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Review this article to learn about new Ad Manager features and enhancements. Updates are usually posted every other Monday. For previous releases, you can check the archive.
Traffic and deliver ads
Side rail anchor ads (Beta)
We're excited to announce the launch of side rail anchor ads, a format that appears on the side of desktop pages, remaining in view as the user scrolls. To enable side rail anchor ads, please refer to the Help Center instructions.
Coming soon
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Deals Request-for-Proposal Improvements
Ad Manager will soon be introducing enhanced RFP tools to help publishers take action on their deals revenue potential from buyer-initiated proposals. These new features will exist in a new RFP tab in the Proposals section of Ad Manager. -
"Video optimization" report metrics deprecation
The "Video optimization" report metrics are deprecated. They were removed from the Ad Manager interface in July 2023, and will be removed from the external API in May 2024. See Video Solutions reports to learn about supported video reporting options. -
Programmatic limited ads
In the first quarter of 2024, Google will launch support for programmatic bidding on inventory eligible for limited ads. A publisher can enable this new serving mode to make use of invalid traffic detection-only cookies & local storage on both consented and un-consented traffic to enable demand from Google demand, Authorized Buyers, Open Bidding, and SDK Bidding in limited ads. Learn more about programmatic limited ads