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Last updated: 08 September 2026, 04:30 IST
Search & Digital Marketing
Microsoft Advertising Rolls Out AI Max Globally
Microsoft Advertising is rolling out AI Max globally, bringing expanded Search matching, text customization, URL expansion and new advertiser controls to Search…
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Google Expands Generative UI Beyond AI Mode Into AI Overviews
Google's generative UI, which builds custom visual layouts and interactive tools, has started reaching AI Overviews after launching in AI Mode last year.
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Decision Coverage: Why AI Recommends Some Brands And Not Others
AI doesn't recommend products, it recommends decisions. A SaaS case study shows why missing evidence, not weak authority, causes exclusion from AI recommendations.
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Business websites dominate Gemini local AI search citations: Study
Business websites accounted for nearly 60% of Gemini’s citations in local AI search, according to a new study. Steady Demand’s analysis of 14,472 citations from 1,487…
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Google Ads tests Enhanced Matching for Customer Match
Google Ads appears to be giving advertisers another way to expand the reach of their first-party customer audiences by matching consented users across participating…
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JavaScript links can make your pages invisible to AI search
“ Google renders JavaScript ” has been the standard answer to client-side rendering concerns for years, and it got easier to believe in 2019, when Googlebot went…
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Reddit’s ChatGPT Search citations fell 86% in four days: Report
Reddit’s share of ChatGPT Search citations fell 86.4% in four days, according to new Promptwatch data. The decline began Aug. 14 after weeks of relative stability, the…
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Clicks Down 42%, LinkedIn Reach Down 47%: What The Numbers Actually Show
LinkedIn reach and Google clicks are collapsing, but Tony Uphoff argues SEO pros are diagnosing structural disruption as decline, and prescribing the wrong fix.
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InMotion Hosting Launches Tiered Agency Partner Program
InMotion Hosting launches a tiered Agency Partner Program helping digital agencies earn recurring revenue, access client leads, receive hosting discounts, and simplify…
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ChatGPT Ads are expanding to 31 European countries
OpenAI is bringing ChatGPT Ads to its biggest group of new markets yet, giving European advertisers access to an emerging ad channel built around conversations rather…
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TikTok explores expanding in-stream payment options
The app’s China-based version highlights Douyin Pay as a key transaction option, and Bloomberg reports that a similar feature may be coming to the U.S.
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Brands and marketers may need to reconsider what counts as engagement right now in order to ensure accurate campaign reach and audience interest.
Read on our siteMeta highlights rising brand opportunities in women’s sports
Meta’s latest report looks at the rising opportunities of engagement with women’s sports across its platforms.
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Meta AI launches for Mac
The app is designed to integrate all the features from the mobile version and allow for more workflow functionality.
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Meta adds AI-powered assistant for SMB owners
A new tool allows small businesses to integrate analytics from multiple sources in order to optimize platform strategies.
Read on our siteLinkedIn adds AI-powered event highlights
Marketers can use the new feature to automatically create clips from live recordings and turn them into short-form chapters.
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AI was supposed to win people over by now — it hasn’t
As AI becomes harder to avoid, consumers are growing more wary of the technology — and Silicon Valley is discovering that widespread adoption doesn’t necessarily lead to…
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Google packs Search and Gemini with new AI study tools
The launch of the new study features marks Google's latest effort to make Gemini the AI assistant that students turn to when learning and studying, as it continues to…
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Researchers say OpenAI revoked their access to limited cyber program
The idea behind OpenAI's Trusted Access for Cyber program is to give trusted defenders better models so they can report bugs and vulnerabilities to companies, with the…
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Meet the startup helping Wall Street put a price on AI compute
The AI buildout shows no signs of slowing. And with hundreds of billions of dollars a year going into data centers and GPUs, compute has become the single biggest cost…
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TerraPower’s nuclear reactor has a secret weapon for powering AI data centers
TerraPower's nuclear power plant possesses a strategic advantage over competitors, especially when chasing after data center deals.
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Amazon makes its AI-powered Alexa+ free on Fire TV, no Prime required
Amazon is making its AI-powered Alexa+ assistant free on all compatible Fire TV devices in the U.S., automatically upgrading users whether or not they subscribe to Prime.
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VentureBeat names Rob Strechay as its first Lead Analyst, expanding its enterprise AI research push
Rob Strechay, until recently managing director and principal analyst at theCUBE Research, has joined VentureBeat as our first Lead Analyst and a founding analyst of…
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Calendly throws its hat into meeting note-taker circus
Calendly is also releasing a meeting scheduling assistant called Callie.
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