Publishers want Congress to stop AI bots pretending to be human
The proposed Stealth Bot Prohibition Act would target deceptive access and require disclosure of what crawlers intend to do with content.
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Pinterest's Q5 season indicates shopping continues after the holidays so marketers can adjust their strategy to…
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Daily news, practical guidance or a wider view of AI and marketing: give each newsletter a…
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Restaurant bookings lead the tasks respondents would delegate. Reported use of AI agents is much lower…
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Google is paying publishers for AI answers, with some decidedly small cheques
Reports describe a selective pilot and uneven returns. Digiday’s firsthand reporting explains how Google ties payments…
Digital MarketingChatGPT advertisers can now launch product campaigns from a spreadsheet
Bulk product-feed setup joins broader conversion reporting, while changing an advertiser’s public name can pause delivery.
SEO NewsGoogle’s September spam update delivers another ranking jolt
SEOs are reporting renewed movement as the worldwide rollout continues. Google still lists one active spam…
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Yahoo sponsored results now showing more blue hyperlinks
Yahoo sponsored results are now showing more blue hyperlinks within ads, a design change that stood…
Digital MarketingChatGPT now lets you try on clothes with a selfie
Shoppers can generate try-on images from a selfie and save products for later on mobile and…
AI SearchAI shopping answers keep sending customers to the big chains, study finds
Small stores appeared in source links more often than they became the first recommendation, a Lightspeed-funded…
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Google beats Rolling Stone publisher’s lawsuit over AI search
The publishers’ expectation of search traffic could not support their argument that Google had struck a…
PPCGoogle shopping ads missing product images on mobile
Google Ads is showing Shopping ads with product titles but no images, spotted by Arpan Banerjee…
SEOGoogle tells publishers to check AI’s facts before hitting publish
Google has updated its documentation on AI-generated content, reminding site owners to manually fact-check all AI…