Google debuts ‘ad detection tool,’ letting marketers better assess ad experiences in Chrome

In an era when website visits are tanking, primarily due to AI-overviews, evaluating the value of website visits, and the associated price of ad inventory is in flux.

And it’s within this context that Google – the entity which is concurrently the the largest provider of AIOs, ad tech offerings, and the industry’s most popularly used web browser (Chrome) – has made its latest announcement.

Google today announced new ad detection tools within its Chrome User Experience Report, or “CrUX,” geared towards helping paid-for media teams, both on the buy- and sell-side of the industry, better assess audiences’ ad-load experiences. “We’ve all encountered overwhelming ad experiences on the web,” reads a blog post, marking the launch, which expands on metrics already available within CrUX – see below. 

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Kroger’s ad business sees most profit growth since 2021

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Retail media is becoming increasingly critical to one of the nation’s largest grocery chains.

Profit for the Kroger Precision Marketing advertising business grew 24% in the second quarter, according to Kroger’s latest financial earnings release. This marks the company’s best retail media profit growth since 2021, CEO Greg Foran told investors on a conference call Friday morning. Media monetization grew 88 basis points over the past year, Foran said. Meanwhile, e-commerce sales grew 20%, marking the second consecutive quarter of profitable e-commerce growth, the company said.

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