Google's AI Mode now shows sponsored listings mid-conversation, nearly indistinguishable from organic results, as the surface crosses 1 billion monthly users.
by Luis Rijo
Google's AI Mode now shows sponsored listings mid-conversation, nearly indistinguishable from organic results, as the surface crosses 1 billion monthly users.
Marmelab CEO Francois Zaninotto reports a 50% Google traffic drop in six months as the 'crawled but not indexed' page count rises with no explanation given.
Google AI Mode hits 1B users, Publicis buys LiveRamp for $2.2bn, OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT Ads Manager, and the FTC fines Cox Media $880K for fake AI targeting.
Google flags 8 Merchant Center feed attributes for AI Mode and AI Overviews - what each does, its character limits, and the formatting errors that break data.
Google Marketing Live, Google I/O, Publicis buying LiveRamp for $2.5bn, OpenAI visual ads, and Omnicom exiting identity reshape the week of May 18-21, 2026.
A new Originality.ai study scanning over 3 million websites finds just 26 public UCP implementations, raising questions about agentic commerce readiness.
Google unveiled 42 lead gen launches at GML 2026 covering AI bidding, creative tools, measurement upgrades, and new ad formats for search, YouTube, and Maps.
Gracenote's Q2 2026 Data Hub update shows sports now represents 5% of SVOD content, with HBO Max holding 35% of all sports programming across major streamers.