Google has shifted Demand Gen campaign audience settings from strict targeting to “signals,” allowing its algorithm to broaden ad reach beyond specified audience lists.

Google hasn’t made an announcement about this update yet but it has been seen by advertisers. 

Google shifts Demand Gen audience categorization to ‘signals’ has all the details on what this means and why you should care about it.

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