With generative AI fully penetrating the advertising space, Google’s AI Max for Search is transforming how search marketing operates. Similar automated ad products have also emerged on platforms like Meta and TikTok.

Compared to the traditional keyword-centric approach, AI Max for Search relies more on comprehensive learning from user behavior signals, historical conversion data, and creative assets, with AI autonomously deciding when, to whom, and in what combination to display ads. Simply put, manual control is giving way to “signal feeding” and “model learning.”

What’s the Difference Between Performance Max and Demand Gen Campaigns?

Performance Max (PMax) is a fully automated campaign type by Google that allows advertisers to run a single campaign across all Google-owned channels—Search, Display, YouTube, Gmail, Discover, Maps, and more. It serves as a complement to Search Ads, helping advertisers reach more potential customers across multiple touchpoints.

Demand Gen Campaigns, on the other hand, are designed for visually engaging platforms like YouTube and Google Discover. They focus on sparking interest and creating demand through short-form videos and in-feed content—ideal for attracting new audiences to your brand or products.

The answer is definitely: Yes.

When new tariffs are imposed or existing ones are expanded, the fundamental cost structure of goods changes, and companies’ bidding behaviors also shift:

• Some companies will increase their bids to secure the best ad positions, hoping to maintain existing profits.
• Some companies will maintain their current bid levels in the short term, but ad spend may still rise (influenced by other advertisers increasing their bids, leading to an overall industry CPC increase). In the short term, they’ll choose to absorb costs to maintain market share.
• Other companies will choose to exit this new round of competition, shifting their marketing budgets to other channels.

What are Tariffs?

A tariff (Customs Duty) is a mandatory tax levied by a sovereign nation or economic entity on imported goods as they cross its customs border. It’s one of the most common forms of trade barriers in international trade, enforced and collected by customs agencies.

FounderPal is an AI-powered marketing platform, somewhat similar to Swiftbrief, which we previously reviewed. Its core features include:

• AI Marketing Strategy Generator: Users only need to input basic business details, and the AI will generate a comprehensive marketing strategy within minutes.
• User Persona Generator: Helps users identify and analyze target audiences by creating detailed ideal customer profiles.
• Marketing Idea Generator: Assists users in brainstorming innovative marketing concepts based on industry trends and business objectives.

Website Strategy

Hero Section Messaging

Swiftbrief is an AI-powered SEO platform designed to streamline the content creation process. Its core features include:

1. Automatically generating content outlines based on keyword and topic analysis
2. Keyword research and clustering
3. Integrating SEO data to improve content quality and performance

Test Walkthrough

Sign-Up & Onboarding

During registration, one minor inconvenience is the requirement to enter your website URL—it’s a mandatory field:

Interestingly, the platform experiments with different onboarding methods, letting users choose their preferred learning style during sign-up:

Bing’s Market Share Continues to Grow

According to StatCounter (2024 data), Bing holds approximately 3.42% of the global search engine market share, making it the second-largest search engine after Google.
In the U.S. market, Bing’s search engine market share stands at 7.85%, showing slight growth from 5.97% in 2021. In 2014, Bing reached its peak U.S. market share at 9.9%.

Why Focus on Bing Ads?

High-Purchasing-Power User Base

• Significant Male Demographic: Data from SimilarWeb shows that two-thirds (64.15%) of Bing users are male, with over 50% under age 34 (30.7% aged 25-34, 22.17% aged 18-20).
• Affluent User Profile: As reported by Coalition, 38% of Bing users have a household income exceeding $100,000 annually.
• E-Commerce Impact: Bing Shopping Ads achieve a 43% higher click-through rate (CTR) compared to Google, driven by partnerships with platforms like Amazon, OfferUp, and Gumtree.

Cross-Platform Reach

Bing Ads are displayed across multiple Microsoft-owned platforms:
1. Yahoo & AOL