How AI is changing Google Search behavior and what it means for advertisers

AI is expanding what people bring to Google Search - whether that's asking 3x longer questions, going back and forth on follow-ups, or searching with voice and images. With room to include personal nuance and context, people are working through complex decisions right as they search.In this episode of Ads Decoded, Ads Product Liaison Ginny Marvin steps into the world of organic Google Search with Shivani Mohan, Search Vice President of Data Science and User Experience Research (UXR), for a look under the hood at how billions of people search today. Together, they unpack what shifting search intent across experiences like AI Overviews and AI Mode means for your content. Ginny then considers how to translate these insights for your Google Ads strategy.🔔 Subscribe for more Ads Decoded episodes with Ginny Marvin.Got questions for Ginny? Email us: [email protected]. Find Ginny on LinkedIn at https://goo.gle/4aFEw4I and on X as https://goo.gle/3N2Q22r.#GoogleAds #PPCChat #AdsDecoded #GoogleSearch #SearchIntent #SearchTrends Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Building on the tools that advertiser feedback has shaped over the past year, like campaign total budgets and Smart Bidding Exploration, new settings are designed to give you flexibility and customization to guide budgets with greater precision.To help you put these controls to work in your accounts, host Ginny Marvin (Ads Product Liaison) and returning guest Tal Akabas (Product Manager, Google Ads) delve into the suite of bidding and budgeting features available and rolling out, including channel prioritization, budget allocation, promotion mode, customer lifecycle goals, and more. They also discuss why and how to use demand-led budgets.Learn more about the latest channel prioritization and budget allocation controls here: https://blog.google/products/ads-commerce/channel-prioritization-budget-allocation/Want Ginny’s key takeaways and tips from this conversation? Subscribe to the Ads Decoded newsletter - https://goo.gle/3NO45ZW.Find Ginny at linkedin.com/in/ginnymarvin and @adsliaison on X.#GoogleAds #PPCChat #AdsDecoded #SmartBidding #PaidMedia #DigitalMarketing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Producing a steady stream of high-impact video and image assets for YouTube can feel like the biggest thing standing between you and your first Demand Gen campaign. The good news is that the creative you already have is a stronger starting point than you might think.You don't need a perfect set of bespoke YouTube assets to get going, you just need to know which gaps to fill and how. Join Ginny Marvin, Ads Product Liaison at Google, as she sits down with Alejandro Osio, Product Manager for Demand Gen and YouTube performance ads, to bust a few myths about asset testing and asset fatigue, and to walk through the newest tools for simplifying your creative processWant Ginny’s key takeaways and tips from this conversation? Subscribe to the Ads Decoded newsletter - https://goo.gle/3NO45ZW.Find Ginny at linkedin.com/in/ginnymarvin and @adsliaison on X.#GoogleAds #PPCChat #AdsDecoded #DemandGen #AssetStudio #YouTubeAds Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special live edition of Ads Decoded at Google's Rethink ROI event in New York City, host Ginny Marvin sits down with Stephen Chang (First-Party Data Management and Measurement Specialist) and Natalia Boehm (Conversion Solutions Specialist) to break down why a strong data foundation is the real engine behind successful lead gen, and how to feed Google AI the signals it needs to find more of your best customers.Want Ginny’s key takeaways and tips from this conversation? Subscribe to the Ads Decoded newsletter -> https://goo.gle/3NO45ZW.Find Ginny at linkedin.com/in/ginnymarvin and @adsliaison on X. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special episode of Ads Decoded, recorded live at Google's Rethink Retail event in New York City, host Ginny Marvin sits down with Enric Durany, Group Product Manager for retail advertiser experiences.Together, they unpack actionable strategies to help performance marketers and retailers capture holiday demand, connect with shoppers at every step of their purchase journey, and maximize campaign efficiency.Want Ginny’s key takeaways and tips from this conversation? Subscribe to the Ads Decoded newsletter -> https://goo.gle/3NO45ZW.Find Ginny at linkedin.com/in/ginnymarvin and @adsliaison on X. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Media mix modeling used to feel out of reach for many businesses, locked behind high software fees and specialized data science teams. With open source models like Meridian and AI coding assistants, the technical barrier has shifted, making advanced measurement accessible for everyday marketing teams.In this episode of Ads Decoded, host Ginny Marvin sits down with Patrick Gilbert, CEO of AdVenture Media, and Nechama Teigman, Director of Marketing Analytics. Together, they share an unvarnished look at their first full year implementing Meridian across their client base, covering everything from data preparation to major campaign breakthroughs.Check out the video series Ginny mentions to help you get started with Meridian here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI5YfMzCfRtYvZ9AYp1wrtBM4apIsDc1iWant Ginny’s key takeaways and tips from this conversation? Subscribe to the Ads Decoded newsletter: https://goo.gle/3NO45ZW.Find Ginny at linkedin.com/in/ginnymarvin and @adsliaison on X. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Navigating media measurement today can feel complex and overwhelming. However, learning how to calibrate attribution, incrementality, and MMMs powers both sides of your marketing: giving you a complete picture of performance while fueling your AI-powered campaigns.And it’s possible even if you don’t have a dedicated data science team on hand.Join Google’s Ads Product Liaison Ginny Marvin as she sits down with Senior Director of Product Management John Chen to discuss the distinct roles of attribution, incrementality, and media mix modeling, bust the single North Star myth, and explore new tools like open-source Meridian and Qualified Future Conversions.Check out the video series Ginny mentions to help you get started with Meridian here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI5YfMzCfRtYvZ9AYp1wrtBM4apIsDc1iWant Ginny’s key takeaways and tips from this conversation? Subscribe to the Ads Decoded newsletter -> https://goo.gle/3NO45ZW.Find Ginny at linkedin.com/in/ginnymarvin and @adsliaison on X. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Preparing your product data for holiday retail campaigns can feel daunting. But as search behavior shifts toward more detailed, natural questions, it’s no longer just about basic product specs. Adding conversational attributes, high-quality video and image assets, and accurate shipping, returns, and promotion information is the best way to tell richer stories about your products and provide context for these conversational experiences.In this Season 2 kickoff episode of Ads Decoded, host Ginny Marvin sits down with Google product experts Scott and Bhaskar to share practical, step-by-step strategies for getting your Merchant Center product data ready for the holiday season.Want Ginny’s key takeaways and tips from this conversation? Subscribe to the Ads Decoded newsletter -> https://goo.gle/3NO45ZW.Find Ginny at linkedin.com/in/ginnymarvin and @adsliaison on X. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us for the season one finale of Ads Decoded: a special live recording at Google Marketing Live with the product teams behind the day’s biggest announcements across Search, YouTube, agentic commerce, creative and measurement.First, host Ginny Marvin is joined by Google’s Head of Ads and Commerce, Vidhya Srinivasan, fresh off the keynote stage. They discuss how Gemini is fundamentally transforming intent understanding to keep with consumer behavior and deliver ads on longer, more complex searches, as well as unlocking performance on YouTube. Vidhya also shares the skills and mindsets she’s seeing in the teams who are succeeding in adapting and rewiring for the AI era.  That’s followed by an in-depth, technical roundtable with product leaders to double-click on the why and how behind the headlines:- Reinventing ads for AI Search: Chris Monkman, Senior Director for Ads in AI Experiences, breaks down how AI Max and Performance Max deliver ads that provide rich answers to complex queries in AI Mode, and how the new AI Brief delivers the brand control and audience constraints you need.  - Graduating measurement from report card to performance driver: Christine Turner, Managing Director for Measurement, Data & Audiences, talks about the compounding effects of data strength and details the rollout of new metrics like Campaign Type Attribution for Demand Gen, Attributed Branded Searches, and Qualified Future Conversions- Generating high-performing ad creative at scale: Josh Moser, Advertising Platform Senior Director, shares how bringing our most advanced AI models into Asset Studio really is allowing advertisers to quickly build and scale creative assets that are optimized for performance.Want Ginny’s key takeaways and tips from this conversation? Subscribe to the Ads Decoded newsletter → https://goo.gle/3NO45ZWFind Ginny at linkedin.com/in/ginnymarvin and @adsliaison on X. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is generative AI leading to a "sea of sameness" in advertising? This week, we’re tackling the creative burden - from the pressure to produce endless aspect ratios for YouTube to the fear of losing brand control in an automated world.In this episode of Ads Decoded, host Ginny Marvin sits down with Charles Boyd (Group Product Manager - Creative, Google Ads) and Sarah Hathiramani (Director of Product Management, YouTube Ads) to bridge the gap between brand fidelity and AI-powered scale.In this deep dive:- Avoiding the sea of sameness: How to use generative AI to stand out rather than blend in.- Understanding Ad Strength: Why it’s a diagnostic metric for discovery, not a pass/fail performance report- Advertiser-in-the-Loop controls: Using text guidelines to steer AI while maintaining brand control- PMax Asset Experiments: How to use the new "guided A/B testing to isolate creative impact.Want Ginny’s key takeaways and tips from this conversation? Subscribe to the Ads Decoded newsletter: https://goo.gle/4ryu6uVFind Ginny on LinkedIn at https://goo.gle/4aFEw4I and on X as https://goo.gle/3N2Q22r. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.