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Last updated: 18 October 2026, 04:30 IST
Search & Digital Marketing
International SEO For Publishers: How To Succeed Across Borders
A single .com works for The Guardian because of brand power. For most news publishers, separate country-code domains are the strategy that holds up.
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How To Find The Sources Shaping AI Answers In Your Industry
Trendos' Gintare Rimolaityte explains how to map AI citation sources by industry and engine, identify competitor gaps, and turn an audit into content and outreach…
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Shopify CEO Warns AI ‘Slop Grenades’ Shift Work To Coworkers
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke says unreviewed AI output is landing on coworkers. Freelance marketplace data shows demand for AI cleanup work rising elsewhere too.
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Google Lighthouse Adds Audit For AI Agent Resource Discovery
Lighthouse 13.5 adds an audit for AI agent resource discovery, but its checks differ from the latest ARD proposal.
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Agentic Commerce Is Not The Next Voice Shopping, But It Is Still Unproven
Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and Stripe name no live merchant. Google names three. Here is what the agentic commerce documentation still refuses to say.
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How To Build Local Pages AI Systems Can Find And Trust
AI ranks passages, reads alt text, and cites whatever numbers you publish. Practical rules for local service pages from SEJ Live.
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Research Shows Google AI Mode Sends Less Clicks & Is A Poor User Experience
Is Google lying about AI Search? New research shows AI Mode decreases clicks and it gives a poor user experience.
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X shares more insight into penalties impacting post reach
The platform updated its Under the Hood performance report to allow users to better understand potential restrictions.
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The standalone messaging app was quietly removed from Apple and Google Play, according to 9 to 5 Mac.
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App users are increasingly responding to short-form video series content, which could present new promotional opportunities for brands.
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Why an evolving commerce funnel demands unified measurement
Shoppers no longer need to be in an owned-retailer environment to complete a purchase, prompting brands to fundamentally rethink their retail media strategies. The…
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Pinterest offers predictive optimization for Performance+
The platform’s new campaign optimization score uses artificial intelligence to help advertisers measure key ad elements and create more effective campaigns.
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Platform owner Meta is gradually separating the two apps and will stop requiring businesses to have identical usernames on both platforms in order to run promotions.
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Snapchat adds new AI features including chat-to-song
The company’s paying Lens+ subscribers will be able to easily convert their messages into songs and edit images ahead of sharing.
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Can adland realistically reduce its reliance on Google’s vertically integrated ad stack?
Related Insights Member Exclusive Ad Tech Briefing: The futility of a Google breakup? Subscribe To Read Read More Google’s legal team likely breathed a sigh of relief,…
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OpenAI forms math advisory group as its AI resolves more than 100 open problems
The group won't be given leeway to slow down or redirect OpenAI's ongoing mathematical research.
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Discover what’s next: 5 days left to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket
Five days left to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass + 50% off a second one. Join 10,000+ founders, investors, and operators at San Francisco’s Moscone…
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Meta’s Muse is outpacing ChatGPT’s early mobile launch
Meta’s new AI agent Muse has racked up more downloads and daily active users in the U.S. and Canada than ChatGPT did over the same period after its mobile debut,…
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Meta’s AI agent has been blocked from using Amazon.com
Amazon has its own cohort of foundation models, along with one of the most popular inference platforms on the internet. As long as they're under no legal obligation to…
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With Tabby, a former accountant is using AI to make accountants obsolete
Tabby is designed to be a real-time bookkeeping interface, handling clients’ paperwork as it gives them up-to-the-minute data on their business’s profit and loss.
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Where will the next breakout startup come from? Benchmark’s full partnership weighs in at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Where will the next breakout startup come from? Benchmark’s full partnership weighs in on the main stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Save up to $200 before September 25…
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Google’s $899 Googlebook is a bet that you’ll buy a new laptop for Gemini
Google’s AI-native Googlebook ties Gemini to the cursor, dictation, widgets, and other parts of the desktop experience.
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From first users to billions: Google’s Robby Stein joins TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
From first users to billions: Google’s Robby Stein joins TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Lean in on this Builders Stage session. Save up to $200 before September 25.
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Meet the next wave of VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Meet the next wave of VCs judging the Startup Battlefield 200 contenders on the main stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register by September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT, to save…
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