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Last updated: 30 July 2026, 04:30 IST
Search & Digital Marketing
YouTube Moves Ahead of Spotify As UK’s Top Podcast Service
YouTube edged past Spotify as the podcast service UK listeners use most, the first time it has led on record, according to new data.
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Google Search Hits All-Time Usage Record During World Cup
Google's Nick Fox said Search saw its highest usage on record during Argentina's comeback win over Egypt at the World Cup.
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Google Ads Expands Travel Campaigns To Things To Do And Events
Google Ads expands its Travel campaign beta to Things to Do and Events, giving eligible advertisers a new campaign type for attractions and ticket…
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AI Search Is Exposing SEO’s Risk Of Losing Ownership Of GEO Outcomes
Search marketer Tom Critchlow says AI Search is exposing the question of whether SEO still owns GEO outcomes.
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Google Clarifies Smart Bidding Update After Advertiser Concerns
Google clarifies its Smart Bidding update, explaining how August 17 changes will affect Target CPA, Target ROAS, and budget-limited campaigns.
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How SEO Teams Stopped Guessing Which AI Search Strategies Paid Off
Navigate the complexities of AI search and discover why traditional testing methods do not apply to language models.
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OpenAI GPT-Live Brings Search Into ChatGPT Voice
OpenAI has begun rolling out GPT-Live, new voice models for ChatGPT that can run a web search and show visual answers while you talk.
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Want to present at SMX Next? Now’s the time to submit a pitch!
SMX Next returns online Nov. 18 , focusing on navigating today’s complex search landscape and mastering the tactics that will define success in 2027…
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ChatGPT citations change when hidden search pipelines switch
Two new analyses found that ChatGPT’s cited sources changed as its search traffic shifted between hidden retrieval pipelines. The findings. Research…
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D+ Research: Marketers hesitate to adopt AI for influencer and CTV marketing
Earlier this month, Digiday+ Research reported that advertisers are embracing AI for social media and retail media marketing. However, advertisers…
Read on our siteMedia Briefing: Declared ‘good bots,’ mixed-use crawlers, gray scrapers – how AI accesses publisher content
This week’s Media Briefing looks at how AI crawlers now reach publisher content, one year after Cloudflare’s default bot changes. Why the black…
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OpenAI set to expand ads to France, Germany and Ireland
Less than three weeks after officially launching in the U.K. , OpenAI is looking to expand its ad pilot across Europe, accelerating the international…
Read on our siteX will DM users about Community Notes updates
Elon Musk announced the news in a recent post, but it appears to replicate an existing procedure on the platform.
Read on our siteLinkedIn shares tips on effective posting
Frequency, length and consistency are key, and can help boost artificial intelligence pickup as well as overall engagement.
Read on our siteMeta addresses LED tampering on its AI glasses
The company said that its second generation devices will not be able to record if the indicator lights are disabled or otherwise tampered with.
Read on our siteMeta’s new AI option allows remixes of public IG posts
The company’s updated image generation model lets users tag profiles and import visuals into its artificial intelligence visual creation tools.
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Lovable reportedly in talks to double its valuation to $13.2B
The $300 million round is expected to be led by Menlo Ventures, Sifted reported.
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Google’s deepfake detector system used to debunk McConnell hoax pic
Earlier this week, a picture seemed to show Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell covered in tubes in a hospital bed in a state of extreme distress. It…
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SpaceXAI releases Grok 4.5, which Elon describes as an ‘Opus-class model’
Elon Musk's tech company released the newest version of Grok on Wednesday, promising a cheaper, more efficient alternative to other powerful AI…
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This startup thinks robotics is about to have its ChatGPT moment
General Intuition is betting millions of hours of video game data can train the foundation models for physical AI, making it easier to build smarter…
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Google Photos adds a new AI ‘Video Remix’ tool
The feature can do things like apply cinematic relighting to brighten up a dark clip, swap out a plain background for something fun, or add artistic…
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Why this CEO thinks video games make better training data than the internet
When it comes to achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI), large language models just don’t have what it takes. Models like ChatGPT and Claude…
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Meta wants its AI glasses to seem less creepy. Its AI strategy says otherwise.
Meta is adding a new safeguard to stop people from secretly recording others with its AI glasses. But the update comes as the company continues to…
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OpenAI releases new voice models for more natural live conversations
OpenAI says its new voice mode can speak and listen at the same time, a key ability for live translation.
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