About this episode

This episode discusses Google's new approach to targeting bad ads and the rise of AI traffic to US retailers.

Plus - Google now lets you explore the web side-by-side with AI Mode; AI traffic to US retailers rose 393% in Q1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: TechCrunch

Topics covered

• advertising
• AI
• technology
• e-commerce
• web exploration

Keywords

• Google
• bad ads
• AI Mode
• US retailers
• traffic increase

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Organizations: Google

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