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Aug 11
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Google Ads Grants Advertisers’ Pmax Wish...

Cypress North
About this episode

This week on Marketing O’Clock: Performance Max gets smarter with expanded targeting and new asset-level metrics.

Also, Danny Sullivan announces he’s moving on from his Google Search Liaison role. Plus, Google says AI Overviews aren’t killing traffic — but the data’s got plot holes.

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📱 Follow Us on Social Media:Twitter: @MarketingOClock --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Intro - 00:00

📰 Main News

Campaign-level negative keyword lists are now live - 8:05

Danny Sullivan is out as Google Search Liaison - 11:12

Liz Reid's Google Keyword Blog - 13:14

🛠️ Cool Tool - 21:03

🔥 Take of the Week - 23:18

⚡ Lightning Round ⚡

Paid - 26:09

Organic - 37:04

Social - 41:43

⚙️ Working hard, or Hardly Working - 47:38

🔎 ICYMI - 50:45

🧠 Must Read Marketing Article of the Week - 51:35

An interview with Barry Schwartz - 52:32

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