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Your CMS Is Still Failing SEO Basics – 11 Fixes To Demand

Cut recurring developer tickets with essential CMS SEO controls, smarter automation, and safeguards against indexing and redirect mistakes.

Reddit’s Logged-In Future: Why Its Pull In Search And AI Answers Isn’t Fading

Reddit conversations help shoppers validate purchases, giving brands a reason to stay engaged as login tests raise questions about search and AI access.

Google’s Search Volume Is About 5x ChatGPT’s, OpenAI Says

ChatGPT's search-like queries equal about a fifth of Google's volume, its maker says, counting each question that sends it to the web. Traffic data differs.

Google’s Q3 2026 Earnings Call: Search & AI Are Merging Into One Unified Product

SEOs, buckle up. Google says expect rapid improvement from recursive self-improvement, and Search is becoming an agent manager.

Google Ad Tags In Server-Side GTM To Get Full IP Addresses

Google says ad tags in server-side Tag Manager will accept full IP addresses while Analytics tags stay redacted. Here's what changes and how to redact.

How To Create Demand You Can Actually Convert (And Prove)

Discover effective strategies to generate demand and measure results for your B2B marketing campaigns successfully.

Social Media TodayNov 05, 2026

Social & Advertising

Instagram tries to entice long-form creators

One-off payouts and premium placements are meant to make up for the app’s lack of the type of robust payout system offered by YouTube.

WTF is scene-level targeting for CTV?

This WTF guide, sponsored by Wurl, explores how CTV advertisers are driving positive attention and improved performance across the entire funnel by aligning creative…

Social Media TodayNov 05, 2026

Reddit publishes 2027 marketing playbook

The 35-page guide offers insights into seasonal trends and a list of major events for the coming year to help brands plan forward-facing strategies.

Digiday+ Research 2026 Creator Marketing Index: A brand guide to social media campaigns

19 Introduction As creator marketing becomes a fixture in many brands’ marketing strategies, creators’ roles are shifting and expanding. Brands may pay creators to…

What DoorDash’s Instacart acquisition says about the modern delivery platform pitch

This story was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail . These days, delivery platforms have to offer more than just delivery services to brands and retailers.…

Future of TV Briefing: What it costs brands to fund long-form creator series

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at the economics behind brands sponsoring creator-led long-form original video series. Premium programming Instagram’s creator…

Case for and against – sticking with a Publicis-owned LiveRamp

In the months since Publicis Groupe announced its $2.2 billion deal to acquire LiveRamp , CMOs have been considering a crucial question: should I stay, or should I go?…

Good ads have a new name, ‘entertainment-first’ and SharkNinja is using it for its holiday campaign

Entertainment-first has spent the year working its way into most conversations about marketing, including a fair few of Digiday’s. SharkNinja’s holiday campaign is the…

Here are the questions on advertisers’ minds after the DoorDash-Instacart deal

It’s been almost a week since DoorDash officially announced its plans to acquire Instacart — a deal valued at approximately $17 billion. DoorDash’s takeover of Instacart…

AI & Automation

I tried Apple’s Siri Recaps. They’re surprisingly useful — and a little unsettling

Apple's AI-powered Siri Recaps won me over in just one day, despite my privacy reservations. But there's still room for improvement.

Google faces backlash for plan that would turn off Search for schools that restrict AI

Politicians on the left, like NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani and former FTC chair Lina Khan, accused Google of acting as an unregulated monopoly.

TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026: Doors open at 9 a.m. ET in Boston

Today is the day to join TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 in Boston's SoWa Power Station. Register now to join this founder-focused conference today.

Anthropic is working on a system to prove AI models’ identity

Called FlashProve, the system would let anyone check that an AI response really came from the model it claims to be from.

Data centers are turning to old jet engines as the wait for power grows

The years-long wait for access to the grid and new turbines is causing data center builders to turn to an unusual, less-efficient and less environmentally friendly…

Ted Schlein’s Ballistic Ventures seeks $490M for new funds amid AI-driven cybersecurity boom

Cybersecurity-focused Ballistic Ventures is seeking to raise $360 million for a new flagship fund and another $130 million for a separate investment vehicle.