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How To Become The AI Search Authority In Your Company [Webinar]
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The AI Slop Loop
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Search Ad Growth Slows As Social & Video Gain Faster
IAB’s annual report shows search ad growth fell while social media and digital video posted stronger year-over-year gains.
Google’s Patent On Autonomous Search Results
A recently updated patent describes how an automated assistant can circle back to a user when an answer is available at a later date.
Google Is Replacing Dynamic Search Ads With AI Max
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Google’s Patent On Autonomous Search Results
A recently updated patent describes how an automated assistant can circle back to a user when an answer is available at a later date.
How To Become The AI Search Authority In Your Company [Webinar]
Explore the impact of AI search on SEO roles and how brands can manage their online presence in AI outputs effectively.
The AI Slop Loop
New examples show how AI search tools confidently cite fabricated SEO updates, exposing a growing risk in relying on LLM-generated information.
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Replace optional SEO guidelines with enforceable governance to ensure consistent signals and scalable visibility across the enterprise.
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Google Just Made It Easy For SEOs To Kick Out Spammy Sites
Google just handed SEOs a new way to hit spammy sites with manual actions and get them deindexed from search results.
Search Ad Growth Slows As Social & Video Gain Faster
IAB’s annual report shows search ad growth fell while social media and digital video posted stronger year-over-year gains.
Should You Use Auto-Generated Creative? – Ask A PPC
The role of auto-generated creative continues to evolve as advertisers weigh efficiency and scale against control and compliance.
Google Is Replacing Dynamic Search Ads With AI Max
Google replaces Dynamic Search Ads with AI Max. Learn what’s changing, when migrations begin, and what advertisers should do before September upgrades.
How To Measure PPC Performance When AI Controls The Auction
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Google’s Push For Data Strength Is Really A Push For Better Bidding
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PPC professionals commanding higher compensation are moving beyond T-shaped skill sets toward M-shaped expertise with multiple deep, complementary disciplines.
Shorter, Focused Content Wins In ChatGPT
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The 5-Pillar Framework For AI Content That Audiences Actually Trust
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How Zero-Party & First-Party Data Can Fuel Your Intent-Based SEO Strategy
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The Content Moat Is Dead. The Context Moat Is What Survives
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You’re Not Scaling Content. You’re Scaling Disappointment
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Your Owned Content Is Losing To A Stranger’s Reddit Comment
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AI recommendations increasingly rely on Reddit and community signals, reshaping how brands earn visibility, trust, and influence in the AI-driven discovery layer.
B2B Buyers Trust Peers Over AI Chatbots, Report Finds
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A survey of B2B decision-makers found peer recommendations are trusted nearly twice as much as AI chatbots, and white papers rank last for perceived value.
Reddit Marketing in 2026: What Changed & What Actually Works Now
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Whether you’re actively using Reddit or still deciding if you should, your customers already made the choice. Buyer behaviors have shifted. Search traffic has declined....
YouTube’s AI Slop Problem And How Marketers Can Compete
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“AI-generated slop” now accounts for 21% of Shorts shown to new users. Here’s what the data says about monetization, trust, and long-term organic strategy.
Gen Z Preference For TikTok Over Google Drops 50%, Data Shows
By Matt G. Southern
Survey data shows 49% of U.S. consumers have used TikTok for search, but Gen Z’s TikTok-over-Google preference is dropping.
New Platforms Won’t Save Social Media: Here’s What’s Actually Shifting
By Chelsea Alves
Social media’s next chapter moves beyond feeds and platforms toward decision-making moments powered by behavior, trust, and machine interpretation.