Tinuiti's Q2 2026 benchmarks show Google search, YouTube, and Instagram spending growth cooling against tougher comparisons, changing how PPC teams plan H2.

Apps abuse Android's Display over other apps permission to fire ads when a call ends, then vanish from the recents list. Can pre-install scans catch them all?

Roughly 10% of Alphabet staff wrote open source code in 2025, and 20,000 outside accounts committed to its projects. Ad tech runs on standards Google seeded.

Risk factor names service disruption, lost revenue and damaged publisher ties as the cost of suing. Second-quarter results land three days after the filing.

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Google's new AI search report shows where your content appears, but impressions can't explain why it was used or if visibility mattered to users.

Buyers paid more per impression as subscriptions supplied $316 million and headcount fell to 4,723 full-time staff. Q3 guidance points to $1.70bn to $1.74bn.

Meta becomes a reporting source alongside CTV, programmatic, social and audio, with Hill's Pet Nutrition an early user. The Publicis deal now clouds neutrality.

Merlin members across 70-plus countries get an opt-in route into a paid tool, with credit and compensation attached. Launch date and revenue split undisclosed.

Anecdotal report claims that blocking AI training bots with Cloudflare prevents Googlebot from indexing websites.

Active advertisers reached 33,000, up 60%, while ad-supported users hit 494 million. Emerging-market friction now caps the free-tier reach buyers can access.

Euki scored 10 of 10 for keeping logs on the device, while Period Calendar fed AdMob and DoubleClick from the first open. What does that leave media buyers?

Nearly a quarter of Dutch women log cycle data, and a redacted ICO file shows 11 UK apps drew closure letters, not enforcement. Which regulator moves next?

Google now embeds Top Stories inside AI Overviews on 15.5% of U.S. trending news queries, and blocking Google-Extended won't remove publishers from it.

Adjusted EBITDA rose 48% to $21.5 million while average revenue per customer fell 14%, and a $100 million buyback arrives as guidance implies reacceleration.

Removal hit an app used by more than a billion people, and Apple made no contact first. Extortion crews now aim reports at app stores, not just at platforms.

App inventory repriced 50.4% higher in Q2 while AMP CPMs fell 17.2%, splitting publisher yield by format. CTV rose 20.7% monthly but sits 12.3% below 2025.

Members are 28% more likely to engage with later campaigns after an event ad, and one webinar can feed leads for 12 months. Which number survives an audit?

MoeGo partnership embeds the platform in over 10,000 pet care businesses reporting 15x return on ad spend. Can vertical software displace the agency retainer?

Judgment 42 K 56/25 hit a lead funnel that scored prospects before the first site visit. Judges backed the regulator on substance but not on its wording claim.