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FTC Unseals Details In Amazon Ads Auction Surcharge Suit

Newly unredacted FTC and state complaint alleges Amazon secretly inflated ad auction prices by up to 250% during Prime Day and Black Friday.

Google Search Queries Hit A 5-Year High, And Search Revenue Didn’t Follow

Search revenue grew 12% while queries hit a five-year high. The gap is AI Mode, and Google’s fix is more ads inside the answer.

November Click Spikes In Google Search Console Are Bot Traffic – How To Filter Your Reports

Seeing a vertical jump in Search Console clicks? Bots, not humans, are behind it. Here’s how to spot it and filter your reports.

Ads In Google AI Answers Concentrate In Apparel & Electronics

New holiday data counts ads inside Google AI Overviews, AI Mode and ChatGPT across five shopping categories and shows which prompts ChatGPT ads ran on.

How To Optimize For Better Campaign Leads, Not Just Conversions – Ask A PPC

Improve lead quality by teaching ad platforms which conversions become qualified opportunities and revenue.

GEO Isn’t A Distraction – Referral Data Misses Where AI Shapes Buying Decisions

GEO's low referral traffic can hide its influence on buying decisions, while cited research shows ChatGPT visitors convert nearly five times better than search visitors.

Google Explains How Redirects Affect Ranking Signals

Google clarifies how server-side redirects influence ranking signals and canonicalization.

SERP Data Providers Say Google Is Throttling Goto Result Links

SERP data providers say Google throttles goto links per results page, so some rank data may store Google redirect links in place of page URLs.

AI Visibility vs. Search Rankings: Is Your Agency Measuring the Wrong Thing For 2027?

Measure AI visibility beyond rankings and citations. Use inclusion, framing, and endorsement to show clients what changed and what to do next.

Google Brings UCP Direct Checkout To AI Mode In Canada

Google is expanding UCP-powered direct checkout in AI Mode and the Gemini app to Canadian shoppers, with a Merchant Center integration planned for next year.

Reddit Begins Testing Ads In Its Own Search Results

Reddit is testing ads in its own search results with select advertisers and may match ads to what people search for.

Businesses Treat Your AI Agent 3 Different Ways

If a website cannot tell an AI agent from the customer, it cannot treat the agent differently. Three steps to fix that before agents arrive.

Google Adds Home Service Booking & Quote Links To AI Mode

AI Mode now links home service searches to booking and quote pages. Here's how businesses reach those pages and what partners say about lead fees.

Reach Is No Longer The KPI: 4 Signals From Jupiter Festival Miami That Reset 2027 Media Budgets

Build your 2027 paid media plan around attention, creators, and streaming, while testing whether new metrics drive incremental sales.

Your CMS Is Still Failing SEO Basics – 11 Fixes To Demand

Cut recurring developer tickets with essential CMS SEO controls, smarter automation, and safeguards against indexing and redirect mistakes.

Reddit’s Logged-In Future: Why Its Pull In Search And AI Answers Isn’t Fading

Reddit conversations help shoppers validate purchases, giving brands a reason to stay engaged as login tests raise questions about search and AI access.

Google’s Search Volume Is About 5x ChatGPT’s, OpenAI Says

ChatGPT's search-like queries equal about a fifth of Google's volume, its maker says, counting each question that sends it to the web. Traffic data differs.

Google’s Q3 2026 Earnings Call: Search & AI Are Merging Into One Unified Product

SEOs, buckle up. Google says expect rapid improvement from recursive self-improvement, and Search is becoming an agent manager.

Google Ad Tags In Server-Side GTM To Get Full IP Addresses

Google says ad tags in server-side Tag Manager will accept full IP addresses while Analytics tags stay redacted. Here's what changes and how to redact.

How To Create Demand You Can Actually Convert (And Prove)

Discover effective strategies to generate demand and measure results for your B2B marketing campaigns successfully.

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