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Google added Brave Search to Chrome; Brave is using it to push Brave Browser
Google recently added Brave Search to Chrome’s list of available search engines, giving users another option for what powers searches in the browser. Now, Brave is using that…
Google says Search Console can’t show your position inside AI Overviews
Google’s John Mueller has acknowledged a limitation in Search Console’s AI reporting: it cannot tell publishers where their links sit within an…
Google Business Profile now lets you review and delete collected info
Google has announced the availability of “Collected Info,” a Business Profile tab that lets owners inspect details gathered by its automated assistant.…
Google Ads tests a way to steer spending toward priority products
Google Ads is testing Product Value Optimization, a feature that lets retailers adjust how much selected products are worth to its automated…
OpenAI can reject ChatGPT ads simply for competing with its own business
OpenAI has explicitly reserved the right to reject ChatGPT advertisements that conflict with its commercial interests, giving competing businesses another condition to…
Google details partner-only search API as Custom Search nears shutdown
Google has updated documentation for a service that lets approved partners add full-web Google search results to their websites and apps. The…
Google tests payments for content used in AI answers, but pricing remains unclear
Google is testing payments to publishers whose content helps produce answers in Gemini, AI Overviews and AI Mode. Participants can see their…
How to run ads on ChatGPT: A beginner’s guide
To run ads on ChatGPT, start at OpenAI Ads Manager. Eligible businesses can create an advertiser account, complete verification and billing, build…
Google Analytics launches Dashboards to make custom reporting easier
Google Analytics has launched Dashboards, giving businesses a new way to arrange their most useful numbers and charts on one screen. The…
Google’s AI answers reduced Wikipedia search visits, study finds
Google’s AI Overviews reduced search referrals to English Wikipedia by around 5%, according to a University of Washington working paper revised September…
Google tests new queries between free listing products in SERP
Google is testing new query suggestions that appear between the free listing product carousel above and an AI Mode box below. Clicking…
Google wants Maps and Waze to send more customers into stores
New advertising controls focus on people ready to visit a business. The accompanying sales measurement update still comes with substantial eligibility requirements.
Amazon is bringing its ad empire to ChatGPT
Amazon is opening a new route for its advertisers to reach people inside ChatGPT, putting its advertising business closer to the conversations…
Could Google’s next core update arrive in September 2026?
Google’s last core rollout finished in June. We checked previous September updates, current volatility readings and publisher reports to assess whether another…
Businesses say Google encouraged them to spend, then denied the reward
Advertisers say Google denied ad credits after they spent thousands
Google Ads adds a new way to measure sales missing from your reports
Google’s latest measurement update could help explain why reported ad results improve even when a business hasn’t made more sales.
Google researchers improved AI search and made the top result worse
Google DeepMind researchers are exploring whether one AI model could find and rank search results, replacing a process often split between two…
Google warns AdSense publishers their impression counts could drop
Google is warning publishers that a new way of counting display ad impressions could reduce their reported totals from February 17, 2027.…
WordPress co-founder sidelined by the company he built
Automattic’s board has put its founder on paid leave. The leadership of the open-source software used by publishers and businesses remains unchanged.
Demand for people to fix AI-generated work is climbing, reports find
AI’s next big job opportunity? Cleaning up after AI
Cloudflare’s AI block could shut out Google next week, even if you change nothing
Rules scheduled for September 15 would bring Google, Microsoft and Apple crawlers under restrictions that previously excluded them.
Google People Also Ask answers are now nearly 100% AI-generated
Google's People Also Ask answers have jumped from just 12% AI-generated 14 months ago to 97% today, according to data shared by…
Bing tests new Web tab in its search menu
Bing is testing a new 'Web' tab under its 'All' tab in the search menu, though it currently shows the same results…
Google says search is getting worse in Europe and this will hurt local businesses
Google began rolling out changes to EU search results on September 8 to comply with the Digital Markets Act, warning that the…
GPT-6 users report disappearing credits and jobs left unfinished
Codex users report exhausted allowances and unfinished tasks, while a separate bug report alleges purchased credits keep draining during connection failures.
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