In 2024, bot traffic officially took over paid ad traffic. Literally. The majority of traffic generated through paid ads—whether on social media platforms, DSPs, or Google’s PPC (and other SERPs)—is now dominated by click fraud, bot traffic, or some form of fake signal traffic. Instead of demanding solutions from Big Tech—the very companies fully capable…

2024 ushered in yet another round of arrogance from the Big Tech partners we all rely on—but should never trust. Once again, they dangled the shiny promise of AI integration in ad manager tools, insisting it would revolutionize advertising. We were assured it had been working behind the scenes, learning and improving, and would now…