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Last updated: 07 November 2026, 05:30 IST

Search & Digital Marketing

Search Engine JournalOct 17, 2026

Rank Tracker Data, ChatGPT Tags & AI Search Links – SEO Pulse

A rank tracker logged Google pages missing their usual sites, some ChatGPT links lost tracking tags, and Google and Bing changed AI search links.

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Search Engine JournalOct 17, 2026

Meta’s New Terms Expand Crawling Rights Beyond Advertisers

New terms let Meta crawl sites tied to business users and use the content to train its products, widening rights ad buyers had already granted.

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Search Engine JournalOct 17, 2026

Why The New York Times Puts Free Content First

The New York Times gives prime homepage space to free articles and tells readers they’re free. Here’s why that works.

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Search Engine JournalOct 16, 2026

It’s Possible Your Migration Issues May Be Due To Site Quality

If your new domain won’t index and there’s no technical fix, the problem may be originality. Read Marie Haynes’ theory and what to do next.

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Search Engine JournalOct 16, 2026

Google Takes Applications For A UGC Pipeline Separate From Crawling

Google is accepting applications from forums and social platforms for a UGC pipeline separate from crawling.

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Search Engine JournalOct 16, 2026

ChatGPT Traffic Drop Appears To Be A Tracking Problem

ChatGPT-attributed traffic fell sharply in several analytics datasets this month, and analysts tie the drop to ChatGPT links that open without tracking tags.

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Search Engine JournalOct 16, 2026

Google’s Universal Cart Is Live: How Carts Get To Your Store

Universal Cart is rolling out across Search and the Gemini app, with checkout inside the cart or a one-way handoff to the store's own site.

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AI & Automation

TechCrunch AIOct 17, 2026

Replit is no longer working with Anthropic, CEO says

Masad said the decision was made for a number of different reasons, including cost. Replit announced a partnership with OpenAI in August, but there was never any…

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TechCrunch AIOct 16, 2026

India becomes the latest country to report rogue AI agent activity

The agents got in through credentials and connection settings left exposed in app configurations, public code repositories, and overly permissive cloud roles.

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TechCrunch AIOct 16, 2026

An Nvidia insider-turned-VC on why robotics hasn’t hit its ChatGPT moment, yet

Amulya Vishwanath, who spent seven years leading product marketing for NVIDIA’s robotics platforms, says robotics is currently in its “Lego era,” with the basic building…

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TechCrunch AIOct 16, 2026

Physical AI is more than robots, says the Nvidia veteran now investing in it

Amulya Vishwanath, who spent seven years leading product marketing for NVIDIA’s robotics platforms, says robotics is currently in its “Lego era,” with the basic building…

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TechCrunch AIOct 16, 2026

Elorian’s first AI model wants to reason with images, not just about them

According to Elorian's evaluations, Glimpse outperforms even GPT-6 Astra on scientific chart reasoning and short-form video captioning, with competitive results on other…

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TechCrunch AIOct 16, 2026

Jev is Vercel’s fastest-adopted AI model ever

The data comes from Vercel's AI gateway, a unified API service similar to OpenRouter.

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TechCrunch AIOct 16, 2026

Mark Wahlberg on using AI in film ‘the right way’ and being open to an AI clone carrying on his legacy

Actor and angel investor Mark Wahlberg says he's OK with using AI in filmmaking, provided it's used "to enhance what you're doing."

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TechCrunch AIOct 16, 2026

Veritas expands its anti-counterfeit chip to jewelry, trophies, and fragrance bottles

Counterfeiters are getting better at replicating brands' marks and passing off dupes, known as "superfakes," as genuine items. A startup called Veritas wants to tackle…

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TechCrunch AIOct 16, 2026

Replit’s CEO says the future of work is the ‘self-driving company’

Replit CEO Amjad Masad envisions a future of “self-driving companies,” where AI agents handle day-to-day tasks and people focus on higher-level decisions.

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TechCrunch AIOct 16, 2026

When it came to Cal AI’s viral success, a small army of influencers paid off

The company generated over $30 million in revenue in two years and was acquired by MyFitnessPal for an undisclosed amount of money in March.

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TechCrunch AIOct 16, 2026

Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs

Meta and Apple have teamed up for the launch of the social media giant's newest model, Muse Spark Open, which will run locally on Apple silicon.

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TechCrunch AIOct 16, 2026

Amazon devices chief Panos Panay sees a future where AI devices replace the need to use apps

Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Amazon devices chief Panos Panay described a future where ambient AI devices work in the background, anticipating users' needs instead of…

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