Alphabet (NasdaqGS: GOOGL) is moving Google's Local Services Ads into the Google Ads ecosystem as a pay-per-lead Performance Max campaign. The standalone Local Services Ads dashboard is being retired, and campaign management will shift into the main Google Ads interface. Historical Local Services Ads data access is changing, which may affect how advertisers handle reporting and longer term performance tracking. The update reflects Google's wider use of automation and AI driven bidding tools...