Google Platform Properties Now Live; Ads Features, AI Overviews & Ad Platform Updates
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SERoundtable recaps Google's platform properties rollout, AI Overview prevalence, and major feature updates to Google Ads, plus moves from Microsoft Ads and ChatGPT.
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Barry Schwartz's weekly video recap at SERoundtable covers a series of confirmed updates: Google has fully activated platform properties tracking X, YouTube, TikTok and Instagram; nearly half of all Google searches now display AI Overviews; and Google Ads has introduced lead journey mapping, a budget panel, new bidding strategies, and household income exclusion options for PMax campaigns. Microsoft Advertising is shifting predictive matching to search term matching and reported 10% growth in search ad revenue, while ChatGPT Ads Manager rolled out budget changes and new ad formats—all developments that reshape how marketers approach search and paid channels.