Industry Pulse We track what Google, Microsoft, Meta, and the paid media press actually change, inclusive of bidding, targeting, and measurement. Then we say plainly what it does to qualified lead cost and what is worth auditing this week, not next month. Written by Ryan Sappington, founder of Scaled Advertising.
Updated October 2, 2026
PPC Hero October 2, 2026
On: Landing Page Best Practices: When to Trust Them and When to Question Them
Read Ryan's take Search Engine Journal October 1, 2026
On: LiveRamp Expands OpenAI Deal With First-Party Data Targeting via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson
Read Ryan's take Search Engine Journal September 30, 2026
On: Google Analytics Adds App Conversions To Cross-Channel Reports via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Read Ryan's take Google September 24, 2026
On: Turn discovery into action with September’s Demand Gen Drop.
Read Ryan's take Search Engine Journal September 24, 2026
On: Rising CPC? You’re Funding The Competition. Here’s How To Trace It.
Read Ryan's take Search Engine Journal September 22, 2026
On: Customer Lifecycle Goals: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Read Ryan's take PPC Hero September 16, 2026
On: Proving the Value of Paid Search With Incrementality Testing
Read Ryan's take Search Engine Journal September 15, 2026
On: ChatGPT Ads Aren’t Paid Search : 5 Questions To Answer Before You Shift Budget via @sejournal, @brookeosmundso…
Read Ryan's take Search Engine Journal September 15, 2026
On: Local Services Ads To Performance Max: What To Audit Before Migration via @sejournal, @hethr_campbell
Read Ryan's take WordStream September 11, 2026
On: Google Ads Attribution Models Explained: Last Click vs. Data-Driven
Read Ryan's take Search Engine Journal September 10, 2026
On: How Do I Keep Control As Platforms Automate My Account? : Ask A PPC via @sejournal, @navahf
Read Ryan's take PPC Hero September 10, 2026
On: Google Ads Target Bid Strategy Changes: What Changed in August 2026 and What to Do Now
Read Ryan's take PPC Hero September 9, 2026
On: How to Build a Google Ads Daily Pacing Script
Read Ryan's take WordStream September 2, 2026
On: What to Test Next? 21 Google Ads Experiment Ideas
Read Ryan's take PPC Hero September 2, 2026
On: Getting a Pipeline Number You Can Defend to Finance
Read Ryan's take Google August 27, 2026
On: Reach your audience in new ways with August’s Demand Gen Drop.
Read Ryan's take WordStream August 25, 2026
On: Do Google Ads Work? Pros, Cons, & Tools to Guide You
Read Ryan's take PPC Hero August 21, 2026
On: The Performance Max Brand Leak Audit: Measuring the Spend You Would Have Won Anyway
Read Ryan's take Google August 19, 2026
On: Get your product data holiday-ready on Google Merchant Center.
Read Ryan's take PPC Hero August 19, 2026
On: We Tested Ads in ChatGPT: Here’s What the Channel Actually Does
Read Ryan's take PPC Hero August 18, 2026
On: The Silver Lining of August 17: How Google’s Bidding Change Solves Budget Scaling Fluctuations
Read Ryan's take PPC Hero August 14, 2026
On: Reddit Is Where Search & Social Collide. Is Your Paid Strategy Ready for the Impact?
Read Ryan's take Google August 10, 2026
On: Evolve your marketing with new AI tools
Read Ryan's take Google July 29, 2026
On: Prepare for the holiday season with July’s Demand Gen Drop.
Read Ryan's take Google June 25, 2026
On: Elevate your campaign performance with June’s Demand Gen Drop.
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