An ad turns into a booking, a subscription gets pricier, an icon gets a rulebook
The day's 3 verified stories: the Reserve with Google booking button expands to Google Ads Search and Performance Max campaigns and switches on automatically for eligible accounts; Apple TV and Apple One subscriptions take their fourth increase in four years; and Google updated its search favicon documentation, listing the supported file formats. The full read of each story, its sources and what it means for your business live on its own page.
Google Ads book buttons expand to Search and Performance Max campaigns
Per Search Engine Roundtable reporting dated August 28, 2026, Google is expanding the booking button running through the Reserve with Google partner integration to Google Ads Search and Performance Max campaigns. The button was previously available only in Local Services Ads and Maps ads. For eligible businesses that have already published an appointment action link the button appears automatically and the booking is tracked without extra tagging. Google Ads help documentation defines the setup as a conversion type called partner bookings, with appointments measured automatically through the direct connection with the booking partner. The report also notes the booking goal reaches eligible accounts without a separate opt in.
Apple TV and Apple One subscription prices rise: the fourth increase in four years
Per TechCrunch reporting dated August 28, 2026, the Apple TV monthly subscription rose from $12.99 to $14.99 and the annual subscription from $99 to $119. Apple One, the bundle carrying services such as iCloud+, TV, Music and Arcade, went from $19.95 to $21.95. The report notes this is the fourth increase in four years. Apple is not alone: Netflix raised prices in March and Peacock announced an increase in the same month. The piece also reports rising hardware prices, driven by memory and component shortages tied to demand for hardware to build AI data centers. The prices given are for the US.
Google clarifies its favicon rules: supported formats and the single icon rule
Google updated the developer documentation for the site icon shown in search results and listed the supported file formats: BMP, GIF, ICO, PNG, JPEG, PPM and TIFF. Per the document Google Search supports only one favicon per site, where a site is defined by hostname; example.com and news.example.com can use separate icons while example.com/news is a subdirectory and cannot take its own. The favicon must be square and at least 8x8 pixels, and Google recommends one larger than 48x48. Googlebot-Image must be able to crawl the icon file and Googlebot the home page. The icon URL is asked to stay stable, and even with every condition met a favicon is not guaranteed to appear.
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