Latest Digital Marketing News & Trends
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📰 Trending Digital Marketing News
🚨 [Google Core Updates] Google Releases December 2025 Core Update, Third Core Update of the Year
Google began rolling out the December 2025 core update—its third core update of the year and fourth major update overall. Previous updates include the August spam update and June and March core updates.
🔍 [Microsoft Bing Updates] Bing Tests Google-Style Grouped “Sponsored Results” Format
Microsoft is testing a redesigned Bing ads layout that groups multiple sponsored links under a single label. The format blurs paid and organic results, potentially raising unintended ad clicks.
📊 [Google Ads Updates] Google Adds Search Partners Segment to PMax Reporting
A long-anticipated update now shows how much Performance Max budgets go to Search Partners, helping marketers evaluate traffic quality and optimize campaigns more confidently.
🧩 [Microsoft Ads Updates] Microsoft Ads Rolls Out Asset-Level Disapprovals
Microsoft Ads now disapproves assets individually and offers more accurate conversion reporting, giving advertisers sharper insight, greater transparency, and easier campaign management without pausing entire ads.
📍 [Google Business Profile Updates] Google Business Profiles Gain Post Scheduling & Multi-Location Tools
Google Posts now supports scheduling and multi-location publishing within Google Business Profiles, helping businesses and agencies more efficiently manage content across several locations from one interface.
🔧 [Google Search Console Updates] Google Search Console Launches Custom Annotations
Google Search Console now lets users add custom annotations directly inside performance reports, helping teams track key events like code changes, algorithm updates, or site issues without losing context.
🤖 [AI Updates] AI Now Sends 1% of Website Traffic — Mostly from ChatGPT
A new Conductor benchmark shows AI referrals contribute just over 1% of site visits, led overwhelmingly by ChatGPT. AI highlights different brands than Google, while organic search remains dominant.
🚫 [Google Ads Updates] Google Cracks Down on Fraud-Linked Phone Numbers in Ads
Google Ads will block phone numbers connected to fraud or past violations. Advertisers must verify contact details to maintain compliance and avoid disapprovals under updated Destination requirements.
🔍 [Microsoft Clarity Updates] Microsoft Makes Clarity Mandatory for Publishers
Microsoft now requires all third-party publishers to use its Clarity analytics tool, promoting transparency, brand safety, and better filtering of noncompliant ad traffic within Microsoft Advertising.
🚗 [Google Ads Updates] Google Expands PMax Reach with Waze Ads
Google’s latest PMax update adds Waze ad inventory, allowing advertisers to target drivers and gain deeper campaign performance insights through new channel-level reporting for store goal campaigns.
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