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Last updated: 19 October 2026, 04:30 IST
Search & Digital Marketing
Google Ads Introduces Channel Prioritization And Budget Allocation
Google Ads introduces channel prioritization and budget allocation controls, giving advertisers more flexibility over spending across Search, Performance Max, and other…
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Why SEO Isn’t Enough Anymore – And Why That’s A Good Thing
If search is your only presence, you’re exposed. Google has been purging SEO-first sites since the Helpful Content Update. Here’s what replaces them.
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How To Remove Negative Search Results: What 22,620 Links Reveal
Learn how to address negative search results and identify which links can be removed or hidden effectively.
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Your Store Is ‘Agent-Ready’ By Default, We Tested 122 Shopify Stores To See What That Actually Means
A store can look agent-ready by default and still fail the moment a buyer asks about shipping, pickup, or cancellation. Here's what to verify.
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Google Explains How They Rank PDFs And What It Means For SEO/GEO
Google explains how it ranks PDFs in Search and AI Mode and how to check if a PDF is SEO friendly.
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Analysis: Google Is Poisoning Search Results For Rank Trackers
Google’s reported search results poisoning undermines confidence in SEO data that businesses use to make decisions.
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How To Help AI Shopping Agents Find Your Products [Webinar]
Join seoClarity on October 28 at 2 p.m. ET to learn how product-page language, competitor recommendations, and readable product data affect AI shopping discovery.
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Bing Webmaster Tools Sorts AI Search Queries Into Topics
Bing's AI Performance report adds a view that sorts cited queries into topics and lists queries where other sites are cited but your site isn't.
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Google Adds Experimental Soft Navigation Metrics To CrUX
Experimental Core Web Vitals that count in-app page changes are now in the Chrome UX Report, with Search Console set to follow.
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Future of TV Briefing: TikTok Shop success = small creators + more videos
This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how “more videos from smaller creators” is the recipe for success on TikTok Shop. Shopping small Justice Department’s press…
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Ikea’s CMO sees LLMs as the newest place a brand has to hold its line
Even the annual report is brand copy now as far as the LLMs are concerned. They don’t separate the ad campaign from the investor documents. Put a question about a…
Read on our siteReddit announces plans for upcoming US elections
The platform outlined its commitment to election resources and explained how it intends to prevent misinformation from spreading online.
Read on our siteMeta assists with scam crackdown in West Africa
The company joined Google, Microsoft and others in a larger law enforcement effort designed to disrupt criminal networks.
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Zenzap raises $44M for its AI chat app that aims to replace WhatsApp in the workplace
Zenzap is used by organizations including Starbucks and Taco Bell.
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Floqer’s AI agents research sales prospects so teams don’t have to
The problem Floqer is trying to solve is familiar to anyone who has worked in sales or revenue operations.
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Day 2
Day 2 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, full of all themes across AI, as well as an investor-only session, more roundtables, Side Events, and more. Register to save 50% on…
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Scimplify raises $25M to challenge China’s grip on critical materials with AI
Scimplify's annualized revenue run rate has tripled to $200 million as it eyes U.S. expansion.
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Science Corporation implants its vision-restoring chip in its first Stargardt disease patient
Max Hodak, the former president and co-founder of Neuralink, detailed onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt how his company's work with PRIMA is part of its path toward a novel…
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Cerebras CEO says we’re nearing a future where everyone has a personal AI assistant at home
Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman predicts a future where personal AI assistants become as commonplace as household appliances, running partly on local devices and partly in…
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Industrial Next wants factory robots to switch tasks in minutes, not weeks
Industrial Next helps manufacturers automate complex, delicate tasks that have traditionally required human labor.
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Cerebras CEO pushes back on AI doomsday warnings
Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman has a message for AI leaders spreading doomsday warnings: Maybe stop talking? At TechCrunch Disrupt, he argued that the industry's focus on…
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Judge orders OpenAI to turn over hiring records in Apple trade secrets case
A federal judge ruled that Apple can access OpenAI's interview materials involving former Apple employees, as well as private messages and testimony from key figures in…
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Flox Intelligence is building AI to keep wildlife away from trains, airports, and roads
Flox's edge devices can identify animals and use species-specific sounds to drive them away from critical infrastructure.
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Facebook is giving users more control over their algorithm
Meta announced the launch of its new AI-powered feature, “Your Algorithm,” a feature it first launched on Instagram.
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