Advertisers can now compare two sets of assets while keeping “common assets” consistent across both versions. Tests can be set up from the Experiments page under the Assets sub-menu, allowing marketers to see which creative combinations perform best. Google previously launched a...

Google Ads is constantly changing and evolving. With these changes come fresh mistakes PPC advertisers make in optimizing and managing their campaigns.  This article breaks down the most common mistakes of 2026 so you can avoid repeating them this year. Mistake 1: Inconsistent...

SEO now sits at an uncomfortable intersection at many organizations. Leadership wants visibility in AI-driven search experiences. Product teams want clarity on which narratives, features, and use cases are being surfaced. Sales still depends on pipeline. Meanwhile, traditional...

I get it, these are uncertain times. Organic traffic is dropping like a rock, and new referral traffic  coming in from LLMs like ChatGPT barely scratches the surface of what’s been lost.  The narrative of “traffic is simply coming from a new source” is not accurate. Search and...

Most business owners assume that if an ad is approved by Google or Meta, it is safe.  The thinking is simple: trillion-dollar platforms with sophisticated compliance systems would not allow ads that expose advertisers to legal risk. That assumption is wrong, and it is one of the most...

Google appears to be rolling out the Performance Max Channel Performance report at the MCC level, giving agencies and large advertisers a long-awaited view of channel-level performance across multiple accounts. What’s new: The Channel Performance report, previously limited to...

In 2025, Google is removing reviews at unprecedented rates – and it is not accidental. Our industry analysis of 60,000 Google Business Profiles shows that deletions are being driven by a mix of: Automated moderation. Industry-wide risk factors. Increased enforcement against...

Duplicate content can hurt your visibility in AI Search. Fabrice Canel and Krishna Madhavan from Microsoft explained that when content is duplicated, AI systems struggle to interpret signals, which reduces “the likelihood that the correct version will be selected or summarized.”....

For the past decade, customer journey design has assumed one thing: the customer is human.  A real person. Messy. Emotional. Overloaded.  Someone who needs clarity, reassurance, and a sense of progress to keep moving forward. But in 2026, that assumption no longer holds. AI agents...

AI is changing how people discover and understand brands.  It’s also reshaping how they search, with users turning to tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google’s AI Overviews for answers instead of clicking through pages.  They interact with synthesized summaries, not traditional...