Russia-based advertisers can no longer reach global audiences on Google properties and networks

This latest policy change takes widespread ad suspensions from platforms across the industry into new territory by targeting businesses in Russia.

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Microsoft Advertising auto-apply recommendations out of beta, advertisers opted in by default

While opting in doesn’t increase your budgets, advertisers should opt out if they don’t want recommendations to apply automatically.

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Google’s Topics API: Advertisers share concerns about topic diversity and other potential challenges

While paid search marketers applaud Google’s proposed user privacy measures, they’re keen to highlight its shortcomings — particularly the number of topics in the initial design.

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Yelp’s new ad types aim to connect national advertisers to local users

Sponsored Collections may appeal to brands that typically don’t advertise on Yelp and Seasonal Spotlight Ads might help multi-location brands create another touchpoint to showcase their seasonal promotions.

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Some Customer Match features to become available to all policy-compliant advertisers

The features enable advertisers to assess how their list performs against the general audience, exclude customers and evaluate whether it’s worthwhile to reach the $ 50k threshold for full Customer Match access.

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