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Google Ads to prohibit spyware, surveillance products and services   Google is updating its policies to prohibit spyware and surveillance tech products in Google Ads campaigns. including Shopping. What’s changing? Starting August 11, Google’s “Products that enable dishonest behavior” policy will be updated. This is the policy that already covers …

Google Might Have Accidentally Revealed Android 11’s Launch Date The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown many businesses into disarray, and Google has been particularly hard hit. It had to delay the Pixel 4a launch, and it’s not even certain that phone will come out at all. Google also canceled its I/O …

Google Rich Results Test tool now out of beta Google announced that it has removed the beta label from the Rich Results Test tool. The tool now “fully supports all Google Search rich result features.” Deprecating Structured Data Testing Tool. With that, Google said it will begin to deprecate the …

How to set up a simple Google Ads testing framework for continual campaign optimization Google may have made it easier for marketers to turn a blind eye to text ad testing with automated ad serving, but there are still advantages for those that commit to even a simple cadence of …

Google Discontinues the Pixel 3a, Still Won’t Release the 4a Google’s popular Pixel 3a has been sold out on the Google Store lately, and now we know why. The company has confirmed that it has discontinued the Pixel 3a, so don’t expect any restocks. Some other retailers still have units, …

Free Google product listings expand to knowledge panels   Following the significant move of bringing free product listings to Google’s Shopping tab results in April, Google is starting to extend them into the main Search results. The company announced Monday that the product listings in Search knowledge panels will now …

Google positioned to dominate the ‘O2O economy’ Google is the company in the strongest position to capitalize on the massive online-to-offline (O2O) economy. I discussed Google’s dominant position linking the digital and physical worlds, Google My Business’ evolution and the future of local search as a more distributed phenomenon in …

Google Will Now Delete Sensitive Data After a Few Months for New Accounts Google makes most of its apps and services available for free, but you’re still paying for them. Instead of paying with money, you pay with your data. Google has made untold mountains of money from targeted advertising, …

Google agrees to start paying for news content European news publishers and governments have been trying to get Google to pay them to license content for years. There have been legal and legislative fights and tortured battles over copyright laws. After fighting the idea of paying publishers to display or …

Google tests feeds for App install campaigns, expands deep linking and reporting   Mobile usage has accelerated during COVID-19 restrictions, says Google. On Wednesday it announced a test that connects feeds to App campaigns and will expand deep linking to more ad formats, expand deep linking and provide more App …