Bing Hits 1 Billion MAU, Google AI Max Goes Beyond Search, and OpenAI Crawls Triple After GPT-5
Bing reaches 1 billion MAU. Google AI Max moves into Shopping and Travel. OpenAI crawl tripled since GPT-5. Google’s back-button deadline.
ChatGPT Ads Go CPC, Google Faces EU Data-Share Mandate & AI Search Eats Itself
ChatGPT Ads now bid $3-$5 CPC. The EU may force Google to share search data. AI search is feeding on its own synthetic content.
Weekly Update – Search Marketing – 16th April 2026
Google’s March 2026 core update caused major ranking shifts. Plus DSA retiring for AI Max, new spam penalties and the rise of agentic search.
How to Get Reliable Output from AI: Ann Stanley Joins Frederick Vallaeys on his PPC Town Hall Podcast
Ann Stanley joins Fred Vallaeys on PPC Town Hall to discuss building reliable AI workflows, from n8n to Claude Code and the Human AI Sandwich.
Weekly Update – Search Marketing – 9th April 2026
March 2026 Core Update complete, AI bot traffic up 300%, and Google’s UCP launches. Get the latest SEO and PPC insights for April 2026.
Weekly Update – Search Marketing – 2nd April 2026
Googlebot’s 2MB limit, Google-Agent, UCP and Veo lead April’s key search marketing updates. Find out what they mean for you.
Weekly Update – Search Marketing – 26th March 2026
Google’s March 2026 spam update lands, Reddit rolls out shoppable Collection Ads and PMax gets AI video. This week’s search marketing digest.
Weekly Update – Search Marketing – 19th March 2026
Google AI Overviews now cover 14% of shopping queries and small publisher traffic is down 60%. Read this week’s search marketing news.
Weekly Update – Search Marketing – March 12th 2026
Gemini 3 reshapes AI Overview citations, Google launches Merchant Center for Agencies, and product grids redefine e-commerce SERPs.
Weekly Update – Search Marketing – February 26th 2026
Explore AAO, Performance Max segmentation, Google Ads authorisation and the SERP API lawsuit in this week’s SEO roundup.
