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There was a time, believe it or not, when clicking on a company’s blog link felt like opening a window into the brand’s soul. You’d find raw insights from CEOs, behind-the-scenes stories from product designers, and a genuine voice that felt human. It was corporate blogging in its purest form: a digital handshake. Then, the…

Visibility in AI answers is gated long before ranking, and this article explains how Spam, Safety, Intent, and Trust decide who gets through.
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Getty Images, a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace, announced the renewal of its long-standing partnership with NASCAR, extending its role as NASCAR’s Official Photography Partner, a designation it has held since 2006. The agreement sees Getty Images’ team of specialized motorsport photographers deliver high-quality imagery from all races and events in the NASCAR […]

Rethink SEO’s role as AI shifts discovery into the answer and reshapes how demand, trust, and preference are formed.
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Google AdSense has added additional triggers for vignette ads. There are now a total of six triggers, three old ones and three new ones. These new triggers took effect on February 9, 2026.

Google announced a new ad unit for AI Mode for shopping ads which promotes retailers. Google also launched Veo 3 support in Google Ads Asset Studio. Plus Vidhya Srinivasan, VP/GM of Ads & Commerce at Google, published her annual letter to the industry on the Google blog.

Google is rolling out UCP, Universal Commerce Protocol, powered checkout in AI Mode. This launched as part of the Google Ads news from yesterday, and you can now see it in AI Mode for products from Etsy and Wayfair.

Asad Awan, who is in charge of monetization at OpenAI was interviewed by his own company on “The Thinking Behind Ads in ChatGPT." It is a 25 minute interview and one part he discusses how he would like to see advertisers simply prompt to create ads and ad campaigns and not have to hire an agency or "performance marketers" to run ads on ChatGPT.