Category Archives: computers

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Google Posts Tips To Write Better Review Replies

Google has updated its tips to get more reviews help documentation with a new section on tips to write better review replies. This section includes how to make your replies positive and relevant and a section on giving helpful responses to negative reviews.

Microsoft Advertising Launches Ad Preview Hub

Microsoft Advertising has fully released the Microsoft Advertising Ad Preview Hub to all users. “I am beyond excited about Microsoft Advertising’s new Ad Preview Hub! This is GA and should be live in your accounts in all markets,” Navah Hopkins, the Microsoft Ads Liaison, wrote on LinkedIn.

Google Ads Experiment Center Help Doc

Google has posted a new Google Ads help document named About the Google Ads Experiment Center. This document “is a unified hub for validating strategies and continuously improving campaign performance,” Google wrote.

Daily Search Forum Recap: January 26, 2026

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Google Ads Product Campaign View Report Is Useful

Google Ads lets you see how your product ads are performing across all your campaigns in a single view. Some advertisers are saying this is a new report, so I figured I’d share what they’re noticing.

Google Ads Campaign Mix Experiments In Beta

Google Ads has a new help document named Campaign Mix Experiments (Beta). This describes how advertisers can test multiple campaign types, budgets, and settings across campaigns in a single experiment.

Google AI Mode Tests Product Images With Price Labels

Google is testing adding price labels on top of the product images within AI Mode results. I tried to replicate this but I was not able to, so it seems like a test.

Google Ads New Billing Report

Google is rolling out a new billing report within Google Ads. The new billing report gives you line-by-line view of your Google Ads invoices.

Google Ads Gambling & Games Certification Eligibility: Good Health

On March 23, 2026, Google will update its Google Ads Gambling and games policy to say that your overall account must demonstrate good policy health to be eligible for gambling and games certification. Meaning, you need to have a good account history and have a number of violations on your account.

Children and chatbots: What parents should know

As children turn to AI chatbots for answers, advice, and companionship, questions emerge about their safety, privacy, and emotional development

ESET Research: Sandworm behind cyberattack on Poland’s power grid in late 2025

The attack involved data-wiping malware that ESET researchers have now analyzed and named DynoWiper

Daily Search Forum Recap: January 23, 2026

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Google Search Gains Personal Intelligence In AI Mode

As expected, but sooner than I thought, Google has brought Personal Intelligence to Google Search within AI Mode. This first launched last week in the Gemini app and is now rolling out to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in English in the U.S.

Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Search Double Heated, Personal Intelligence in AI Mode, ChatGPT Ads & Apple Siri Updates Coming

This week, we covered the doubly heated Google Search ranking volatility, but nothing was confirmed by Google. OpenAI will soon test ads in ChatGPT responses and they will charge on an impression basis…

Secure Your Google Ads Account Against The Rise In Hijackings

For the past year or so, I’ve seen a growing number of complaints about Google Ads accounts being hijacked. It seems to be getting worse, even after we covered the Google Ads account hijacks last November. So how do you reduce the chances of your Google Ads account being hijacked?