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Google Ads Begins Testing an AI-Powered Asset Activity Section

By Eric Mandell
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TLDR

Google Ads is testing a beta Asset Activity section in the advertiser console that uses Google AI to report on asset performance, diversity, competitors, and industry trends.

Context:5 closely related earlier stories since September

What this Google Ads test means for your site

Status
Test
Platform
Google Ads
Affects
Asset Activity section
Who
Google Ads advertisers
Effective
Not specified in the source
Action needed
Not specified in the source

Optimixed Overview

Optimixed's original report on this story.

SERoundtable reports that Google Ads is testing a new Asset Activity section in the advertiser console. Labeled Beta, the section uses Google AI to surface information on ad assets, including asset performance, asset diversity, competitor performance, and industry trends.

How we got here: earlier Google Ads coverage

  1. Oct 12
    Google Tests AI-Generated Suggestions for Ads Goals and Assets

    Google is testing AI-powered suggestions for campaign goals and assets within Google Ads.

  2. Oct 9
    Google Ads now lets you preview AI-generated text assets in Max campaigns

    Google Ads now offers preview functionality for AI-generated text assets in Performance Max campaigns.

  3. Sep 8
    Google Ads Gemini-Powered Dashboards Now Live for Some Advertisers

    Google is rolling out AI-powered Gemini dashboards in Google Ads to advertisers, several months after the feature was announced.

  4. Sep 2
    Google Ads begins auto-populating asset groups with AI-generated creative

    Google Ads updated its help documentation to explain new auto-fill capabilities that generate creative assets for ad campaigns.

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