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Google releases June 2026 spam update

This update should only take a few days to roll out.

Google Ads API to stop supporting new Smart Campaign creation

Google will end support for creating new Smart Campaigns via its Ads API, further shifting advertisers toward Performance Max.

ChatGPT recommendations drive more brand website visits: Study

AI-influenced visitors viewed 12 pages and spent 11.8 minutes on site, compared with 6.5 pages and 5.6 minutes for others, SimilarWeb found.

OpenAI says ChatGPT ad dismissals have dropped 50% as relevance improves

OpenAI says ChatGPT users are dismissing ads 50% less often, suggesting its conversational ad format is becoming more relevant.

Stop trying to replace people with AI

Fear-based AI positioning grabs attention, but it can undermine trust. Here's why augmentation is a stronger long-term marketing strategy.

How to measure paid social’s impact on paid search performance

Search often captures demand that starts elsewhere. Use these measurement techniques to identify what's driving it.

A 13-word edit can steer what deep-research AI agents recommend

Fake entities appeared in 38% to 51% of reports when agents retrieved a manipulated page, rising to 62% with multiple pages.

B2B brands rank in Google but appear in just 3% of AI Overviews

AI Overviews appear in roughly half of relevant B2B searches, yet most brands remain largely absent from the answers buyers see.

Google tests “Strongest match” labels on Search ads

Google is exploring new ways to highlight the most relevant ads in Search, potentially giving advertisers a visibility advantage.

Tailor Your Feed: The Google Discover fan-out that surfaces niche sites

Here's why it opens a third visibility path for small sites, beyond implicit affinity and the Follow button.

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