulator ordered ESHE Community to pay KES 50,000 and remove promotional TikTok and Instagram videos after publishing a doctor's photo without verified consent.

OpenAI has quietly rolled out an ads manager for ChatGPT, cutting the minimum spend threshold from $250,000 to $50,000 as it races toward a planned IPO this year.

Google’s June consent update will make consent setup more critical by making user permission the main control for how Ads collects/uses data.

Canva on April 8 acquired Simtheory and Ortto, adding agentic AI orchestration and a customer data platform with 11,000 customers to its growing martech stack.

Instagram expanded its 13+ content rating and new Limited Content setting to India on April 9, 2026, tightening default protections for all users under 18.

Google's John Mueller explains the nine scenarios in which one URL is selected as the canonical instead of another.

A practitioner’s guide to deindexing, removal requests, and managing client search results.

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A look at Meta’s new creative workflow that lets some advertisers upload up to 10 images and videos for a single ad.

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