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Last updated: 08 September 2026, 04:30 IST
Search & Digital Marketing
Google releases August 2026 spam update
Google has released the August 2026 spam update and said this update will take a few days to roll out. This update applies globally and to all languages, Google added.…
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What 9 months of AI Overview data and 51,000+ tracked events reveal
Most brands still don’t have a clear picture of how much traffic AI Overviews are sending them. Google hasn’t given us a clean signal for AI Overview traffic in Search…
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Microsoft Advertising publishes Conversions API documentation
Microsoft is giving advertisers a new server-side option for sending conversion data directly to its advertising platform, reducing their dependence on browser-based…
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Why Search Volume Is Screening Out Your Best Content Opportunities
AI assistants turn contextual prompts into multiple queries, making buyer decisions and sub-questions more valuable content targets than raw keyword volume.
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9 AI Search Myths, Debunked by 15 Million Data Points
Unveil the truth about AI search with interesting findings from 15 million data points. Learn what really influences rankings.
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Google updates Branded Searches conversion measurement
Google is giving advertisers clearer rules for measuring whether YouTube and Demand Gen ads prompt people to search for their brands — while making several notable…
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Google Search Console now connects social content to search demand
For the entirety of Google Search Console’s life, it has spoken one simple language: your website. Pages, queries, clicks, impressions, all tied to a domain you own and…
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What We Can Learn From Evolving ChatGPT Fan-Out Queries
ChatGPT's search behavior is starting to look like E-E-A-T. Here's the data behind that theory, and what to do about it.
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Build your SEO strategy as if search engines don’t exist
How would you get your brand discovered without a search engine? How would you make sure potential buyers learn about your brand, products, and the problems you solve?…
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Get Your Business Found & Chosen In AI Search [Free SEJ Live Event]
Turn AI-driven local discovery into actual customers. SEJ Live on August 26 brings three hours of practical guidance and live Q&A.
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Local 5.0: The next evolution of local SEO is here
Local SEO has evolved through distinct stages, with each one building on what came before. The next stage, Local 5.0, is defined by AI’s ability to interpret intent,…
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OpenAI builds offerings on consent as it expands ChatGPT ads to Europe
OpenAI is bringing ads to ChatGPT in Europe and is starting where Meta ended up. It is building its European ad business on consent from the start. OpenAI detailed how…
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Meta faces unprecedented legal battle
The company is looking at more than $1 trillion in penalties if the coalition of 29 state attorneys general win their latest case.
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How publishers can strengthen connections with advertisers in the AI era
Consumer behavior is undergoing a profound and rapid shift. Today, audiences are highly decentralized — searching, streaming, scrolling and shopping across an expanding…
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ANA updates efforts to standardize retail media network measurement
Given how fast the world of retail media networks has exploded in the last five years, it’s little wonder than any marketer using it gets a major headache when trying to…
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Ad Tech Briefing: TV measurement’s competitive reset gathers pace (with more job cuts)
The TV measurement market has compressed several months’ worth of developments into little more than a week, prompting fresh debate over whether the sector is entering…
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How DTC startups are using AI to scale more efficiently
This story was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail. During a panel discussion at eTail Boston last week, several founders and executives shared how they are…
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How Unilever detergent brand Persil measures sports sponsorship impact
Brand spending on sports sponsorship is rising, but tracking the impact of those sponsorships is an increasingly heavy burden for the marketers tasked with getting the…
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Marketers embrace AI across workflows, but questions over guardrails and job impacts remain
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify Marketers are handing over more of the marketing process to AI tools. Rather than operating within specific rules and guardrails,…
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Why Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods may not be the ‘pervert pods’ consumers fear
Apple’s leaked camera-equipped AirPods might avoid the privacy pitfalls of other AI wearables by preventing users from recording photos and videos.
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Warp’s new system is an out-of-the-box software factory for AI development
On Tuesday, Warp introduced Warp Factories, a new infrastructure system designed to make building AI software factories as easy as possible.
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OpenAI launches a safer ChatGPT for teens — years after teens started using it
ChatGPT for Teens adds age-appropriate safety measures, parental controls, and learning tools designed to steer teens away from harmful content — and from using AI to…
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Perplexity’s free AI offer left it with millions more users in India
Perplexity's India revenue rose about 60% after the Airtel offer ended for new users, even as downloads declined.
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Anthropic’s annualized revenue surges to $65B
The model maker added $18 billion in annualized revenue in two months.
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