People Also Ask Goes 97% AI, Google Calls EU Search Its Worst Ever, and Cloudflare Turns on Googlebot
Search marketing news: People Also Ask answers hit 97% AI, Google calls its EU results the worst quality drop in 29 years.
AI in Marketing & Management (1st Sep 26): Google’s Flagship Gap Widens as ChatGPT Ads Passes $1 Billion
Google’s Gemini Pro flagship delay widens as ChatGPT Ads passes $1 billion, Meta reportedly halts a second AI-driven layoff round, and Anicca AI & Insights turns one with the launch of Armadello Analytics & AI Insights.
Google Carves Europe Out of Site Reputation Penalties, the Spam Update Bites Harder Than Usual & goto Redirects Go Live
This week’s search marketing news: Google exempts the EEA from site reputation penalties, the August spam update bites hard, goto URLs go live.
This Week in AI in Marketing & Management (24th Aug 26)
Claude completes its reach across every device as xAI launches Grok Bot, plus OpenAI’s ChatGPT Ads reach Europe and new AI ad-disclosure laws.
August Spam Update Rolls Out, ChatGPT Ads Reach 31 European Markets, and AI Overviews Open in France at 52%
This week’s search marketing news: Google’s August spam update rolls out, ChatGPT ads reach 31 European markets, AI Overviews hit 52% in France.
This Week in AI in Marketing & Management (17th Aug 26)
Anthropic now watermarks Claude worldwide for the EU AI Act, Gemini 3.7 Flash races GPT-5.6 Sol on speed, and AI’s climate cost.
AI Impressions Reach Every Search Console, One in Seven ChatGPT Ads Misses Its Topic, and Meta Starts Building an Index
This week’s search marketing news: Search Console’s AI report reaches everyone, 1 in 7 ChatGPT ads lands off-topic, Meta starts crawling.
This Week in AI in Marketing & Management (10th Aug 26)
The machine-readable brand era arrives: Ally Financial’s AI search strategy, and Google Ads’ AI Max migration lands 1 September.
This Week in AI in Marketing & Management (3rd Aug 26)
Anthropic discloses Claude breached three real company systems in security tests, and Lloyds Bank commits £2bn to AI cost-cutting.
This Week in AI in Marketing & Management (27th Jul 26)
OpenAI’s $100bn ad forecast misses by 90%, Claude Opus 5 launches at half the price, and its own agents hack Hugging Face in a test.
