August 19, 2026

Julian Schreck discovered the new feature in Promotions in GMC! This feature has been spotted before, but I have not seen it live yet!

Arpan Banerjee discovered that he now has the option in Pmax to bid higher for loyalty members and that he can show members benefits.

Arpan Banerjee discovered that you can now add a business logo to standard shopping!

Google has lowered the demand ven recommendation to 10 times the target CPA. Before it was 15. Thanks for spotting Hana Kobzová.

YouTube is changing view counts on August 24, 2026: a view will count as soon as a video starts playing, rather than after 30 seconds for regular videos and livestreams. That will likely make public view counts jump significantly, but monetization won’t change earnings and YPP eligibility will still rely on engaged views/watch time. For