Digital Marketing
Google Ads adds 4 source columns to AI Max report
Spotted in a live account before any official announcement, four new columns show which parts of an AI Max click Google's automation chose.
PPC.
Digital Marketing
Google lets Shopping and PMax trade 30% ROAS for volume
Google Ads has documented Smart Bidding Exploration for Shopping and Performance Max. Here's what the 5–30% ROAS tolerance means for retail accounts.
AI in Marketing
Google Ads AI beta localizes Search ads into 10 languages
Google Ads’ new AI beta clones English (US) Search campaigns into 10 languages — but budgets and bids carry over with no currency conversion.
Digital Marketing
Google callouts can show up to 10 lines per search ad
Callout assets now show up to 10 lines on a Google search ad. Here's how to use them without losing message control to automation.
Digital Marketing
Position-Based Attribution Still Lives in Enterprise Tools
Google removed position-based attribution from Ads and GA4 in 2023, but the 40/20/40 model survives in enterprise tools. Here's what to know.
Digital Marketing
Value-Based Bidding: Not All Conversions Are Equal
Google, Meta, TikTok and Microsoft now bid on predicted conversion value. Here's the expected value math, the data thresholds, and where advertisers get it wrong.
Digital Marketing
Google Ads will end hidden 50% Display split in Feb 2027
Google Ads will make the Display Network budget split visible in February 2027, ending a hidden 50% backend allocation. What to check now.
AI in Marketing
ChatGPT Ads hit SA: 1.2B+ weekly users in play
OpenAI's ChatGPT Ads have landed in South Africa. Woww is offering managed campaigns to help brands reach the platform's 1.2B+ weekly users.
Digital Marketing
How Google erased a 20% ROAS surplus in 3 weeks
smec data shows median budget-limited campaign went from beating ROAS target by 20% to roughly matching it within three weeks of Google's Aug 17 change.
Digital Marketing
Google Ads swaps flat new-customer bonuses for 5x multipliers
Google Ads now lets retailers scale new-customer conversion value from 1.1x to 5x, replacing flat bonuses across Search, Shopping, PMax and Demand Gen.
