I am seeing a spike in complaints from Google AdSense publishers of earnings dropping again over the past 24-hours or so. This is similar to last week, and it also coincides with an unconfirmed Google search ranking update.

Google’s John Mueller was asked if it was acceptable to link your brand websites together on a brand page to communicate to your users that the company owns multiple brands. John said, it is pretty common to do so and if done as a reasonable scale, it is fine to do.

The other day, I saw the Google News channel on X respond to claims that Google is going to allow merchants to overcharge you for products sold through the new AI checkout protocol. I found it crazy because Google has checks and balances to ensure merchants can’t do this and Google responded as such.

Bots, fake reviews, and undisclosed AI are eroding trust on social media, creating a competitive advantage for brands that prioritize authenticity and real human experience.
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Timely completion represents a significant turning point in FiscalNote’s product-led growth strategy FiscalNote Holdings, Inc., the leading provider of AI-driven policy and regulatory intelligence solutions,announced the successful completion of customer migration from the legacy FiscalNote platform to PolicyNote. Achieving this important milestone represents significant progress in FiscalNote’s long-term strategy to unify its offerings under PolicyNote, […]

Google responds to “personalized upselling” criticism tied to its AI Mode checkout, saying upselling means premium options, not higher prices.
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The Microsoft Advertising team released a new PDF guide named “From discovery to influence: AEO A guide to and GEO." This guide offers "Practical data strategies to empower retailers for AI search, AI assistants and AI browsers."

For the past few weeks, Google Ads has been rolling out a new and faster way to set up an account by using an existing campaign. The option reads, “Create an account with campaign for faster setup."

Faster situational awareness helps fleets reduce response times, enhance safety, and streamline operations. Netradyne, a leader in AI-powered fleet safety and performance solutions, announced the launch of Video LiveSearch, an industry-first technology that leverages real-time natural language search powered by on-device edge AI intelligence. Video LiveSearch enables fleet managers to proactively search across every vehicle […]