Microsoft is simplifying bidding by consolidating performance targets into streamlined automated strategies while keeping key controls intact.

Google’s UCP update shifts shopping to AI-agents, where product data — not just ads — will determine visibility and sales.

Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) is introducing new optional capabilities for merchants to support agentic commerce across the web.

Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol adds cart management and catalog access, highlights identity linking support, and begins simplifying Merchant Center onboarding.
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New Insights subscription delivers category-level benchmarks across 175+ DMAs across the United States, covering OOH, TV, radio and digital, with analysis across 100+ local advertising sub-categories. Guideline announced a new expansion of its Ad Intelligence Insights with the launch of Local Dynamics, a new subscription report delivering recurring analysis of advertising investment across local markets. […]

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