Advertising&Tech
- Netflix wants to double its ad money and roll out interactive ads in 2025
- Substack is betting on subscriptions but coming around to ads
- Discord steps up its ad game by growing its Orbs virtual rewards program
Search Trends
- Google advertisers can now make campaign changes straight from Gmail
- Google finishes rolling out its June 2025 core update
- Google Search Console gets 24-hour comparison views in performance reports
- Google tweaks its Search Analytics API to show how fresh the data is
- Google Ads starts testing Smart Bidding Exploration with select advertisers
- Google Ads adds a new AI Max view for better reporting
- Google Ads puts brand controls under AI Max in the latest search campaigns
YouTube
- YouTube is trying out a new feature that lets you test and compare video titles
- YouTube clears up changes to its Partner Program rules, cracking down on unoriginal content
Social Media Buzz
Meta
- Meta is joining YouTube in cracking down on unoriginal content
- Meta deletes 10 million Facebook profiles to fight spam
- Threads keeps pulling in strong download numbers
- Threads users are still barely clicking on links
- WhatsApp is rolling out Status Ads and Promoted Channels, putting sponsored content right in the Updates tab
- LinkedIn changed its algorithm to show some older posts at the top of your feed
- LinkedIn says B2B video ads can boost engagement by 129%
- LinkedIn drops a new guide to help you succeed with ads
Snapchat
- Snapchat ads deliver higher ROAS for ecommerce brands, a recent study finds
AI Insights
- OpenAI launches ChatGPT agent, an AI that handles tasks for you
- DuckDuckGo now lets you hide AI‑generated images in search results
