Microsoft Advertising's Product explorer and ad disclaimers, explained
Microsoft Advertising today launched Product explorer in Merchant Center for catalogs under 100,000 SKUs and two flexible disclaimer layouts for ad compliance.
Search
The latest news about search ads. Search ads, also known as paid search advertising or pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, are a type of online advertising that appears in search engine results pages (SERPs). When a user searches for a keyword or phrase, search ads are displayed at the top and bottom of the SERP.
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81% of Slovenian companies go digital-first, IAB panel reveals
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Paul Graham calls out Google image search ads - and switches to Bing
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Microsoft bets on AI economy with Web IQ, Clarity citations, and MCP server
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Your analytics are lying: Similarweb traces AI recommendations to real traffic
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WPP Media sees AI as advertising's $1.3 trillion growth engine in 2026
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