December 2, 2024

Christoph Scherf announced a new open solotion tool called CopyCat. Powered by Gemini, Copycat analyzes your Search ads to create custom, on-brand ads for new keywords—fast and effortless. Open-source on GitHub. Check it out here.

Google is set to face trial in a £7 billion class action lawsuit in the UK, following the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s decision to proceed. The lawsuit, filed by consumer rights advocate Nikki Stopford, accuses Google of abusing its dominant search engine position to inflate advertising costs, which are passed on to consumers. Allegations include forcing

Anthony Higman discovered that Google is now showing ads at the top of each page in the local map!

Rudolph Dekker just sent me that to align with the EU’s DMA, Google has made major changes to its search services in Germany, Belgium, and Estonia. Key Changes: Hotel-related features: Temporarily removed from Google Search. No maps or rich results: Results will show only simple website links (“ten blue links” format). These changes aim to

Maximilian vom Eyser just posted that asset Coverage Reporting in PMax campaigns is now available to more advertisers globally. The rollout is ongoing, but check if your accounts are available.

LSA are now showing up in the search results discovered by Anthony Higman & Leonard Raleigh!

Jordan Fry discovered that ChatGPT is prompting users to download their new Chrome extension which would switch the default search engine to ChatGPT Google then prompts you to change it back.

Florijan Abazi & Hana Kobzová discovered that Google has changed the price for advice. Before a 45-minute consult was 50 USD.

Anthony Higman stated that the payment methods section in Google Ads is going away soon and will be moved to the billing section as a drop-down.