Thursday, September 10, 2026

Instagram's head Adam Mosseri defended algorithmic feeds against calls for elimination, citing user engagement benefits.

Google is rolling out view counts for Business Profile posts globally, showing combined views from Search and Maps for posts from the past 18 months.

Google and Uberall are hosting a webinar on September 24 to discuss upcoming Google Search changes and local marketing fixes.

Orbit Media's 2026 blogging survey found content marketing success fell to 14% of marketers reporting strong results, even as AI adoption hit 92%, because marketers abandoned proven tactics like keyword research and expert collaboration rather than because of AI itself.

Publishers are blocking AI crawlers while citing metrics with unknown data gaps, creating a mismatch between their stated justification and actual measurement.

Amazon and OpenAI partnered to let advertisers buy ChatGPT ad inventory through Amazon's DSP platform in a limited U.S. pilot.

Google has embedded a 'Deez Nuts' easter egg into its AI Overview feature.

John Mueller from Google noted that mapping search ranking positions one through ten has become more difficult.

OpenAI is blocking ads for rival image and audio generation tools from running inside ChatGPT while expanding its own competing capabilities.

Apple's VP of AI revealed that Siri processes 2.5 billion requests daily.

Google expanded its Data Manager tool across Google Analytics and DV360 while introducing a new uplift measurement metric for first-party data.

Google is expanding its Data Manager and Meridian measurement tools with AI-powered features and broader platform integration to help marketers analyze first-party data and incrementality.

Google's John Mueller confirmed that traditional position 1-10 rankings are now difficult to map in Search Console due to AI Overviews changing SERP layout.

Google DeepMind is testing Autoregressive Ranking (ARR), an AI model designed to consolidate retrieval and ranking into a single unified system.

Scammers are uploading AI-generated photos to Google Maps business listings with fake phone numbers to divert customer calls, and Google's reporting process appears ineffective.

Le Monde reports it has not seen audience decline since AI Overviews rolled out in France, though app and subscription metrics complicate the full picture.

Search Engine Journal analyzed 120K mentions to identify four key signals that drive multi-location business visibility across five AI models including ChatGPT and Gemini.