Google Ads News

August 2025

171 updates from August 2025, newest first.

Tuesday

12 August 2025

I got more done the moment I deleted one thing!

Instagram from my home screen. Not the whole app. Not a dramatic detox. Just… removed the icon. Here’s what changed 👇. 👉 No more “accidental” 30-minute scrolls. 👉 No more…

BIG TECH IS PRINTING CASH AND SPENDING IT ON AI

Last quarter, Google, Meta, and Microsoft all reported huge profits. What did they do with it? They cranked the AI money tap wide open. That means: -Billions for infrastructure. -…

Reddit just stopped being a forum

And started becoming your next search engine. Last week, Reddit announced it’s unifying its traditional search bar and Reddit Answers (its AI Q&A feature) into one seamless experience. 👉 One…

New Meta Creative Testing Feature

Meta is rolling out a new Creative Testing feature that lets you test 2–5 ad variations within the same ad set, preserving learnings and simplifying creative optimization. You can now…

Spotted by Dario Zannoni, hope this rolls out widely!

Conversions

Full Enhanced Conversion Impact Table available now!

Thomas Eccel discovered that Google Ads has expanded the Enhanced Conversion Impact Report with new columns, including Match Rate, giving advertisers deeper visibility into how enhanced conversions drive performance. The…

Monday

11 August 2025
ChatGPT Ads

Apple just declared war on Search

At a secretive AI summit this spring, Apple leadership laid out a plan to replace the need for third-party search engines entirely. No more Google. No more ChatGPT. Just ask…

ChatGPT Ads

Big strategic move by OpenAI

OpenAI has released its first open-weight language models since GPT-2, marking a significant shift in strategy. The new models, called GPT‑OSS, are fully downloadable and commercially usable under the Apache…

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