Chrome 153: camera elements arrive, Privacy Sandbox APIs head out
Chrome 153 shipped on 8 September: new camera and microphone HTML elements, a Rust XML parser, and five Privacy Sandbox APIs marked for removal.
Blog
Marketing news & insights
What's changing in digital marketing — and what it means for your business. Real events, checked against primary sources and explained without the hype, every day.
Google tests exact and phrase match ads inside AI Mode
Google confirms a small experiment: Search campaigns with exact and phrase match keywords can show text ads in AI Mode without AI Max or Performance Max.
TikTok adds voice comments, polls and photo carousels
TikTok comments now take 60-second voice notes, five-option polls, nine-photo carousels and Live Photos. What changes for brands that moderate at scale.
Ads eat the budget and every lead costs more than last month
Rising cost per lead is a symptom with a short list of causes, most of them fixable in-house. How to find yours in an evening and the order to repair them in.
YouTube opens personalised ads to alcohol brands from 30 October
Google is lifting its ban on personalised alcohol advertising on YouTube where local law allows. What changes, who is excluded, and what to do before the date.
Gemini 3.8 Flash lands in AI Mode, briefly stops citing sources
Google put Gemini 3.8 Flash into AI Mode on 2 September for AI Pro and Ultra subscribers. Within a day SEOs saw answers with no links; Google called it a bug.
EU customs reform adopted: platforms become the importer
The Council adopted the biggest EU customs overhaul since 1968: non-EU marketplaces become importers, a parcel handling fee lands on 1 November, fines hit 6%.
Enquiries keep coming, but none of them turn into sales
Junk leads are a symptom with a handful of causes, most of them upstream of sales. How to tell which one is yours in an evening, and the order to fix them in.
Search Console's AI reports and opt-out are now live worldwide
Since 31 August every site can see its AI Overviews and AI Mode impressions in Search Console and switch them off. What the report shows, hides, and what to do.
Chrome, Firefox and Edge now ship every two weeks
Firefox 155 on 1 September, Chrome 153 on 8 September, Edge 152 already out: all three big browsers now release every fortnight. What that means for your site.
ChatGPT Ads opens self-serve buying in Europe at $1bn run rate
OpenAI says ChatGPT Ads hit a $1 billion annualised run rate in under 200 days and opened Ads Manager to European advertisers. What changes for your media plan.
Your website gets traffic but no enquiries
Traffic without enquiries is a diagnosable problem, not bad luck. The five usual causes, how to find yours in a single evening, and the order to fix them.