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Last updated: 30 July 2026, 04:30 IST
Search & Digital Marketing
Google clarifies canonicalization fixes can take up to two weeks to resolve
Google updated the canonicalization troubleshooting guide to clarify how long it may take for Google to reflect those fixes within the Google search…
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Gemini Intelligence signals a new era for search and commerce
Google unveiled Gemini Intelligence at the Android Show on May 12, alongside a new laptop called the Googlebook. The company describes Gemini…
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Free AI Citations Won’t Last. I’ve Watched Google Fence Off A Wide Open Field Before
Most enterprise brands are invisible to AI models right now. That gap is closing fast, and the brands moving first will hold the ground.
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Link building for legitimacy: Building brand credibility in a competitive search environment by Resolve
Link building for legitimacy means earning authoritative backlinks, brand mentions, and media coverage that signal trust, expertise, and credibility…
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The Agentic Web Is Splitting Into Two Bets: Identity And Capability
For website owners chasing AI visibility: LLMs.txt answers who you are. WebMCP answers what your site can do.
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Future of Marketing Briefing: The ad industry’s next mediapalooza is loading
Marvel has its Avengers movies. Advertising has mediapalooza. Every few years the biggest media budgets get thrown into review, agencies scramble to…
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Nike versus Adidas: Who’s spending more in race to claim the World Cup crown?
The World Cup’s quarter final stage is set to bring the sport’s big rivalries into sharp relief. France versus Morocco. Norway’s Erling Haaland…
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Platforms’ AI dilemma: scale without sameness
Nearly every big platform at Cannes Lions said AI makes creativity faster. Some of them quietly acknowledged that might be the problem. As…
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The Home Depot sees Hispanic market as a ‘huge growth opportunity’
This story was originally published on sister site, Modern Retail. While The Home Depot is not a sports equipment or sports apparel retailer, its…
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To manage 300,000 creators, Unilever automates everything but the relationship
The ad industry seems hellbent on scaling creator marketing. Adding more creators to the roster? That’s the easy part. It’s the infrastructure —…
Read on our siteMeta breaks ground on first data center in Canada
The $10 billion project in Alberta will be the company’s 33rd facility worldwide.
Read on our siteMeta CTO confirms facial recognition in AI glasses
Andrew Bosworth told journalist Nicholas Thompson that the company is exploring multiple use cases for Face ID, including as a tool for the visually…
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OpenAI says GPT 5.6 is the ‘preferred model’ for Microsoft Copilot 365 amid breakup chatter
OpenAI's new family of models will continue to power Microsoft's suite of workplace and productivity apps.
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Fidji Simo steps down from OpenAI’s No. 2 role
OpenAI's No. 2 executive, Fidji Simo, is stepping down from her full-time role after her medical leave proved longer than expected — a leadership…
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OpenAI launches its new family of models with GPT-5.6
OpenAI's latest family of models promises improvements across a range of areas, including cybersecurity.
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An AI agent startup just let its agent run its $100 million fundraise
Lyzr, a startup that builds AI agents for enterprises, used its own AI agent to raise a $100 million round — proof, evidently, that the product…
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OpenAI is shutting down Atlas, but its AI browser ambitions are still growing
OpenAI is sunsetting its AI-powered browser after less than a year. But it's moving some agentic browsing features to its desktop app and a Chrome…
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Elon Musk praises Mythos/Fable, promises not to ‘cut off’ Anthropic
Should Anthropic trust Elon Musk to host its models? With about $40 billion in revenue at stake, Musk insists that the company can.
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Can AI answer the $3 trillion question?
The AI ROI debate has returned and the numbers are even bigger, as are, perhaps, the consequences.
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Meta enters the crowded AI coding battle with Muse Spark 1.1
Meta's pitch to users is Spark's ability to handle large agentic workloads, fix bugs, and help with large code migrations — the kind of automation…
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New York Times says OpenAI hid evidence in ChatGPT copyright trial
News publishers say OpenAI hid tools and datasets that could identify copyrighted journalism in ChatGPT outputs, escalating their lawsuit with a new…
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Google will now disclose which ads are made with AI
While Google prohibits misleading and deceptive ads, an ad can still leverage AI to create some type of synthetic or digitally altered content. Until…
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Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium raises $100M seed, backed by Nvidia
The company is using the cash to open an office in the Bay Area and compete for talent there, "strengthening its position at the heart of the world's…
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How did the government decide OpenAI’s frontier model was safe to release?
"Exactly what that dialog looked like between the government and Anthropic and OpenAI is unclear."
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