Google Ads News

August 2025

171 updates from August 2025, newest first.

Saturday

30 August 2025
Conversions

Google is doubling down on smart targeting

There's a mode for whether you're focused on finding new customers or reactivating old ones. New Customer Modes. • New Customer Value Mode – Bid more for new vs. existing…

Negative broad match

Is it crazy to see how different negative broad match works from positive targeting. Know the basics. For negative: Your ad may still show if the search contains only some…

Shopping

AMAZON IS BACK 🚨

Amazon is back in shopping Ads! Rob Longmate discovered today that Amazon returned to the shopping auctions in the U.K.

PMax

New Pmax Channel Reporting

Thomas Eccel discovered that PMax Channel Reporting just got better!You can now analyse and compare all your PMax campaigns at account level instead of only per campaign.

Meta Ads

Looker Studio update

Looker Studio updates from August 21, 2025:Table charts can now be sorted by up to 10 fields, including fields not displayed in the chart. The Looker connector now respects the…

Shopping

New discount option

Google is surfacing deals and loyalty perks more prominently in merchant knowledge panels, now showing them at the top instead of just the sidebar. In Shopping Ads, a new “discount…

Thursday

28 August 2025

AI Agents won’t just replace jobs

AI Agents won’t just peplace jobs, they’ll reshape human value at work. A Stanford study by Humishka Zope and colleagues introduces the first large-scale audit of how AI agents align…

Conversions

Track better than your competitor

If you track better than your competition, you can have an advantage in Google Ads. Start with better tracking use: - Server-side tracking. - POAS + Conversion booster (e-com) -…

ChatGPT Ads

ChatGPT FAILS to Kill Google

ChatGPT FAILS to Kill Google. Instead, It fuels an EXPLOSION of Search? A new Semrush study (published August 11, 2025) reveals that ChatGPT is not replacing Google Search; in fact, it's expanding…

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