Week of Jun 2, 2025
8 changes logged the week of Jun 2, 2025, 1 high impact; 2 took effect. Open this week in the change history.
Google Ads
- De-identified anonymous.google placements deprecated in Display placement reports
Display campaign placement reports will show actual publisher domains instead of de-identified URLs such as xyz.anonymous.google.com, aligned with ads.txt transparency. Targeting, bidding and conversion tracking are unchanged. Source
- Accounts linked to manager accounts violating the third-party policy may be paused
Google updated the account pausing article: individual Google Ads accounts linked to a manager account that violates the third-party policy can be paused, and must unlink from the manager account to resume serving. Source
- Conversion goals page was redesigned with a dropdown and grouped metrics
Saquib Syed first shared the refreshed conversion goals layout, which uses a dropdown and visually segmented metric groups. Google did not announce the redesign. Source
Merchant Center
- Merchant Center began auto-enabling conversion tracking for ads and free listings via the existing Google tag
Merchants with linked Google Ads and Merchant Center accounts were notified that conversion tracking for ads and free product listings would be turned on automatically 14 days after the notice using their existing Google tag, with an opt-out available. Source
Google Analytics
- GA4 integrated Google Tag Diagnostics into the Consent settings hub
Tag Diagnostics is now surfaced inside the GA4 consent settings hub so admins can detect and fix end-user consent and data-collection errors from one place. Source
- GA360 added syncing of custom dimensions and metrics from source properties to subproperties
Google Analytics 360 customers can sync all custom dimensions and metrics from a source property to its subproperties, with later changes propagating automatically. Source
Google Ads API & Scripts
- Google Ads API v20 released with Performance Max campaign-level negative keywords
v20 added campaign-level negative keywords for Performance Max, split Demand Gen ad_network_type reporting into YOUTUBE, MAPS, DISCOVER and GMAIL, added platform comparable conversions for Demand Gen, and expanded allowlisted planning and audience insights features (YouTube Select Lineups, first-party list reach forecasts, device segmentation). Source
Microsoft Ads
- Conversion tracking setup flow was redesigned with visual cards
The conversion goal setup replaced its text-heavy flow with illustrated cards for website, app store and offline conversions, followed by simplified or manual setup choices. Source
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