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New research exposes how just a few hundred malicious documents can plant backdoors in AI models and distort product comparisons.
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As you know, Google finally launched custom annotations within the Google Search Console performance reports. Well, one issue we noticed is that it does not allow for adding annotations for data it does not have yet, like for today. Today, Google rolled out support for current/future dates.

AI now handles the entire research stage, so now the real fight in SEO is about earning a place inside those answers
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Google Search Console’s page indexing report is delayed again, stuck at two weeks ago, November 17, 2025. This is a much longer than normal delay for this page indexing report, but it is just a reporting issue and it does not mean your site has any issues with indexing.

Marketers have always gravitated toward the comfort of large reach numbers. On the surface, reach promises scale, influence, and opportunity. But outside of rare cultural moments like the Super Bowl, where audiences actively lean into advertising rather than feel disrupted by it, reach rarely delivers what marketers imagine. The bigger the reach number, the more…

Advertisers and media teams face a growing challenge: video is now the dominant format for brand storytelling, yet the intelligence behind ad performance is often limited to surface-level metrics. Impressions, watch time, and click-through rates rarely explain why some creatives resonate and others fade. Teams experiment with new concepts, iterate on copy, try different hooks…