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Last updated: 30 July 2026, 04:30 IST
Search & Digital Marketing
Google Faces Class Action Over Books Used To Train Gemini
Publishers allege works supplied to Google Books, Play Books and Scholar were used to train Gemini without permission. No court has ruled on the claims.
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Apple Maps Ads Ban Home Services, Crypto ATMs, Bail Bonds
Apple Maps ads ban home services, crypto ATMs, and bail bonds. Learn which businesses qualify and how advertisers can prepare for the rollout.
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Heather Robinson talks about a £50 PPC ad that cost £1,000
Watch this video on Vimeo During the latest episode of PPC Live the Podcast, Google Ads specialist Heather Robinson shared how a Meta campaign intended to spend just £50…
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Top Stories roll out in Google AI Overviews
Google has rolled out news updates and top stories within the AI Overviews section in Google Search. A Google spokesperson has confirmed this rollout is fully live in…
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Google brings business data feeds to Demand Gen campaigns
Google is expanding Demand Gen capabilities by allowing advertisers to use business data feeds, making it easier to serve dynamic ads without relying on Google Merchant…
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Google says AI Search features send billions of clicks to websites each week
Nick Fox of Google said that Google is “now sending billions of clicks to websites every week through AI features in Search alone.” Overall, Google Search is sending…
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How to report SEO results executives actually care about
I’ve sat through enough client meetings to know what happens when the SEO team leads with rankings. They present a slide full of ranking improvements and traffic…
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How ad platforms count and report conversions differently
If you run paid media, you already know the feeling. Google Ads says you drove 400 conversions last month. Meta claims another 250. Microsoft adds 60 more. Add them up,…
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Google On Canonical Fixes, Mueller On Hidden Link Pitfalls – SEO Pulse
Google rolls out Search Console reports for social posts, updates product markup guidance, and warns against building separate markdown pages for AI.
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Meta Business Agents are here. Marketers should pay attention
I recently attended: Meta Conversations 2026 in London. This year’s event focused more than ever on commercializing messaging products — from helping companies contact…
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Google Explains SEO Connection Of Site Quality To Non-Indexed Pages
Google's John Mueller says that overall site quality is more than just text. How users experience the page can define quality, too.
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Avinash Kaushik Says Renegotiate Now – SEO Fees 25% To 75% Lower
A contract built around activity always rewards more activity. Here's how to renegotiate your agency SOW around judgment and verified revenue instead.
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Google Delays Gemini 3.5 Pro Over Coding Issues: Report
Google said it expected Gemini 3.5 Pro to roll out by now. It hasn't shipped, and Bloomberg reports coding is part the delay.
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AI Search Cites Reddit: 5 Proven Plays To Boost Multi-Location Visibility
Learn why Reddit is essential for AI citation strategies. Discover how it impacts search visibility and business recommendations.
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WTF is LLM honeypotting?
Publishers and e-commerce brands under siege from AI crawlers are starting to fight back with an old security trick updated for the LLM era: “LLM honeypotting.” The term…
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Walmart reveals soccer fans’ World Cup shopping habits
This story was first published by Digiday sibling ModernRetail Data is starting to trickle in about how consumers’ shopping habits shifted during the World Cup. A new…
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Future of Marketing Briefing: What World Cup breakout stars Haaland and Zlatan can teach marketers about sports stardom
When Erling Haaland left the pitch in the 105th minute of Norway’s quarter-final clash with England on July 11, it marked the end of a charmed World Cup run, not just…
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Agility Robotics plants its flag in Tesla’s backyard
Agility is opening a new training center for its Digit robots in Fremont, California.
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AI-driven memory crunch jolts India’s smartphone market
India's smartphone slowdown highlights how the AI boom is reshaping consumer electronics, from pricing and demand to corporate strategy.
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How Apple’s big lawsuit could disrupt OpenAI’s IPO plans
Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, and it’s not messing around. The complaint alleges a pattern of misconduct reaching all the way up to…
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Patreon stops asking AI bots not to scrape — and starts blocking them
Patreon is strengthening its defenses against AI scraping by working with Cloudflare to block bots that train AI models on creators’ content without permission. The move…
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Apple’s lawsuit couldn’t come at a worse time for OpenAI
Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, and it’s not messing around. The complaint alleges a pattern of misconduct reaching all the way up to…
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Why the first GPU financiers are turning to inference chips in a $400 million deal
A $400 million chip-backed loan points to the next wave of AI infrastructure deals.
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The AI compute gap: Enterprises are buying infrastructure faster than they can measure what it costs
Across 107 enterprises, AI infrastructure spending is accelerating well ahead of the ability to see or steer its economics. Most organizations run their AI on a familiar…
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