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Last updated: 06 September 2026, 04:30 IST
Search & Digital Marketing
Search Console AI Reports Go Global, Mueller On Recovery – SEO Pulse
Google says Search Console AI reports are now worldwide, and John Mueller weighs in on recovery timing, markdown for AI crawlers, and sitemap cache-busting.
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The latest jobs in search marketing
Looking to take the next step in your search marketing career? Below, you will find the latest SEO, PPC, and digital marketing jobs at brands and agencies. We also…
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Google rolls out AI-powered AdSense Help guide to all English Help Center traffic
Google rolled out an AI-powered conversational assistant in the AdSense Help Center to 100% of its English-language traffic, the company said Sept. 3. Publishers now…
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How To Win More Citations In AI Answers, Live With Ahrefs’ Constance Tan
Learn which AI visibility metrics matter, how to prioritize your next steps, and the tactics that win more citations in AI answers.
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Google opens YouTube personalized ads to alcohol advertisers
Google will allow advertisers to run personalized alcohol ads across YouTube inventory beginning Oct. 30th, where local laws permit. The policy change opens personalized…
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OpenAI expands ChatGPT ads globally and builds out its ad stack
OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT Ads into more international markets while adding new targeting, measurement and optimization tools for advertisers. The combination could…
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Semrush is bringing AI visibility under the Spotlight
More than a third of consumers now start searching with AI rather than traditional engines. And customers from AI search channels already convert 4.4x more than organic…
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USA TODAY overhauls audience strategy, citing search pressure
USA TODAY is reorganizing its audience team after telling employees that search traffic is under pressure and platforms are increasingly keeping users from clicking…
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The big winners and losers in U.S. website traffic over the past year
Google Analytics 4 (GA4) became mandatory on July 1, 2023, when standard Universal Analytics properties stopped processing new data. Less than a year later, on May 14,…
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Getting Your Product Into ChatGPT Isn’t The Hard Part, Getting It Through Checkout Is
Getting surfaced in ChatGPT is the easy half. Three checks every retailer should run before connecting a fourth agentic commerce protocol.
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SEO and PPC are sitting on each other’s best insights
Having both SEO and PPC doesn’t mean you have a search strategy. It means you have two channel strategies. That’s very different, and the gap between them is where…
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How To Measure Your Brand’s Visibility In AI Answers (And Fix What You Find)
Explore how to improve your brand's visibility in AI search results and understand ranking discrepancies with traditional methods.
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Limited Ad Serving: Why Google Ads suddenly show less often
Google Ads can limit how often your ads appear without disapproving them or suspending your account. The Limited Ad Serving policy restricts an account’s eligibility to…
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Seattle Times and Newsday are the latest publications to sue OpenAI and Microsoft
Two more news organizations are suing OpenAI and Microsoft over the supposed use of their journalism to train AI.
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Hikers rescued after using Google Gemini for planning
The sheriff’s office said the hikers “were advised by Gemini to bring far less food and water than their group required."
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OpenAI confirms ‘wiki incident,’ says it’s ‘working on a framework’ for more disclosure
OpenAI acknowledged its role in a recently reported incident where AI agents took over a German wiki forum.
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XDOF, just three months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation
The round is being raised just months after the robot data startup exited from stealth.
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OpenAI’s rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate them
OpenAI’s latest agent swarm incident adds urgency to calls for independent investigations as researchers and lawmakers question whether AI labs should control the scope…
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AI compute provider Nscale is looking for $3.5B in pre-IPO financing
Nscale, which recently struck a $45 billion deal with Anthropic, is in talks to raise additional funds in anticipation of an upcoming IPO.
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What will Apple’s John Ternus era look like?
It’s officially the Ternus era at Apple. Tim Cook stepped down as CEO this week, handing the company to former hardware chief John Ternus, whose first memo promised a…
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Another swarm of OpenAI agents reached the open internet without the frontier lab’s knowledge
It's the latest failure of OpenAI's internal monitoring and security systems.
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Apple’s Ternus era begins as Nvidia bets on the whole AI stack
It’s officially the Ternus era at Apple. Tim Cook stepped down as CEO this week, handing the company to former hardware chief John Ternus, whose first memo promised a…
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Google’s Gemini Spark can now manage your Google Photos library
Gemini Spark can edit and curate photo albums, create shared collections, turn photos into calendar events, and handle other Google Photos tasks for AI Pro and Ultra…
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Less than 24 hours to apply for your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Event
Less than 24 hours left to apply to host a Side Event during TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and make your mark in the Silicon Valley scene. Apply before the application closes…
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