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Microsoft Advertising expands LinkedIn profile targeting to CTV

Microsoft Advertising is bringing LinkedIn profile targeting to connected TV campaigns, giving advertisers a new way to blend professional audience data with streaming inventory. The announcement was made by Product Liaison Navah Hopkins during the SEM Stories event on May 14. Why we care. Microsoft has long differentiated itself through access to LinkedIn audience data.

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Google expands Ads API testing tools in v24.1 release

Google released version 24.1 of the Google Ads API, introducing deeper reporting segmentation, expanded experiment support, and new security features as advertisers continue adapting to increasingly automated campaign environments. The update also prepares developers for Google’s upcoming data retention policy changes, which take effect next year. Why we care. The release focuses on three areas

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Google Analytics adds AI Assistant channel to measure AI traffic

Google Analytics added a new AI Assistant channel that tracks traffic from chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude. The update should help you measure visits from AI assistants without using custom filters or workarounds. What’s new. Google Analytics now automatically labels traffic from supported AI assistants with new traffic source values. When someone clicks on

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Stop Treating AI Visibility As One Problem. It’s Actually Three, On Three Different Layers via @sejournal, @DuaneForrester

When your brand disappears from ChatGPT or Perplexity, the fix isn’t more content. It’s diagnosing which layer broke down. The post Stop Treating AI Visibility As One Problem. It’s Actually Three, On Three Different Layers appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Inside ChatGPT Search: how web.run and fan-out queries shape AI visibility

When OpenAI switched default models on March 4, the number of websites cited per response dropped by a fifth, and never recovered. But the citation drop is only part of the story. We also reverse-engineered ChatGPT’s internal browsing tools, ran a honeypot experiment, reconstructed its system prompt, and released a new version of our ChatGPT

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