Veronika Höller argues Google I/O 2026 transformed search into an AI decision agent, not an answer engine - and most marketers are still not ready for it.
by Luis Rijo
Carl Hendy challenges Google's AI Search preference claims, pointing to data gaps in the Google/Ipsos survey that the industry uses as its main source.
YouTube today launched a prompt-driven custom feed on the Home tab, letting signed-in U.S. viewers type what they want to watch and get a refreshing new feed.
Amazon raises Seller Fulfilled Prime delivery speed thresholds from July 6, 2026, and introduces a zip-code-level delivery promise tool launching in September 2026.
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.