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In an episode of the Ads Decoded podcast, Google Ads Product Liaison Ginny Marvin interviews Shivani Mohan, VP of Data Science and UXR for Search, about research into changing search habits and the impact of AI Overviews and AI Mode on the modern search experience and long-form queries. They discuss what these shifts mean for advertisers and how businesses should adapt their ad strategies.
Google is rolling out new Gemini features for small businesses including a dedicated business landing page, integrations with Google and third-party apps (Adobe, Canva, Dropbox, Shopify, Wix, Zoho, Xero), brand-style uploads for on‑brand asset generation, and image generation powered by Nano Banana 2.1; finance and marketing assistant skills are also added and the features begin global rollout in the coming days. Google also points businesses to its enterprise offering, Gemini for your business, for centralized admin and governance.
In an Ads Decoded episode, Google Ads product leads recommend repurposing existing social creative for Demand Gen YouTube campaigns and introduce Asset Studio’s multimodal video creation, powered by Gemini Omni, which can turn website URLs and photos into previewable videos. They also advise gradual, data-driven testing focused on asset quality to avoid fatigue and ensure measurable results.
Google is rolling out the closed beta of AI Brief to Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish, letting advertisers guide AI Max with detailed context in those languages. Google Ads will also gain a new reporting view that unifies the Search ads journey — showing which search terms triggered ads, which creative assets were shown, and the landing pages users reached; Google says more details and availability will follow later this year.
In an Ads Decoded session recorded at Rethink ROI in New York, Google Ads product leads described efforts to strengthen first-party data workflows and feed Google AI for better lead-generation ROI. Announced items include an expansion of Data Manager, a new lead intent scoring pilot to prioritize high-potential leads, and journey-aware bidding to train Smart Bidding on delayed sales cycles.
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