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Google removes useful EU search features, then asks Europeans to blame Brussels
Nick Fox says European Search has lost price checks and hotel-date filters. Google’s own documentation shows comparison sites can still display richer results.
Meta hires MongoDB’s CEO to sell you AI alongside the ads
CJ Desai will lead Meta Enterprise Platform as the company expands from helping businesses reach customers into supplying the AI tools they…
Google may bin your Business Profile post over a phone number
Updated guidance covers unverified emails and social handles, while giving phone numbers a conditional route into posts.
Gemini gets Photoshop tools without asking you to upgrade
Adobe is bringing photo editing and design tools into Google’s chatbot. Its help page specifies English-only support and an Adobe account requirement.
Claude’s growth comes with a $7.3 billion computing bill
Anthropic’s IPO filing reveals the rising cost of building and running Claude, with $4.6 billion in 2025 revenue alongside a $42 billion…
Bing tests new format highlighting top ad and organic results
Bing is testing a combined logo display below the search bar, showing the top-ranking ad alongside the top two organic results for…
Claude Sonnet 5.5 promises lower AI bills without a price cut
Anthropic says Claude Sonnet 5.5 is faster and more token-efficient. I tested it against Sonnet 5 on the same marketing task to…
Google AI Mode now showing more blog carousels
Google AI Mode is showing more blog carousels than before, giving websites that publish articles regularly another way to earn visibility inside…
Google unveils a faster way to power query fan-out
Its R4T framework generates multiple retrieval directions together, with researchers reporting a 12-to-20-fold speed improvement in tests.
OpenAI launches dots, AI agents that keep working after you log off
The agents get their own cloud computers, but Pro subscribers in the UK, EEA and Switzerland are excluded from the initial rollout.
Google uses AI to hunt video spam through upload times and device clues
The system examines how channels upload and connect to one another, looking for coordinated abuse even when their videos differ.
Google AdSense moves ID checks ahead of your first penny
Google’s $0 identity-check threshold applies depending on location. Address verification still starts at $10 or its local equivalent.
Claude recovers from outage, but some messages may be missing
Anthropic says the September 29 disruption affected Claude’s chat service, coding tools and API.
Google may publish suggested business edits if you miss its deadline
Some suggestions can go live if owners miss the notification. A weekly profile check could leave businesses too late to respond.
UK wants Google to offer you other search engines
The CMA’s revised proposal would let qualifying AI services compete for default searches, with clear credit for publishers among the conditions.
Spam in Google Analytics? Here’s what its new filter can block
GA4’s hostname allowlist gives site owners another way to filter unwanted events. Its usefulness against suspicious Singapore traffic depends on what those…
Google will test gun accessory ads in US Search this October
A six-month pilot will cover selected accessories, while ads for firearms and ammunition remain banned.
Google Ads gets a CRM backstop for broken conversion tags
Google’s multi-source conversions beta lets advertisers connect website tags with backend data from a CRM or order system, using transaction IDs to…
Google updates video structured data documentation
Google updated its video structured data documentation to add support for the 'creator' property and clarify supported interaction types within 'interactionStatistic.
Microsoft tests AI Mode branding for Copilot Search across Bing and Edge
Microsoft is testing AI Mode branding across Bing and Edge, with new AI Mode entry points connecting users to its Copilot-powered search…
Microsoft Copilot now lets marketers build their own apps and dashboards
Microsoft’s new Code feature can turn natural-language instructions into internal apps, trackers, dashboards and automations, without requiring users to start with traditional…
Google tests shorter AI Overview design on desktop
Google is testing a shorter AI Overview design on desktop, potentially giving organic results below it more visibility and clicks.
How to use Search Console’s new multimodal search filter
Google now separates image-led web searches from text searches in Search Console. Here’s where to find the new filter and what each…
Google AI Mode carousel now shows a mix of blog and product pages
oogle AI Mode's product carousel appears to be mixing in blog content alongside product listings, a shift from the typical all-product carousel…
Firecrawl wants to pay publishers when AI agents use their content
A $75 million funding round will help expand its data partnerships, while new contributors must join a waitlist for the planned self-service…
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