Cloudflare Moves Monetization Gateway & Pay Per Use Into Beta
Cloudflare's Monetization Gateway charges AI agents per request in a closed beta, and Pay Per Use pays publishers for the AI uses that buyers report.
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OpenAI Dots Run Read-Only Research When Nobody Is Asking
OpenAI’s Dots can review connected apps and run scheduled checks between conversations, with read-only limits on proactive research.
Wikipedia, Podcasts & Reddit Now Drive AI Citations, Ask Your PR Team How They Did It
Your PR team’s Wikipedia, podcast, and Reddit expertise can help you build the third-party signals that support AI visibility.
Google Analytics Adds App Conversions To Cross-Channel Reports
Google Analytics now supports app conversions in its performance and attribution reports.
The AI Search Metrics I Use To Track Client Pipelines
See whether AI search reaches buyers and creates qualified opportunities with five measures covering brand presence, answer accuracy, and attribution.
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How Are Enterprise SEO Pros Measuring AI Overviews & LLMs? [Webinar]
Tom Capper of STAT walks through the biggest AI search measurement challenges and a tactical solution for each one: October 14 at 2 p.m. ET.
Yes, You Can Change AI’s Opinion. Here’s How.
AnswerShare reports more recommendations in a client test after publishing sourced brand context. Here is how its machine-layer works & what it cannot fix.
Trust As A Conversion Lever: How To Test Credibility In A Regulated Industry
Test whether honest expectations and money-back guarantees build trust in health marketing, then judge results beyond the first conversion.
Amazon Blocked Meta’s Muse, And Robots.txt Had Nothing To Say
Any website can write Amazon’s block-page sentence into its own terms. Spotting an agent that looks like a shopper is the hard part.
OpenAI Dots Run Read-Only Research When Nobody Is Asking
OpenAI’s Dots can review connected apps and run scheduled checks between conversations, with read-only limits on proactive research.
Google Analytics Adds App Conversions To Cross-Channel Reports
Google Analytics now supports app conversions in its performance and attribution reports.
Shopify Extends WebMCP Into Checkout For Browser Agents
Shopify has extended its WebMCP tools into checkout, letting browser agents update a shopper’s checkout and place the order after the buyer confirms it.
Google Desktop CTR Fell In Q2 While Mobile Rose, Data Shows
Q2 data shows Google desktop CTR down and mobile up at top positions, in a comparison spanning the end of a Search Console logging error.
EmDash 1.0 Challenges WordPress Freedom With Cloudflare Lock-In
EmDash 1.0 trades WordPress’s freedom of choice for heavy reliance on Cloudflare’s infrastructure.
ChatGPT Ad CTR Topped 1% In 4 Markets, Not In The U.S.: Report
A report using Similarweb panel data breaks down ChatGPT ad click-through rates by market and tracks how often the top ChatGPT advertisers changed.
Wikipedia, Podcasts & Reddit Now Drive AI Citations, Ask Your PR Team How They Did It
Your PR team’s Wikipedia, podcast, and Reddit expertise can help you build the third-party signals that support AI visibility.
Yes, You Can Change AI’s Opinion. Here’s How.
AnswerShare reports more recommendations in a client test after publishing sourced brand context. Here is how its machine-layer works & what it cannot fix.
Amazon Blocked Meta’s Muse, And Robots.txt Had Nothing To Say
Any website can write Amazon’s block-page sentence into its own terms. Spotting an agent that looks like a shopper is the hard part.
Google Desktop CTR Fell In Q2 While Mobile Rose, Data Shows
Q2 data shows Google desktop CTR down and mobile up at top positions, in a comparison spanning the end of a Search Console logging error.
Google On What’s Next In AI Search + 5 Local Marketing Strategy Fixes
Google and Uberall explain how to improve local AI-search readiness through accurate Business Profiles, relevant content, review responses, and location-level measurement.
MIT & Harvard Data Show How SEO And Paid Media Managers Become Directors
SEO and paid media managers can strengthen their promotion case by proving AI’s net gains and building a reskilling plan for their teams.
ChatGPT Ad CTR Topped 1% In 4 Markets, Not In The U.S.: Report
A report using Similarweb panel data breaks down ChatGPT ad click-through rates by market and tracks how often the top ChatGPT advertisers changed.
CallRail Makes ChatGPT Ads Measurable For SMBs And Marketing Agencies
CallRail’s ChatGPT ads integration lets SMBs and agencies attribute calls, texts, and forms to campaigns, send conversion data to OpenAI, and compare performance across channels.
Amazon Marketing Cloud’s 5-Year Dataset: 6 Use Cases Worth Building Now
Use Amazon Marketing Cloud’s extended purchase history to set acquisition budgets, identify valuable customers, and retarget shoppers beyond the old 13-month limit.
ChatGPT Ads Climbed In 3 Retail Categories, Led By Gaming: Comscore
Data shows ChatGPT ads becoming more common in retail conversations among US users on desktop.
Customer Lifecycle Goals: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Decide whether Google Ads Customer Lifecycle Goals fit your business, and avoid settings that inflate ROAS or exclude valuable prospects.
ChatGPT Ads Aren’t Paid Search – 5 Questions To Answer Before You Shift Budget
Give ChatGPT Ads a clear role, budget source, and success criteria before pulling money from paid search campaigns that already perform.
AI Workflows Outscored Human Translators In 4 Of 6 Content Types – China Benchmark Study
Stop evaluating “Chinese LLMs” as a category. A 774-output localization benchmark shows why model choice beats post-editing, and what to test yourself.
3 Steps To Win B2B Brand Consideration, Day Zero Decides The Shortlist
Buying groups arrive with vendors already chosen. AEO cannot fix a shortlist formed months earlier. Three steps to build brand consideration before research begins.
Does My Product Page Copy Still Matter If Agents Read Feeds And Schema? – Ask An SEO
Product page copy builds shopper trust and fills gaps in AI feeds, giving customers the details they need to buy.
MIT, Anthropic & OpenAI Sent The Same Warning, Get Your Evidence House In Order Now
Three AI warnings landed in five days. Nicholas Carr described the pattern in 2008, and it changes how you plan next quarter.
Beyond Content Parity: Building A Validated Content Workflow For AI Search
Build a validated content workflow for AI search by identifying decision gaps, acquiring original knowledge, and proving claims before publishing.
Your Biggest AI Search Risk Is Conflicting Information About Your Brand
Publishing more content won’t fix what AI gets wrong about your brand. Too many versions of the truth is the real problem.
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State Of Search 2027: What To Stop, Measure & Fund
See where search leaders are moving their 2027 budgets and how SEO, GEO, and AEO teams are measuring AI visibility.
- Make the case for SEO investment with KPIs that show business value.
- Benchmark your results against experienced search professionals.
- Decide what to fund, measure, and stop chasing in your 2027 search strategy.
Wikipedia, Podcasts & Reddit Now Drive AI Citations, Ask Your PR Team How They Did It
By Greg Jarboe
Your PR team’s Wikipedia, podcast, and Reddit expertise can help you build the third-party signals that support AI visibility.
YouTube Turns Ask YouTube AI Into A Product Discovery Surface
By Matt G. Southern
YouTube is adding shopping features to Ask YouTube, which may organize product review videos into a comparison table and answer questions on watch pages.
Reddit AI Search Picks Already-Popular Comments, Audit Finds
By Matt G. Southern
An audit of Reddit AI search found formal, highly upvoted comments were selected more often, while experiential language appeared less often.
YouTube Gives You Feedback On Shorts Before Publishing
By Matt G. Southern
YouTube is expanding Get Feedback, a tool that reviews a Shorts before publishing, to U.S. users
Google To Bring New Video Understanding Tech To Ask YouTube
By Matt G. Southern
Google says a new Gemini system that inspects frames, audio, and transcripts on demand will power Ask YouTube on video watch pages.
YouTube Says Bigger Thumbnails Drove More Long-Form Views
By Matt G. Southern
YouTube’s Todd Beaupré says the desktop homepage redesign with larger thumbnails drove more long-form engagement despite showing fewer videos at once.