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Google’s automatically-created assets (ACA) for responsive search ads have been causing confusion amongst marketers. The feature was rolled out in September for general availability in eight languages: Dutch English French German Italian Japanese Portuguese Spanish Now, two months on, the Google team is still receiving questions from perplexed advertisers that it would like to address.

Sam Altman is no longer CEO of OpenAI. Mira Murati, OpenAI’s chief technology officer, has been named interim CEO, the company announced. Why was Altman ousted? Altman was not consistently candid in his communications with the OpenAI’s board of directors, “hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities. The board no longer has confidence in his

Apple is reportedly pulling all of its adverts from X after Elon Musk endorsed an antisemitic conspiracy theory. The tech giant has allegedly also been concerned about its products being promoted alongside far-right content, according to Axios. Why we care. As one of X’s longstanding major advertisers, Apple’s move to halt all ads is a

Instacart is rolling out two new tools to help up-and-coming brands connect with retailers: Digital sell sheets: Instacart’s new sell sheets allow brands to easily and automatically showcase their best products (including platform sales data, product information, and key growth insights) to the platform’s extensive network of more than 1,400 retail banners, directly in Ads

Apple reportedly asked Amazon to stop competitor ads from appearing on its product pages. In response, the retail giant allegedly agreed to only serve ads and recommendations at the very bottom of Apple product pages – a gesture it doesn’t provide to rival brands like Samsung and Microsoft. This preferential treatment has supposedly enhanced Apple’s

Google has released a new robots.txt report within Google Search Console. Google also made relevant information around robots.txt available from within the Page indexing report in Search Console. Finally, Google has decided to sunset the robots.txt tester. The new robots.txt report. Google’s new robots.txt report shows gives you some information Google has on your robots.txt file

Google Analytics 4 properties can now be connected to Salesforce Marketing Cloud using the Sales Marketing Cloud interface. Integration is available to both GA4 standard and 360 properties for the first time to anyone who was previously using the same setup with Universal Analytics 360. Why we care. GA4 integrated with Salesforce Marketing Cloud allows

Explaining keyword research to those unfamiliar with SEO to gain support can be challenging. Stakeholders often find it difficult to grasp the value of SEO, and at the same time, SEOs struggle to communicate the benefits and contributions effectively. Fortunately, there are strategies available for SEOs to bridge this gap by employing their keyword research

In pursuit of “maximizing the power of search intent,” Microsoft Advertising revised its multi-channel strategy in February. However, not all advertisers have seen a welcome change to their account performance.  Learn how the mandatory Audience Network expansion impacted this software company, which saw 26% of its budget spent with no added conversions or performance benefits.

Meta has rolled out a new feature that simplifies the conversion process for Amazon sellers. Shoppers in the U.S. can now link their Facebook and Instagram accounts to Amazon, enabling them to buy products advertised in their feeds without having to leave the mobile apps. Why we care. Maurice Rahmey, co-founder and co-CEO of Disruptive

If you work in marketing or SEO, looking at data is essential to your day-to-day. You’re probably analyzing performance to see the results of your efforts, assessing the impact of Google’s latest update, or working on a case study to share with the SEO community. But when dealing with SEO data, things are not always

Instacart’s ad revenue was up 19% in the third quarter of 2023 to $222 million. The online grocery shopping app also reported modest growth in orders, which rose to 66.2 million – a year-on-year increase of 4%, as well as a 6% year-on-year growth in growth transaction value (GTV). However, despite performing better than analysts had

Google has updated the page experience report in Google Search Console to show more of an informational page, with links to the same reports. “The Search Console Page Experience report is evolving to help site owners consider page experience more holistically as part of the content creation process,” Google wrote. Google told us months ago that

Amazon Ads should not be trusted – that’s according to digital marketing expert, Bryan Porter. The Co-Founder and Chief eCommerce Officer at Simple Modern claims his company has spent $14 million on Amazon ads over the years and describes the investment as a “waste”. Explaining his comments, he says: “Amazon ads take credit for sales

Successful SEO professionals know a lot about dealing with uncertainty – such is life when algorithms that make or break performance are kept under lock and key. But Search Generative Experience (SGE) triggers change-related anxiety from even the most seasoned SEOs. Simply put, it’s both a paradigm shift and a quickly moving target; Google’s incorporation