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Last updated: 08 September 2026, 04:30 IST
Search & Digital Marketing
Use Claude for SEO. Don’t let Claude do SEO.
Claude is one of the best research assistants an SEO can have. Give it a keyword, and it can map intent, spot content gaps, and draft outlines in minutes. But give it…
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7 ways to use AI for the SEO work that matters
Most “ use AI for SEO ” advice starts with prompts for writing content faster. But speed isn’t the biggest opportunity. AI can help with the SEO work that’s harder to…
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WebMCP Connects AI Agents To Actions Inside Websites
OpenAI, Shopify, and Cloudflare are putting WebMCP into live products, giving AI agents a structured way to use websites without relying on visual clicks.
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Link building in 2027: 13 ways to win or fail
Link building in 2027 will be less about how many links you can acquire and more about whether you’ve earned them through stories worth covering. Links still matter, but…
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AI Is Changing Website Security. Here’s What SEO Teams Should Know
More than 100 organizations, including OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft, urge governments and website owners to prepare now for escalating AI cyberattacks.
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Google Answers If Updates Come With Actionable SEO Signals
Google explains why a named update can shake up rankings without giving affected site owners anything specific to act on.
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Google Updates Site Reputation Abuse (Parasite SEO) Policy
Google is replacing site reputation abuse manual actions in the EEA with a system that can rank affected site sections independently.
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Google won’t respect manual actions for site reputation abuse in European Economic Area
Google’s site reputation abuse manual action will no longer impact the search results in the European Economic Area (EEA) starting August 30, 2026. This is in response…
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AI Search Didn’t Remove Cognitive Load, It Moved It
Answer sooner, write less, simplify: standard advice that can relocate informational work rather than remove it. Here's the sharper test.
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Google expands Demand Gen with messaging ads, travel tools and AI video creation
Google is adding new messaging, travel and AI-powered creative capabilities to Demand Gen, giving advertisers more ways to turn discovery into leads and customers across…
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Google Starts Rolling Out Hotel Booking In AI Mode
Google is rolling out hotel booking in AI Mode with Google Pay checkout. Flight alerts and rewards pricing are available in supported markets.
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Creator industry admits that fee pricing is out of control, but can’t agree on a fix
Bigger budgets, bigger campaigns, bigger partners, bigger goals — marketers are starting to feel that the price to work with creators is out of control. Half of…
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Carhartt aligns with the NFL through the tradespeople building Highmark Stadium
This story was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail . Carhartt is one of the latest brands to lean into sports advertising, finding a way to tap into…
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Future of Marketing Briefing: Soccer’s World Cup buzz isn’t moving needle on Premier League ad spend
Some 128 million viewers tuned into Fox’s FIFA World Cup coverage this summer, a coup that boosted the broadcaster’s revenue 28% to $4.2 billion in its latest quarterly…
Read on our siteHow will Meta’s settlement impact social media?
The company’s landmark $18 billion payout was only one part of a larger agreement that aims to force other apps to implement similar teen restrictions.
Read on our siteX offers updated NFL Gametime display
The platform tweaked the design and renamed its NFL portal ahead of the upcoming season as a way to engage more fans and maximize community interaction.
Read on our siteYouTube adds Amazon affiliate links
Creators will be able to tag a curated list of products from the online retailer in their videos and earn commissions from every resulting sale.
Read on our siteGoogle adds DMs and travel activity recommendations to Demand Gen ads
The company released multiple new features, including DM links, real-time travel data for bookings and personalized hotel promotions.
Read on our siteX launches API for business chatbot accounts
The custom function will let brands build their own automated response agents and offer customers access to answers when they need them.
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Anthropic gets its first court win over the Pentagon’s supply-chain risk label
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration illegally labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk, handing the AI company a victory as its second Pentagon lawsuit continues…
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Meta executive leaves for OpenAI as the social media giant faces growing scrutiny in India
Sandhya Devanathan will oversee some OpenAI operations across Southeast Asia and Australia in her new role.
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Anthropic and OpenAI are joining the AI stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the AI Stage is back to dig into the single hottest topic in the community for the past few years, presented by Google for Startups.
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Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder ousted before joining OpenAI, is now at Google
Zoph, who co-founded Thinking Machines Lab alongside Mira Murati and also served as the startup's CTO, led a brief stint at OpenAI and is now at Google.
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OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 other companies call for action to defend against rogue AI
Some of the world's largest tech companies and AI startups have come together to decry the current state of cybersecurity and to advertise a new solution that they say…
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