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The Hreflang Magic Trick – It Routes, It Doesn’t Rank

Understand why Google can serve unindexed hreflang URLs and why market pages need unique local value to stand out in AI search.

Decodo Launches Web Data API To Give AI Agents Web Access

Decodo has introduced Web Data API, combining scraping, searching, mapping, and crawling under one key for AI agents and retrieval pipelines.

GA4 Missed 66% Of One Retailer’s Holiday Orders: Check Yours Before Peak Season

GA4 missed two-thirds of one retailer's holiday orders. What an audit of eight ecommerce brands found, and the check to run before peak season.

GA4 Missed 66% Of One Retailer’s Holiday Orders: Check Yours Before Peak Season

GA4 missed two-thirds of one retailer's holiday orders. What an audit of eight ecommerce brands found, and the check to run before peak season.

Google Signals A Wider Crackdown On SEO Spam

Google signals that its fight against SEO spam is expanding to new kinds of platforms, tools, and services.

Social Media TodayOct 29, 2026

Social & Advertising

TikTok adds in-app restaurant guide

The local dining list, called Must Eat, is designed to showcase community-sourced spots in the U.S.

Social Media TodayOct 29, 2026

Meta launches two new AI apps, including one aimed at kids

Waddle World is designed to offer children a Tamagotchi-style experience, while Style Sketch creates outfits from uploaded images of users’ clothes.

Social Media TodayOct 29, 2026

X lets users share credit on reposted images

The app’s Original Content Rewards Program now ensures that more users benefit from engagement on linked graphics.

Apple’s Safari crackdown pushes ad tech toward server-side solutions, but doubts remain

Apple’s latest crackdown on identity resolution has accelerated efforts among publishers and ad tech companies to move advertising infrastructure beyond the browser,…

Post World Cup, fashion brands are tapping soccer stars like Bellingham and Yamal for partnerships

This piece was first published by Digiday sibling Glossy . During this summer’s World Cup, fashion brands and the tournament’s stars launched a flurry of collaborations.…

Future of TV Briefing: CTV advertising has a genre-label problem

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at the messy state of genre labeling in CTV advertising. Category conflict Instagram’s IGTV redo, Netflix’s anatomy of a fall and…

Creators are now classified as small businesses, but what does that actually mean?

On Oct. 15, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued the nation’s first small business classification guidance for content creators. This comes just a few…

One year in: DMG Media’s social-only briefs account for 30% of New Media revenue

DMG Media’s year-old New Media division is carving out a new social revenue stream with creator-led IP aimed at younger audiences. The commercial shift is beginning to…

How Lush quit social media ads and still drove growth

“Be somewhere else.” That’s the text on the single post that lives on Lush’s TikTok account. To its 344,900 followers, the beauty brand’s TikTok is practically a ghost…

AI & Automation

As AI agents reshape the web, Google opens Gemini and Search to more apps

A new developer platform will let businesses bring their services to Google's AI experiences, potentially changing how consumers discover and use apps.

AI execs may be too out of touch to build for the general public

Tech leaders are flaunting how out of touch they are when they brag about using AI to connect with their families.

South Korea’s financial industry hit by fresh wave of cyberattacks

South Korea’s financial institutions have been hit by another wave of cyberattacks, highlighting the growing risk of AI-driven hacking in Asia.

Voice AI in vogue: Nvidia releases new open transcription model

Nvidia just released a free speech-to-text model that can transcribe up to 40 languages, but it only works on recordings, not live audio, so it’s a big step for meeting…

7 days until TechCrunch Founder Summit: Save up to $100 on your pass before doors open

In just 7 days, TechCrunch Founder Summit takes over Boston’s SoWa Power Station on November 4. Your chance to save up to $100 on tickets is running out, and the…

VCs will make billions on Anthropic’s IPO, but Amazon is set to make much (much) more

Massive note conversions reveal the true extent of Amazon's ownership in Anthropic.

Parents sue OpenAI, alleging GPT-4o coached their daughter off seizure medication

A family is suing OpenAI, saying ChatGPT coached their daughter to quietly taper off her seizure medication and keep it from her doctors before she died in February.

The data center boom has an upside: innovation for the US grid

As the AI boom stresses the existing power grid, all sorts of new opportunities for grid modernization are also emerging as a result, industry insiders say.

Bank of America kindly asks that you don’t share your banking password with your AI assistant

The banking giant reminds customers that "you're responsible for activity" resulting from your AI agents' access.

Who’s really in charge at Anthropic after the IPO?

Here's a clear explanation of Anthropic's incredibly complex governance structure.