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Last updated: 08 September 2026, 04:30 IST
Search & Digital Marketing
Calls and clicks keep falling as Google Maps becomes the destination
In February, we wrote that local rankings were holding steady while calls and website clicks quietly disappeared . By April, our data pointed to something much more…
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Google Search Console AI performance reports and Search generative AI control rolling out globally
After a few months of a slow rollout, Google is now rolling out the new AI performance reports and Search generative AI controls within Search Console to all. These…
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How To Restructure Your Marketing Team & Budget For The AI-Search Era
Three role changes and a budget rebalance can move a marketing team from invisible to cited in AI search results, no new headcount required.
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5 steps to building Reddit authority for Google and ChatGPT visibility
Reddit isn’t a shortcut to an AI citation. Posting promotional answers and waiting for Google or ChatGPT to notice them isn’t a community strategy. Reddit communities…
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Microsoft Advertising rolling out new design for advertiser console
Microsoft is rolling out a new design for the Microsoft Advertising platform that touts a “more intuitive and efficient experience.” When you log in to your advertiser…
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How to map AI search prompts to every stage of the sales funnel
Keyword research has always required you to think about intent. Someone searching “what is CRM software” is in a very different place from someone searching “HubSpot vs.…
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Google Ads Is Automating More Decisions, Your Measurement Needs To Get Better
As Google Ads automates more decisions, advertisers must define success beyond platform metrics, tracking leads and sales through to actual business outcomes.
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Building an AI agent for ad management: The hard part isn’t the AI
AI agents can analyze paid media accounts, spot problems, and investigate performance changes at a scale a human team couldn’t match. The harder question is whether you…
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Google’s Mueller Shares Their Experience With Markdown For AI SEO
Google's John Mueller shares what happened when he checked whether AI crawlers were actually asking his sites for markdown.
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UCP Releases Spec Update With Schema Changes
The Universal Commerce Protocol's first spec release since April adds grocery readiness, lays groundwork for food and lodging, and brings schema changes.
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Claude Searches Web Differently From Claude Code, Data Shows
New data finds Claude and Claude Code search at different rates, mention different brands, and send their agents to different types of pages.
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Facebook Groups Are Google’s No. 2 Forum Source
Ahrefs data shows public Facebook Group posts appear in 38% of Google's Discussions and forums results, passing Quora and trailing only Reddit.
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Snapchat expands Unified Attribution to all advertisers
The update is designed to help marketers better understand ad performance metrics and share more perspective on campaigns.
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Instagram updates tags for AI profiles
The platform is trying to make it clear to users when they’re interacting with an artificial intelligence-generated character.
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT ads business hits $1 billion run rate as Europe gets self-serve access
OpenAI’s ads business is now running at a $1 billion annualised run rate, just six months after launch. That figure comes from multiplying current monthly ad revenue by…
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The Telegraph’s next podcast play: video, events and paid memberships
Fresh off its acquisition by Axel Springer, The Telegraph is pushing its podcast ambitions beyond audio, building repeatable franchises that can span video, live events…
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Target’s new beauty selection has almost no Black-owned brands
This story was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail . Target’s refreshed beauty assortment aims to promote emerging brands, but it includes very few from…
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How a content marketer became an award-winning cannabis creator
Ahead of opening its doors in 2023, Gotham Cannabis Dispensary had a marketing problem. Cannabis was legal in New York City, but social media platforms strictly prohibit…
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As WPP’s Cindy Rose marks a year as CEO, turnaround is underway but far from certain
Cindy Rose has been in charge of WPP for a year. So far, her tenure is best judged by examining the decisions deferred as much as the ones she’s taken. At the time of…
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Media Buying Briefing: Linda Boff on the power of independent agencies, and the need for financial discipline
Anyone in the marketing or agency world knows Linda Boff. The longtime CMO for GE in its heyday, Boff is somewhat of a marketing guru, having worked with multiple…
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Clipto uses AI to search terabytes of video and is now valued at $250M
The three-year-old startup says it reached $15 million in ARR and profitability before raising its latest $15 million round.
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Nvidia’s $3.5B MediaTek bet reveals its plan for tackling Big Tech’s AI chip buildout
Nvidia invests $3.5 billion into Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek. The deal shows how Nvidia plans to stay essential to AI infrastructure as Big Tech begins to build its own…
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Meeting note-taker Circleback adds a free tier to attract more customers
Circleback is also introducing new pricing plans starting from $14 per month.
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The US is building barriers around drones and robots, but China has scale to get around them
The U.S. is shutting out more foreign-made drones and robots. China’s scale means the global competition may simply move elsewhere.
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