Search Engine Marketing

Google Launches Ask Ad Manager, Its First AI Agent For Publishers via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson

Google’s conversational agent now troubleshoots delivery and builds reports inside Ad Manager, bringing prompt-driven workflows to publisher ad ops. The post Google Launches Ask Ad Manager, Its First AI Agent For Publishers appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Shopify launches AI-powered marketing automation tool

Shopify is introducing Campaign Autopilot, a new AI-powered marketing tool that automatically creates, manages and optimizes campaigns across multiple channels, reducing the need for merchants to manually manage advertising and email marketing. The feature is launching in early access and is available directly within the Shopify admin. What’s happening. Campaign Autopilot uses AI to plan

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Straight from the source: 2026 Search Engine Land Awards judges reveal what makes an application award-worthy

Since its inception in 2015, the Search Engine Land Awards have recognized exceptional marketers on an annual basis — showcasing outstanding work, providing well-earned exposure in coverage and interviews, and bestowing upon them the highest honor in search. While there’s no single formula for creating a winning entry, our judges have seen enough submissions over

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YouTube rolls out new Gemini-powered insights tools

YouTube is expanding its suite of creator marketing and campaign intelligence tools with new Gemini-powered features designed to help brands identify trends, understand creator audiences and improve campaign performance. What’s happening. Google is introducing several new insights and optimization tools across YouTube and Google Ads that give marketers more visibility into trends, creator performance and

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Google Search Console AI performance reports rolling out to more users

Google has confirmed that it has expanded access to the new Google Search Console AI performance reports to more users. Google’s John Mueller wrote on Bluesky, “We’re just rolling these out incrementally to sites, and reviewing the feedback along the way. I know everyone wants the new shiny thing immediately… but first, patience.” AI performance

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Why some channels reward breadth and others require commitment

Many budget allocation strategies assume that every channel follows the same pattern: the first dollar is the most productive, and each additional dollar yields a slightly lower return. The charts below show what that pattern looks like. The log shape means that the first dollar is the most productive, and each subsequent dollar is worth

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Amazon launches Alexa+ Agentic Ads

Amazon is bringing transactions directly into advertising with a new format that allows consumers to discover products, ask questions and complete purchases entirely through a conversation with Alexa+, potentially shortening the path from ad impression to conversion. What’s happening. Amazon today introduced Alexa+ Agentic Ads, a new advertising format designed to let customers move from

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