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Google Updates Its Site Reputation Abuse Policy, Upending Publisher Affiliate Businesses

Google update means publishers using third-party vendors for affiliate sites may see search visibility plummet.

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Perplexity AI Is Testing Ads In Search With Brands Indeed and Whole Foods Market

AI startup Perplexity AI is officially moving forward with previously announced plans to begin testing ads within its search results.

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Exclusive: Forbes, CNN, and More Lose Millions as New Google Policy Tanks Affiliate Businesses

Steep drops in Google search visibility could mean the end to publishers outsourcing affiliate operations.

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Google Quietly Tests AI Search Ad Tool to Help Advertisers Reach New Audiences

The tools use AI to generate net-new assets and figure out how to optimize across low-traffic queries

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Perplexity Is Referring Modest Traffic to Publishers, Even to Those Who Try Blocking It

The New York Times, The Guardian, and Forbes see a surprising increase in referral traffic from Perplexity.

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Google Is Expanding Its AI Tools for Making Search Ads and Measuring Campaigns

Advertisers can use Google's AI to generate keywords and copy used for search ad campaigns.

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Search Is Fragmenting Quickly. Brands Need to Develop Knowledge Graphs

Brands must recognize that their AI strategy is fundamentally their data strategy.

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An Uncertain Future: What Advertisers Must Consider About the New Google Search Experience

The tech giant's recent updates incorporating generative AI present new opportunities and challenges.

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Retail Media Search Is Where Intent and Discovery Will Merge

Search results can and should be more helpful, suggestive and concierge-like to enable shoppers to discover the best result for them in that moment.

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How to Adjust—and Measure—Your Content Strategy for Google’s SGE

Google’s Search Generative Experience is still very much in its infancy, but brands need to take its evolutionary shifts seriously.

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3 Major Ways Generative AI Is Redefining Search

The future is AI-driven, trust-centric dialogue between brands and consumers.

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Brand Knowledge Will Level Up Your AI-Driven Search Engine Marketing

Start preparing now for the changes to conversational chatbots that will transform SEM.

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How Publishers Are Preparing for Google’s AI-Enhanced Search

The AI-enabled results could throttle readership to an ‘apocalyptic’ degree.

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In a World Blind to Search, All Eyes Are on Influencers

Many consumers may not even consider some influencers to be influencers at all, recognizing them primarily as someone they follow with similar interests or values.

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Challenger Brand Gymbox Takes Aim at Competitors Through SEO

The London-based gym company has targeted Virgin Active, PureGym and ClassPass searches.