Google reinstates articles exposing Clickout Media after bogus DMCA takedowns
Google restored Press Gazette and Search Engine Land articles about Clickout Media's parasite SEO scheme after bogus DMCA complaints removed them from search results.
Luis Rijo
Luís Rijo is a seasoned marketing professional with over 10 years of experience in Digital Marketing, Search, Social, Display, Video, and DOOH. Based in Europe. Also writing in the spend. Reach out via luis@ppc.land
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Firefox 149 brings free built-in VPN and split-screen browsing
Firefox 149 launches March 24 with a free built-in VPN offering 50GB monthly, split view, tab notes, and Smart Window AI - here's what it means for privacy.
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Gmail finally lets users change their address - and the technical lift was enormous
Google today launched Gmail address changes for U.S. users, allowing username updates while keeping emails, history and sign-in access. Global rollout planned.
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Takeshi Sano takes the helm at dentsu after a turbulent year
Takeshi Sano confirmed his role as dentsu's new President and Global CEO on April 1, 2026, following a formal transition rooted in a $2.18 billion loss and failed sale talks.
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AI facial recognition locked up the wrong woman for 5 months
A Tennessee grandmother spent five months in jail after Clearview AI misidentified her as a North Dakota bank fraud suspect. What the case reveals about AI oversight gaps.
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Amazon's fake discount crackdown: List Price rules tighten April 23
Amazon updates List Price and Typical Price rules on April 23 and May 18, 2026, requiring sellers to prove reference prices with real sales data or external retailer evidence.
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Why Google's core updates take weeks: Mueller explains the mechanics
Google's John Mueller clarified on March 31, 2026, why core updates take 2-3 weeks to roll out, citing multiple components updated step-by-step rather than all at once.
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Mediaocean's Prisma Direct targets the last manual frontier of TV ad buying
Mediaocean launches Prisma Direct with Disney as first media company partner, automating CTV and streaming direct ad buying workflows slated to go live in Q3 2026.
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Google ends AdSense for Search custom styles, forcing publishers to standard
Google today notified AdSense for Search publishers that custom search styles are deprecated, replaced by Standard search styles with automatic layout updates.
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Google rewrites Googlebot's rulebook: 2MB limits, IP moves, and what crawlers really are
Google today published two blog posts revealing Googlebot's true architecture as a shared SaaS platform, a 2MB fetch limit, and a new IP ranges directory path.
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South Korea rewrites the rulebook on pseudonymous data for AI
South Korea's PIPC today overhauled its pseudonymous data guidelines, cutting required documents from 24 to 10 and setting a risk-based framework for AI training data use.
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IAS and Mastercard turn media quality into live sales signals
IAS and Mastercard combine media quality signals with anonymized purchase data to steer programmatic investment in real time, with U.S. availability from Q2 2026.
