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Last updated: 06 October 2026, 04:30 IST
Search & Digital Marketing
The Technical Signals AI Search Uses That Most SEOs Still Aren’t Optimizing
Getting cited in AI responses is the easy part. Our audit of 50 major websites shows where real AI readiness begins.
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Google Details Who Can License Its Search Data In Europe
Google published eligibility rules, samples, and key dates for licensing ranking, query, click, and view data from EEA Search under the EU's Digital Markets Act.
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Google AdSense to change how it counts impressions: Begin-to-Render
Google notified AdSense publishers that it is switching how it counts impressions for display ads. Google will switch to a Begin-to-Render methodology that will count an…
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10 technical SEO audit mistakes that lead to bad recommendations
Most technical SEO audits produce plenty of findings. Then the document sits in a shared drive for six months, and nothing gets deployed. Sometimes that’s the client’s…
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Google vs. Microsoft AI Max: What’s the same and what’s different
With the global launch of Microsoft AI Max for Search campaigns , it’s worth spending some time unpacking where the features align and differ from Google’s version. Much…
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WordPress Announces A Proactive Security Initiative
WordPress announced an initiative to scale security as AI makes it easier for criminal to find and exploit vulnerabilities.
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Schema For AI Citations: How To Become A Trusted Source
Schema is not a magic ranking switch. Loren Baker explains how consistent structured data strengthens entity trust across local, ecommerce, and author-driven content.
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Anthropic AI watermarking: What it means for content and SEO
On Aug. 11, Anthropic announced it would begin adding machine-readable watermarks to Claude’s outputs . The reaction was immediate and predictable. LinkedIn and X filled…
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How We Earned 1,000+ Links For GEO/SEO
Kevin Rowe broke down the digital PR system behind 1,000+ earned citations, which data stories journalists cover, and how research wins AI Overviews spots.
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LinkedIn increases push against inauthentic activity
Although the platform’s active user count in the EU has remained flat, its work to address AI slop has intensified, according to the latest reports.
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The app’s user base has once again declined, according to its most recent EU Digital Services Act disclosures.
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Snapchat introduces Harry Potter-themed activations
New Lenses, wallpapers, icons and Snap Mirrors are designed to tie into the HBO series debuting later this year.
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Pics offers advanced image generation, while the company’s latest Gemini-powered agentic feature provides analysis of video content.
Read on our siteReddit launches 15-second video views ad goal
The new option complements the app’s existing six-second views goal and the app is letting brands run split tests while the feature is in beta.
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How every major platform pays creators
Every major social media platform has its own creator revenue program, and the details and requirements of those programs vary greatly. Though most require a certain…
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Brands bring the U.S. Open to fans with tennis-themed pop-ups around New York City
This story was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail . This year’s U.S. Open is set to be the biggest in recent history. And it’s not just because of the…
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5 questions facing advertisers, publishers and creators heading into fall
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify A lot can happen in a few months. A few months ago, NBCUniversal was secure within Comcast, LiveRamp was an independent ad tech…
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WTF is the Amazon ad surcharge lawsuit?
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 22 state attorneys generals are suing Amazon alleging the company secretly overcharged advertisers in its search ad auctions for…
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Google’s answer to Canva is an AI tool where you prompt instead of design
With Google Pics, Google is pushing deeper into the creative software market dominated by Canva and Adobe, but with a distinctly AI-first approach.
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ChatGPT Health adds Epic integration for clinicians to import patient data
OpenAI said that the integration provides read-only access to health records for clinicians.
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Sequoia-incubated Empirik launches with $21M to predict outages before they happen
The startup wants to do for IT infrastructure what Cursor did for software engineering.
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Amazon Alexa can now alert you when something new might tempt you to shop
Amazon is adding a new Alexa-powered feature called “Update Me When” that can send personalized alerts about product launches, tours, books, shows, and other events that…
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AIR raises $50M to help companies vet the skills and add-ons AI agents use
AIR's platform can discover agents running at a company, continuously vets any skills and add-ons they use, and blocks any unwanted behavior.
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Fambot introduces an ‘AI chief of staff’ for families
Fambot is building an AI “chief of staff” to help families manage the emails, calendars, school updates, sports schedules, and other logistics of raising kids.
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