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Welcome to this week’s Pulse. Google is laying more groundwork for agent-led shopping, Google Trends is getting a Gemini helper inside Explore, and Google appears to have responded to a report we covered last week on AI Overviews health queries. Here’s what matters for you and your work. Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) Brings Agent Checkout […]
Welcome to this week’s PPC Pulse. This week’s news centers around quite a few Google updates. Google rolled out campaign total budgets in open beta, introduced a new Direct Offers pilot inside AI Mode, and confirmed several Shopping promotion policy updates taking effect in early 2026. The updates affect how advertisers manage fixed promotional spend, […]
YouTube has announced some new updates to its “Promote” in-stream boosting option, while it’s also trying out a new AI-powered image-to-video option, which could give you another way to create Shorts clips. First, on YouTube Promote. YouTube’s rolling out a new update for Promote, its boost option for YouTube clips, which will enable creators to […]
Social media is an integrated part of life in the U.S., with usage growing among adults. Pew Research Center reports that YouTube (84%) and Facebook (71%) remain the most widely used platforms for U.S. adults, followed by 50% of adults using Instagram. What we should pay attention to is that people’s trust levels have changed. […]
Google is disputing claims that its new AI-powered shopping checkout work could enable what critics describe as “surveillance pricing” or other forms of overcharging. The back-and-forth started after Lindsay Owens, executive director of consumer economics think tank Groundwork Collaborative, criticized Google’s newly announced Universal Commerce Protocol and pointed to language in its public roadmap about […]
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As the online shopping process evolves, Google is looking to help retailers tap into the latest era of AI-assisted discovery, and maximize sales opportunities via AI-assisted means. This week, at the National Retail Federation conference, Google has announced a range of AI-based features for retailers that are designed to provide more connection opportunities in the […]
When Google announced that shoppers could complete purchases directly in AI Mode, the focus was on convenience and technical capability. A retailer who emailed Search Engine Journal raised different questions about what gets lost when the transaction moves to Google’s surfaces. The retailer cited concerns that customers never visit the store, see accessory recommendations from […]
Google announced tools that let shoppers complete purchases directly within AI Mode and chat with branded AI agents in Search results. Users can purchase from eligible product listings on Google. Retailers are still the seller of record, while the checkout happens on Google surfaces instead of the retailer’s website. Universal Commerce Protocol Powers AI Mode […]
AI Overviews don’t show up consistently across Google Search because the system learns where they’re useful and pulls them back when people don’t engage. Robby Stein, Vice President of Product at Google Search, described in a CNN interview how Google tests the summaries, measures interaction, and reduces their appearance for certain kinds of searches where […]