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Facebook Ads Library: How to Research Competitor Ads in 2026
1+ hour, 9+ min ago (825+ words) Search | Social | Video The Facebook Ads Library — officially called the Meta Ad Library — is a free, public database of every active ad running across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Audience Network. Meta launched it in 2019 for political ad transparency, and it…...
Google Lets Users Generate Images In AI Overviews
16+ hour, 52+ min ago (653+ words) Search | Social | Video Google is adding AI image generation directly to AI Overviews in Search using its Nano Banana model. Users will be able to create AI images from text prompts without leaving Search. The AI-generated images in Search will…...
ChatGPT Ads Is Adding Custom Audience Targeting
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (380+ words) Search | Social | Video OpenAI has pushed a bundle of updates to ChatGPT Ads Manager through an email to advertisers. Custom audiences let advertisers upload user lists to include or suppress across campaigns. A new overview tab surfaces account health and…...
Search Console Adds Reports for Social Creators
1+ week, 1+ day ago (299+ words) Search | Social | Video Google has added platform properties, a new Search Console type for social and video creators. Supported platforms include Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube. Creators without a website can now see how their posts perform in Search. Three…...
Spotify Opens Podcast Inventory to Amazon DSP Buyers
1+ week, 2+ day ago (279+ words) Search | Social | Video Spotify podcast inventory is now buyable programmatically through Amazon DSP for the first time. The direct Spotify Ad Exchange link reduces intermediaries between buyers and Spotify inventory. Advertisers in Australia, Japan, and India gain access to Spotify…...
Reddit Opens Split Testing to All Advertisers
1+ week, 6+ day ago (275+ words) Search | Social | Video Reddit has made Split Testing generally available to all advertisers as a self-serve A/B tool. Audience is split at the user level so the two test groups never overlap. Split Testing declares a winner once a…...
Google Is Testing AI Summaries Beneath Its Search Ads
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (442+ words) Search | Social | Video Google appears to be testing AI-generated summaries beneath the copy in its paid search ads. The summaries place Google's own generated text under ads that advertisers write and pay for. Each summary carries a disclaimer that the…...
ChatGPT Ads Are Moving Beyond a Single Format
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (205+ words) Search | Social | Video OpenAI has posted engineering roles dedicated to building new ChatGPT ad formats. The roles sit on a new monetization team spanning web, iOS, and Android. Job specs name text, image, video, native, conversational, and interactive ad formats....
ChatGPT Is the Most-Used AI Chatbot in the U.S.
2+ week, 1+ day ago (309+ words) Search | Social | Video About half of U.S. adults now use AI chatbots, up from a third in 2024. ChatGPT leads with 44% of U.S. adults, well ahead of Gemini's 24%. ChatGPT's reach has more than doubled since 2023, when 18% used it. Searching for information is the…...
WhatsApp Is Adding Usernames to Replace Phone Numbers
2+ week, 1+ day ago (319+ words) Search | Social | Video WhatsApp users can now reserve a username ahead of a phased global launch. Once live, a username will replace the phone number as the first point of contact. Creators and businesses can claim their existing Instagram or…...