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Google Gemini Adds UTM Parameters For Referral Attribution

Gemini's new UTM parameters give site owners clearer attribution for traffic coming from Google's AI platform.

What Are Common Structured Data Mistakes That Hurt AI Visibility? – Ask An SEO

Understand the most common structured data mistakes that hurt AI visibility and how to avoid them

Judge Acknowledges Publisher Harm But Dismisses Google Antitrust Claims

Google antitrust ruling shows how publishers can allege real harm yet still fail in a federal court.

Where to Find the Exact Phrases That Get Your Content Cited in AI Search

Join CTM on October 13 to learn how first-party customer data can earn AI citations, improve FAQ content, and reveal which clicks become leads.

Cloudflare Moves Monetization Gateway & Pay Per Use Into Beta

Cloudflare's Monetization Gateway charges AI agents per request in a closed beta, and Pay Per Use pays publishers for the AI uses that buyers report.

Google AI Pilot Pays Some Sites Under 0.1% Of Ad Revenue

A new report says Google's AI contribution pilot pays publishers widely different amounts, and some participants still can't tell how payouts are calculated.

LiveRamp Expands OpenAI Deal With First-Party Data Targeting

LiveRamp expands its OpenAI partnership, bringing RampID first-party audiences to ChatGPT Ads as advertisers gain more targeting and bidding options.

Using Local (AI) Compute To Reduce Reliance On Frontier Models

How much SEO work can you move off the cloud and onto the user's machine? A Chrome extension experiment with Gemini Nano has answers.

Social & Advertising

Amazon wants to own the long game in ad measurement

Amazon thinks its ads sell more than it’s been taking credit for. By its own estimates, around a fifth of a brand’s value on Amazon arrives after the attribution window,…

OpenAI’s measurement gaps are keeping ChatGPT ads budgets at test level

Seven months after OpenAI started selling ads in ChatGPT, marketers are still asking how they’re supposed to measure them. It has become the sticking point in almost…

Media Briefing: Publishers are turning GEO from an experiment into a business

This week’s Media Briefing looks at how GEO went from publisher experiment to emerging revenue stream, and why AI visibility is quickly becoming part of the branded…

The creator economy’s stance on AI is shifting — again

At the beginning of the year, not long after the release of OpenAI’s Sora 2 and its almost immediate backlash, the creator economy at large loudly denounced generative…

In Graphic Detail: Where brands stand when AI agents do the shopping

AI agents are becoming a new gatekeeper between brands and buyers, picking products by rules marketers don’t yet understand. Here’s what they need to know when…

As AI slop spreads, Pixability offers a way to root it out on YouTube

That natural disaster footage you saw on YouTube last week? There’s a good chance it was fake. The shark attack video? Not real, and made just to get you to look. All…

How interconnectivity is unlocking enhanced cross-channel performance

Advertisers increasingly have to manage one audience across a fragmented media ecosystem, but the technology and data behind those interactions often remain siloed. This…

Social Media TodayOct 01, 2026

Reddit ends support for RSS feeds

The company also announced an end to free API access as it tries to protect its data from artificial intelligence scrapers.

Social Media TodayOct 01, 2026

Instagram adds option to boost livestreams

Creators can now use an in-app feature to increase engagement of their live videos.

Social Media TodayOct 01, 2026

WhatsApp adds new parental controls

New tools will help monitor what groups teens connect with and how certain in-app features are used.

TechCrunch AIOct 01, 2026

AI & Automation

Hearing tech startup Legato launches its AI hearing glasses

The glasses stem from the startup’s goal of making hearing care more accessible by addressing the cost, comfort, and stigma associated with traditional hearing aids.

TechCrunch AIOct 01, 2026

Satlyt, founded by a former Google and SpaceX product manager, raises $8M to run AI on satellites

Satlyt wants to be the Android of orbital computing, offering open software that works on many companies' satellites, versus SpaceX's closed, all-in-one iPhone-style…