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AI image generation and precision editing in one platform — empowering everyone to create stunning visuals with ease. AI Image Generator technology is booming — but “easy to use” is still one of the industry’s biggest challenges. In recent years, AI Image Generators have rapidly spread across social media, marketing content, and personal creative projects, pushing […]

OpenAI’s native shopping in ChatGPT signals a major shift in discovery, attribution, and brand power, according to Viant CEO Tim Vanderhook.
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Google is testing an option to read aloud the AI Overviews by clicking on a speaker icon at the top of the AI Overview within Google Search. And the crazy thing, this is being tested in the US.

Google is testing swapping out the Gemini button at the top right of the Chrome browser, with a “Browse with AI" button. The button is more colorful and in your face, which probably gets more users to notice it.

Google’s John Mueller posted one of his one-liners, where he called some forms of SEO content as “digital mulch." He wrote, "And let’s be honest’"most of that SEO content is just digital mulch. (…) If your blog exists solely to rank, it’s living on borrowed time."

Microsoft has added the ability to add custom columns to the Microsoft Advertising user interface and advertising console. But it doesn’t offer every metric, including missing the segment by conversion action metric.

Google’s John Mueller questioned the need for all websites to use ccTLDs, different domain names, to take their websites international. He said on Reddit, “you both make things harder on yourself, but you also make it harder for search engines to understand each of these sites."

2025 was notable for GEO, Google patents, and research papers. WordPress entered the year with uncertainty and ended it roaring into 2026.
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