Microsoft Advertising expands search theme capacity from previous limits, giving advertisers more control over automated campaign targeting signals.

Golden from Netflix's animated film leads with 59.8 million views while regional charts show India, Brazil dominate global consumption patterns week of January 2-8, 2026.

YouTube eliminates sort-by-upload-date function while maintaining date filters, disrupting news discovery workflows for creators and viewers.

European retailers' own brands now command 38.5% of grocery market value, outpacing manufacturer brands by 2.5x.

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Ads Manager conversion reporting is too generic. A detailed log of attributed conversions could prevent confusion and solve discrepancies.

An overview of Google’s new open standard for agentic commerce and AI tools to help retailers connect with shoppers and drive sales.

Google announced checkout capabilities in AI Mode and a new Business Agent feature that puts branded AI chat on Search results. Available to U.S. retailers.

Sundar Pichai gave a keynote address at the 2026 National Retail Federation. Read an edited trannoscript of his remarks.

Google launches Universal Commerce Protocol with major retailers on January 11, 2026, introducing checkout APIs and payment standards for autonomous AI agents.

Mastercard introduces Agent Pay today for autonomous commerce, partnering with Google on Universal Commerce Protocol as 800M OpenAI users signal demand.

The Universal Commerce Protocol threatens e-commerce platforms' differentiation while creating opportunities for merchants to escape platform lock-in.

Industry leaders argue Ad Context Protocol enables portfolio management for advertising investments rather than snapshot bidding decisions programmatic advertising uses today.

Target and Walmart enable direct purchasing through Google Gemini and AI Mode in Search, powered by Universal Commerce Protocol announced January 11, 2026.

Visa's Rubail Birwadker reveals how the company is building tokenized payment systems for agentic commerce, addressing fraud concerns as AI agents begin making purchases.

WordPress community expresses disappointment in the "childish" use of the official WordPress X account.