IAB's annual report shows search ad growth fell while social media and digital video posted stronger year-over-year gains.

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Google is rolling out Skills to Gemini in Chrome on desktop, letting users save prompts as reusable one-click tools and run them across selected tabs.

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Google added back button hijacking to its malicious practices spam policy. Enforcement starts June 15, 2026. Sites have two months to remove offending code.

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Sundar Pichai outlines search as an “agent manager,” signaling a shift from link-based results to task completion and multi-step workflows.

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SISTRIX analyzed German search results after the March core update and found uneven visibility shifts across categories, with some site types hit harder than others.

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An analysis of 400+ websites found five characteristics associated with estimated organic traffic gains.

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Akamai breaks down which AI bots are hitting publishing, who operates them, and why fetcher bots may pose a more immediate risk.

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Google's March core update finished rolling out. Here's what to know about the rollout and when to check your data.

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai said AI models could expose more software vulnerabilities and agreed it was plausible AI is affecting zero-day exploit markets.

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An Ipsos survey of U.S. adults found 63% say ads in AI search results would reduce trust. Early advertiser data offers limited, mixed signals.

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ChatGPT Search is citing fewer websites per response after GPT-5.3 Instant became the default experience.

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