{"id":3718869,"date":"2026-05-08T13:47:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/?p=3718869"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:47:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:47:36","slug":"google-ai-automates-ad-bidding-and-budget-pacing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/google\/2026\/google-ai-automates-ad-bidding-and-budget-pacing\/","title":{"rendered":"Google AI Automates Ad Bidding and Budget Pacing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/about.google\/\">Google<\/a> has unveiled some soon-to-be-released artificial intelligence (AI)-powered bidding and budgeting tools for Search and Shopping.<\/p><div\r\n\tid=\"article-paywall-overlay\"\r\n\tclass=\"d-none\"\r\n>\r\n\t<div id=\"article-paywall-content\" class=\"my-4\">\r\n\t\t\n<div class=\"wpcf7 no-js\" id=\"wpcf7-f2699550-o1\" lang=\"en-US\" dir=\"ltr\" data-wpcf7-id=\"2699550\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-response\"><p role=\"status\" aria-live=\"polite\" 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Smart Bidding Exploration helps advertisers capture less obvious queries that they\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0anticipate and weren\u2019t able to win before. This capability was introduced to Search campaigns last year and has delivered an average of 27% more unique converting users.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoon you\u2019ll be able to use that same capability to reach new customers and capture additional conversions across both Performance Max and Shopping campaigns,\u201d Braverman said in the post.<\/p><div id=\"pymnt-2962145526\" class=\"pymnt-content pymnt-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 50px;\"><p style=\"text-align:center\">Advertisement: Scroll to Continue<\/p><script async type=\"text\/javascript\" id=\"dianomi_context_script\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dianomi.com\/js\/contextfeed.js\"><\/script> \r\n<div class=\"dianomi_context\" data-dianomi-context-id=\"4329\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Google will also upgrade its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/google-ads\/answer\/13685469?hl=en\">budget pacing<\/a>\u00a0in Search and Shopping Campaigns, enabling it to better predict consumer demand and follow demand automatically. 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