Google search ad spending grew 9% year over year in Q1 2025, according to new data from digital marketing agency Tinuiti. Increasing costs, rather than click volume, drove most of that growth. Google Search overall: Google Search spending grew by 9% YoY in Q1 2025 (down slightly from 10% in Q4 2024). Click growth was […]
The next phase of the DOJ’s antitrust case against Google started Monday. Both sides presented different views on the future of search and AI. This follows Judge Amit Mehta’s ruling last year that Google illegally kept its dominance by making exclusive deals with device makers. DOJ Wants Major Changes to Break Google’s Control Assistant Attorney […]
OpenAI’s ChatGPT search had 41.3 million average monthly users across the EU between October and March. That’s nearly 4x growth from the prior six-month stretch, when it reported having 11.2 million users. Why we care. Brands and businesses need to understand how (or whether) their content is being surfaced in AI-generated responses. ChatGPT search is […]
Google has released its 2024 Ads Safety Report, and the message is clear: accountability is scaling fast thanks to AI. With billions of ads removed and millions of accounts suspended, the report paints a picture of an advertising ecosystem under tighter scrutiny than ever. For marketers, especially those managing significant media budgets, these shifts aren’t […]
Boost your skills with Growth Memo’s weekly expert insights. Subscribe for free! Is doing SEO enough for an AI chatbot visibility? The industry is divided down the middle: Half believe that optimization for large language models (LLMs) requires new strategies, while the other half insists good SEO already handles it. This division has spawned new […]
Educational videos are among the top 10 most-consumed video content formats globally, according to Statista. And it makes sense. Video is one of the fastest, most engaging ways to teach, demonstrate, and connect. But for creators and businesses alike, making a video that actually works (as in: educates, retains, or converts) requires more than hitting […]
Just like with SEO, it can be tempting to use clever hacks to optimize for AI search. But the problem with hacks is that, as soon as they’re discovered, changes will be made that make those hacks ineffective. Consider the Rank Or Go Home Challenge, where Kyle Roof managed to get his website a top […]
Curious about AI agents but not sure where to begin? Wondering how entrepreneurs and marketers are using them to save time and scale operations? In this article, you’ll discover a beginner-friendly framework for building and deploying AI agents—along with practical tips and tools to help you get results faster and more efficiently in your business. […]
A glitch in Google’s AI Overviews may inadvertently expose how Google’s algorithm understands search queries and chooses answers. Bugs in Google Search are useful to examine because they may expose parts of Google’s algorithms that are normally unseen. AI-Splaining? Lily Ray re-posted a tweet that showed how typing nonsense phrases into Google results in a […]
The U.S. Department of Justice and a coalition of states unveiled their proposed remedies today aimed at dismantling Google’s illegal monopoly in search and search advertising. These include breaking off Chrome and banning default search payments. The remedies. They break down into five categories meant to enable and increase competition: Distribution remedies. This would mean ending payments […]