Google Search Console counts duplicate URLs in AI Overviews and blue links as one impression. John Mueller confirms the methodology that affects visibility metrics for publishers.
Louisa Wong becomes CEO of MINT on February 2, bringing two decades of agency and adtech experience to lead advertising resource management platform as industry faces fragmentation.
Amazon Publisher Services launches open beta Prebid adapter connecting publishers to Amazon demand plus 60+ buyers while reducing latency and preserving existing workflows.
Yelp acquires AI communication platform Hatch for $270 million to automate lead management for home services businesses, marking its largest AI investment to date.
WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg warns of AI psychosis as Anthropic researchers identify neural patterns governing AI personas and methods to prevent harmful drift.
Vox Media filed a federal antitrust lawsuit on January 14, 2026, alleging Google's monopolization of advertising technology markets deprived the publisher of billions in revenue.
Anthropic's Claude Code transforms software development through file system access and Unix commands, threatening traditional SaaS models while accelerating 2026's AI coding adoption.
Google opens the WebMCP origin trial in Chrome 149, letting websites expose structured tools to AI agents instead of leaving them to parse pixels and DOMs.
Advertisers warn Google's AI Max routes specific product searches to generic landing pages, fueling frustration before the DSA shutdown set for September 2026.
Google on May 19 upgraded AI Mode with Gemini 3.5 Flash, information agents, generative UI, agentic booking, and Personal Intelligence across 200 countries.
Data centers supported 5.5 million US jobs and $927bn in GDP in 2024, PwC finds - while E3 finds no clear evidence they raised electricity bills for households.
ICO advises UK government to ease PECR regulation 6 consent rules for low-risk online ads, covering contextual targeting, frequency capping and measurement.
iPullRank's Mike King argues Google's AI search guide protects platform interests, dismissing GEO, chunking, and multi-platform SEO strategies in May 2026.
Meta and Toluna tested 100 Reels ads in 4 markets, finding early branding, audio, and emojis significantly boost purchase intent across brand and DR campaigns.
Meta today opened Ray-Ban Display glasses to developers via two build paths - a mobile SDK and a new web app route using standard HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Google Search Console counts duplicate URLs in AI Overviews and blue links as one impression. John Mueller confirms the methodology that affects visibility metrics for publishers.
Louisa Wong becomes CEO of MINT on February 2, bringing two decades of agency and adtech experience to lead advertising resource management platform as industry faces fragmentation.
Amazon Publisher Services launches open beta Prebid adapter connecting publishers to Amazon demand plus 60+ buyers while reducing latency and preserving existing workflows.
Yelp acquires AI communication platform Hatch for $270 million to automate lead management for home services businesses, marking its largest AI investment to date.
WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg warns of AI psychosis as Anthropic researchers identify neural patterns governing AI personas and methods to prevent harmful drift.
Vox Media filed a federal antitrust lawsuit on January 14, 2026, alleging Google's monopolization of advertising technology markets deprived the publisher of billions in revenue.
Anthropic's Claude Code transforms software development through file system access and Unix commands, threatening traditional SaaS models while accelerating 2026's AI coding adoption.