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Last updated: 08 September 2026, 04:30 IST
Search & Digital Marketing
Technical SEO for AI search: 4 fundamentals that matter
Despite what your LinkedIn feed may tell you, AI retrieval isn’t a new discipline. It’s a stress test of technical SEO fundamentals that are already best practices.…
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Google Ads is finally building a stronger foundation for B2B lead gen
Google Marketing Live was almost three months ago, and enough of the announcements have now shipped to separate the meaningful changes from the features that still need…
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How To Track Google AI Mode Traffic In Search Console
Search Console hides AI Mode query data by default. This breakdown compares four extraction methods, including a free ML-powered tool.
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Slop antibodies: The link between AI slop, watermarking, and commodity content
Most comments on my LinkedIn posts look like this lately: Slop. Of course. Viruses have no metabolism of their own and need a host to reproduce. Slop comments…
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Google Answers Why Spam Updates Need To Happen
Why does Google have spam updates every once in a while? Google’s John Mueller answers that question and explains the reason why Google doesn’t just get rid of spam on a…
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Google Explains Why Search Updates Aren’t Announced Right Away
Google's John Mueller explains why updates aren't announced earlier when rankings are already bouncing around.
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How Google AIOs Use Facebook, Instagram & TikTok From 300 Million US Searches
Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok earn AI citations for different queries, rewarding precise answers over large audiences.
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Everyone Is Negotiating With Google While Meta Reads The Web For Free
The machine-access fight is aimed at Google. Meta reads more, returns almost nothing, and no one is asking it to stop.
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Google Begins Rolling Out The August 2026 Spam Update
Google has begun rolling out the August 2026 spam update, applying globally and to all languages, its third one this year.
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OpenAI’s ads business hits Europe at the six month mark
OpenAI will begin serving ads to people using ChatGPT across 31 European markets on Monday (August 24), including Germany, France , Spain, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Norway,…
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Future of TV Briefing: YouTube Shorts gains ad dollars but needs to crack social budgets
This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at advertisers’ spending on YouTube Shorts inventory as the platform raises the revenue-sharing threshold for creators. Coming up…
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As AI automates everything, The Atlantic is building games by hand
At a time when companies are using AI to automate work processes and build products faster, The Atlantic is taking an increasingly unusual approach to its latest game:…
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‘Waste in the system’: Why Georgia-Pacific is holding out on buying agents
An agent buying ads sounds great in theory to a lot of advertisers. Less cost, less complexity and ultimately less need for a human in the loop at all. Georgia-Pacific…
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Divine, Vine’s spiritual successor, won’t rule out ads
Klaxxon alert: another social network is launching on Thursday. This one, though, isn’t ruling out advertising. It’s called divine as a nod to Vine, the influential,…
Read on our siteTikTok Live adds AI-generated intros
The app is offering creators the opportunity to generate summaries using artificial intelligence-powered tools.
Read on our siteX offers $175K for Grok-generated versions of The Odyssey
Platform owner Elon Musk voiced a personal dislike of director Christopher Nolan’s recent film and asked creators to reinterpret the story using artificial intelligence.
Read on our siteX offers up to $200K for Grok-generated version of The Odyssey
Platform owner Elon Musk voiced a personal dislike of director Christopher Nolan’s recent film and asked creators to reinterpret the story using artificial intelligence.
Read on our siteYouTube rolls out improvements for connected TV
The company added multiple new features, including the ability to turn creator playlists into shows so viewers can stream videos episodically.
Read on our siteReddit tests AI-powered conversations
The app is rolling out a limited trial of artificial intelligence simulations to animate and voice posts.
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AI isn’t close to curing cancer. This startup says it knows what it will take.
It's the data, stupid.
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Relativity Networks raises $22 million to bring a faster kind of fiber to data centers
Relativity Networks deals in hollow-core fiber, a rarely deployed technology that allows data to be transmitted 30% faster than conventional fiber.
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Cursor capitalizes on GitHub frustration, launches rival hosting platform
Cursor, known for its AI Code Editor, is launching a new code-hosting platform to rival developers' long preferred favorite, GitHub.
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OpenAI institutes new safeguards after Hugging Face breach
The new safeguards include more detailed monitoring of models during the development process, as well as greater emphasis on alignment and security during the…
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Etched’s valuation doubles to $21B in a month
Jane Street has installed Etched's first shipped AI cluster system, and was so impressed, it led another massive round, the startup says.
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