Google tests third-party endorsements in search ads
Google is testing 3rd party endorsements in Search ads, adding publisher logos and quotes to introduce external validation into paid results.
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Google Analytics To Become A Growth Engine For Business via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson
Google’s Eleanor Stribling reveals GA4’s roadmap: full-funnel measurement platform within a year, then evolving into an AI-powered business decision platform.
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What 2 million LLM sessions reveal about AI discovery
From finance to SaaS, different LLMs win different jobs, which is why a single-platform AI strategy won’t work in 2026.
SEO Pulse: Google Explores AI Opt-Outs, Gemini 3 Powers AIOs via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
This week’s SEO Pulse covers potential opt-outs from AI search, deeper AI Overviews integration, and what model tradeoffs mean for content workflows.
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7 custom GPT ideas to automate SEO workflows
How custom GPTs can be used in SEO, with example prompts for planning, analysis, reporting, and technical work.
PPC Pulse: ChatGPT Ads CPMs, Ads Decoded Talks Analytics via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson
This week’s PPC Pulse recaps early details on ChatGPT’s premium ad pricing and key takeaways from the first Ads Decoded episode on Google Analytics.
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Is SEO a brand channel or a performance channel? Now it’s both
AI Overviews and zero-click SERPs have broken the traffic model. SEO ROI now depends on brand strength, not just rankings.
4 Reasons Your Google Ads Clicks Are Down & What You Can Do via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson
Stop guessing when clicks fall and use a structured process to get Google Ads performance back on track.
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Google’s SAGE Agentic AI Research: What It Means For SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster
New research paper about creating a dataset for training deep research AI agents (SAGE) also provides SEO insights for content.
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AI ads are neither
Neither AI nor ads. The problem started with search, and was weaponized by Amazon. Display ads go back at least 100 years. A century ago, the idea was simple: Show up in a place where people are offering up attention and tell a story. The advertiser pays the media for the attention they’re using, and