Google Ads News

August 2025

171 updates from August 2025, newest first.

Monday

18 August 2025
Policy

Policy update

Starting August 2025, Google Ads will limit its Dating and Companionship ad restrictions to a shorter list of countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Sri Lanka, Palestine, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco,…

Demand Gen & YouTube

YouTube update

YouTube just rolled out new tools to help creators drive engagement, conversions, and global reach. - Community Posts can now include up to 10 images, doubling the previous limit. -…

Policy

Google Refreshes 14 Google Ads Policy Guides

Google has updated 14 Google Ads Help Center policy articles, covering topics like: - Abusing the ad network. - Alcohol. - Ad protections for children and teens. - Counterfeit goods.…

40% is gone

Google’s AI Just Killed 40% more Fake Clicks How Much of Your Ad Spend Was wasted? Google’s latest AI-powered protections have quietly revealed the uncomfortable truth about online advertising: fake…

PMax

Pmax update

Thomas Eccel discovered that Google Ads has improved the Performance Max Channel Reporting beta by adding a cost slider that reveals each channel’s share of total campaign spend. When you…

Horizontal line

Barry Schwartz & SERP Alert ⚡ & Sachin Patel discovered that Google is testing again with the horizontal line in Ads!

Brand Guidelines

Google has expanded its Brand Guidelines and Asset Optimisation tools to include text guidelines, giving advertisers more control over automatically generated ad copy. Previously limited to visual elements like logos…

Friday

15 August 2025

We’re entering the “fast fashion era” of SaaS

Sam Altman just called it: We’re entering the “fast fashion era” of SaaS. What does that mean? Think: rapid, low-cost, AI-powered app creation → trendy features, quick launches, constant iterations……

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