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Last updated: 19 August 2026, 04:30 IST
Search & Digital Marketing
Google to auto-upgrade automatically created assets to AI Max
Google is automatically migrating eligible Search campaigns to AI Max, expanding adoption of its AI-powered campaign features without requiring advertisers to opt in…
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New Google help doc details Deal Ends annotations for Shopping ads
Google has published a new help document explaining how its experimental Deal Ends annotation works, giving retailers new insight into how limited-time sale badges can…
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New Google Ads help doc outlines corporate email rules
Google has published a new help document detailing stricter email domain requirements for sensitive actions in Google Ads, giving advertisers clearer guidance on how the…
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Google explains what advertisers should expect from Smart Bidding changes
Google’s upcoming Smart Bidding update aims to make campaign performance more predictable by ensuring Target CPA and Target ROAS are respected regardless of budget…
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Why Part Of Your AI Authority Takes Years, Not Campaigns & Why It Comes From Other People
Set expectations before tactics: parametric standing moves on model generations, responds to being described, and sits in functions nobody measured against it.
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The demand capture trap that’s making search more expensive
Every performance marketer faces the same challenge — capturing consumer attention is becoming increasingly expensive. When acquisition costs rise, the instinct is often…
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WordPress 7.1 Accessibility Change May Break Some Plugins
A WordPress 7.1 accessibility improvement could impact some plugins that make changes in the admin screens.
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How to spot an emerging category in search data
SEO rarely gives you a chance to get somewhere first. Emerging categories are one of the exceptions. Before a market matures, search demand, keyword difficulty, and…
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How AI Search Trends Are Changing PPC Campaign Structures – Ask A PPC
AI research habits are reshaping PPC accounts. Here is when to consolidate, when to segment, and how conversion values keep budget flowing to valuable buyers.
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How SEO and PPC build trust across search: Case study
A prospective customer searches for software. They don’t visit your website first. Instead, they skim AI Overviews , read a Reddit thread questioning your pricing, ask…
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Google leadership changes with Jeff Dean out, Demis Hassabis role change and more
Google is making some big leadership changes with Jeff Dean leaving Google after 27 years and Demis Hassabis changing roles within the company. Most of these changes…
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The Trust Signals That Get Your Brand Cited By AI Overviews, Just Like Freshpet [Webinar]
Learn how Freshpet stands out in AI Overviews and why trust signals matter for brand recognition in AI search.
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TikTok shutters Nashville office, lays off 250 employees
The move impacts the company’s moderation staff and is set to take effect Oct. 5, according to a report from the New York Times.
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Nikita Bier is leaving after just over a year, but said in a post on the app that he’s staying on as an advisor.
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‘It will take a few years’: WPP CEO Cindy Rose says outcome-based pay is still years away
Loud as the chatter about outcome-based remuneration is across the holdco space, the reality of it is still some way off, according to one of its most vocal proponents,…
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ChatGPT brings unlimited text chats to free users
OpenAI said that ChatGPT free and Go users are also getting a new think button for complex queries.
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Naïve raises $28.5M to automate the grunt work of setting up and running a company
Taking vibe-coding a step further, Naïve claims its infra can automate most of the work in setting up and running a business.
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Gen Z dating apps like Ditto ditch swiping in favor of AI matchmaking
This generation of twentysomethings is so disillusioned with swipe-based dating apps that they'll try literally anything else — even an AI matchmaker.
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OpenAI says Apple’s own security practices undermine its trade secrets case
Newly filed court exhibits show OpenAI’s legal strategy in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit: argue that Apple’s own security and offboarding practices — including allowing…
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Amid legal battles, Suno says it will start watermarking songs
Suno's watermarking feature comes as the company is fighting legal battles on several fronts.
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Ex-Spotify employees raise $10M to bring the AI behind its recommendations to e-commerce
The startup's platform predicts which product a shopper wants next, learns their general taste, and fine-tunes continuously based on what they do in real time.
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Exclusive: Mirendil inks $100M+ Google Cloud deal to scale self-improving AI
Mirendil has signed a $100 million-plus Google Cloud partnership to expand its compute infrastructure, powering research into self-improving AI systems designed to…
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Google Maps adds agentic features, including food ordering and hotel bookings
The launch of these new features reflects Google’s ambitions to transform Google Maps from a navigation tool into an assistant that's capable of helping users complete…
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Omilia raises $67M to scale its customer support platform
The Series B is the company's second fundraise since it last raised capital in 2020. In that time, it has increased its ARR by 10x to $60 million.
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