Google’s VP of Ads & Commerce published her annual letter previewing agentic commerce updates, AI Mode ad expansion, and creator-brand matching tools for 2026.
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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Google’s John Mueller explains how a leftover HTTP homepage invisible to Chrome users can cause site-name and favicon problems in search results.
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New Forward-Facing AI Features Enable Marketers to Dramatically Increase the Footprint For Transformation Of Social Content by Filling In The Creative Gaps Brands Require For Rapid Adoption Rembrand, the leading platform for creating breakthrough formats and experiences in video advertising, announces a significant expansion of Spaceback’s AI, enabling brands to further amplify and augment their […]

Guideline, a leading provider of advertising data and media plan management technologies, today announced the launch of the Guideline AI Factory, an innovation engine built to move faster from ideation to customer value across Guideline Ad Intelligence products and Media Plan Management technologies. The AI Factory is designed to turn Guideline’s unique advertising market intelligence data […]

AI tool converts store URLs into Meta and YouTube ads in minutes—no design or copywriting skills required ROAS Suite launched its AI ad creation platform worldwide, enabling ecommerce brands to generate production-ready video ads for under $2 and image ads for $0.40—a fraction of traditional creative production costs. The platform requires only a store URL […]

Backlight releases its sixth annual report, highlighting key trends and challenges in media asset management Backlight, the company behind Iconik and Wildmoka, which power video workflows for large media and entertainment organizations, released the 2026 Iconik Media Stats Report, revealing how efficiency and scale are reshaping media operations. Content production is prolific, while production timelines […]

Leveraging TVision’s panel and applying its data to VideoAmp’s vast household footprint, VideoAmp projects scaled, precise viewership insights. TVision, the company measuring every second of TV and CTV viewer engagement, and VideoAmp, the tech-first measurement company, announced an expanded licensing agreement that delivers TVision’s industry-leading, person-level calibration data for CTV to VideoAmp. The new deal […]