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Google has banned ads for prediction market contracts and related products in Michigan and New York. The restriction took effect on July 13, 2026, following a similar ban in Ohio in June.

Google has confirmed a fix for the Shopify product ID bug that caused some merchants to lose historical product performance after reinstalling the Google & YouTube app. Google advises merchants not to uninstall the app while the fix is being rolled out. Credit to Ginny Marvin, Emmanuel Flossie, and Matinique Roelse for sharing.

Google has launched a dedicated NotebookLM to help agencies pitch Performance Max to clients. The tool can generate pitch emails, discovery call scripts, campaign setup guidance, and PMax recommendations. Useful for speeding up preparation, but strong pitches still require real client context and strategic expertise. Credit to Bia Camargo for sharing.

Google Ads is now showing AI-powered conversion recommendations in the Conversion Summary dashboard. The recommendations suggest actions such as Page views and Engagements, labelled “Recommended by Google AI”.

Thomas Eccel discovered that the missed opportunities section is now live!

Thomas Eccel discovered that Google Ads added 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁𝘀 under Asset Optimization inside AI Max campaigns for both 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗥𝗟 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻.

Google Ads rolled out a new Brand report that shows branded search volume per Demand Gen campaign, and comparing it to spend over time. Thanks to Yash Mandlesha & Thomas Eccel for sharing it with me.

Thomas Eccel discovered the new tracking status has improvements!

Thomas Eccel spotted the household income exclusions in Pmax!

New? The collapse button? Thanks for sharing Arpan Banerjee