Google Ads lets business names differ from domains under 3 conditions
· 3h ago · Originally reported by PPC Land
Resellers, booking intermediaries and affiliates are excluded from the October 2026 change. How will Google verify the advertiser-domain link it now demands?
This is the outlet’s own summary while our desk writes an explainer. Read the full story at PPC Land.
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Reseller
A reseller is a company authorised to sell a publisher's ad inventory through an ad system account that it controls, rather than the publisher's own account, and labelled RESELLER in ads.txt.
Advertiser
An advertiser is the company, organisation or person that pays to place ads in order to sell products, build a brand, recruit, or spread a message.
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