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Meta announced three ad ranking upgrades, including a new LLM-based generative recommendations model, an update to its GEM model, and changes to Andromeda, with ads now scored for every eligible impression.

At Google I/O in May 2026, Sundar Pichai said Google's AI Mode had passed 1 billion monthly active users and called it the company's biggest upgrade to Search.

Google's effort to combat SEO spam is reportedly expanding to new kinds of platforms, tools, and services.

Pages cited by AI often answered a question in their first lines, though the gap was smaller compared with pages AI retrieved but did not cite.

OneLittleWeb estimates Bing lost 45.6% of its web visits over the past year, while ChatGPT rose 35.86% to 70.78bn visits.

Invoca's AI agents can book appointments in RCS chats that start from Google Search message ads, sitelinks and featured snippets, in beta for telecom, finance and travel brands.

Google has opened a preview that lets developers bring third-party apps into Search and Gemini via a cloud MCP server or Android AppFunctions.

A Bitly survey indicates SEOs should look beyond short links to address mismatched landing pages and reconsider what click-through rates actually show.

Google has launched a preview of its Connected Apps Platform, which lets app developers bring their apps directly into Gemini and Search.

Meta announced three AI innovations across its ads systems that it says are improving advertiser performance.

Google has added a blue Fan POV button to some sports-related searches, such as world series, which opens a customizable dialog that sends users into AI Mode.

Google released a video in its Non-Canonical Cabinet series explaining why 404 error pages are not something to fear.

Google is automatically adding Facebook Messenger m.me links to Google Business Profiles and emailing businesses to notify them of the change.

Bing is testing a phone icon in its desktop local pack that displays a scan-to-call QR code alongside the listed phone number, a feature Google introduced in 2023.

Sprinklr has opened a beta of six AI agents that turn campaign briefs into campaigns, and the launch came without test data.

Google is testing a Save button that appears when users hover over an image in Google Image Search, instead of only after an image preview opens.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed a law that requires chatbot operators to confirm users are adults or switch off 12 features starting January 1, 2027.

Consumers in the EU pay for AI at about 60% of the US rate, and 22% of new firms on both sides of the Atlantic code with AI.

Decodo has launched Web Data API, which bundles scraping, searching, mapping, and crawling under one key for AI agents and retrieval pipelines.