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Meta pauses business website crawling terms

• Meta has halted four sets of advertiser terms that would have let it crawl business websites.
• The 2024 rules remain in place, and Meta has not given a new date for the changes.

Why it matters: Advertisers should use the current terms when assessing Meta’s access to their websites.

Sources: PPC Land

Alexa Shopping takes orders by text

• Invited US customers can text Alexa Shopping to reorder products, track prices and make purchases.
• Amazon plans to invite millions more customers within weeks.

Why it matters: Retail marketers should monitor how this shopping assistant affects product discovery and purchases.

Sources: PPC Land

Cloudflare introduces identity for shared AI agents

• Cloudflare says websites can act on one account behind a shared AI agent using a Hashed User ID.
• A new coalition is taking agent identity to the IETF, but its members have not been named.

Why it matters: Website teams have a new way to distinguish accounts behind shared AI agents.

Sources: PPC Land

Google bans TV box maker over ad fraud backdoor

• Google banned Videostrong after it built a backdoor into 1.3 million TV boxes.
• Ad fraud and proxy crews paid for access, and Google says removing their domains cuts off 10 million more devices.

Why it matters: Advertising teams should review their exposure to fraudulent TV inventory.

Sources: PPC Land

Google Ads API sets user approval deadline

• The Google Ads API has a 7 December deadline for user access approval changes.
• Tools can resolve 100 pending reviews per call rather than one, but invitation IDs arrive only after approval.

Why it matters: Teams managing Google Ads users through the API should check their approval workflows against the deadline.

Sources: PPC Land

Analytics Data Manager can double-count conversions

• Duplicate Google Ads setups can log conversions twice in the Google Analytics Data Manager beta.
• Data flows from Analytics to Google Ads and GMP, while roll-up properties are excluded.

Why it matters: Analytics teams should check for duplicate setups before using conversion totals for reporting or decisions.

Sources: PPC Land

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