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ChatGPT searched one subreddit by name, and the retrieval log says more than the citation list
AI

ChatGPT searched one subreddit by name, and the retrieval log says more than the citation list

A capture published on 27 August 2026 shows ChatGPT choosing one subreddit by name with a decade-long window. Set against a query…

Aug 30, 20263 min read
AdMob rewarded video defect on Android runs eight days with no workaround
Google Ads

AdMob rewarded video defect on Android runs eight days with no workaround

Rewarded ads stopped playing video on Android applications on 20 August 2026 and the incident was still open eight days later. Three…

Aug 30, 20263 min read
Shopify SEO checklist: 25 steps in the order that works
eCommerce Marketing

Shopify SEO checklist: 25 steps in the order that works

Most wasted Shopify SEO work is right work done in the wrong order. Here is the 25-step checklist in execution order, what…

Aug 29, 20263 min read
Digital marketing for startups: which channels to start with and how to measure them
Digital Marketing

Digital marketing for startups: which channels to start with and how to measure them

A channel-by-channel and metrics guide for early-stage teams in Thailand: what each of the seven starting channels demands, a 30, 60 and…

Aug 29, 20263 min read
Ads in Social Media: How They Work and How to Plan Them
Social Media Marketing

Ads in Social Media: How They Work and How to Plan Them

Social ads are bought in a real-time auction against people who were not looking for you. Here is how formats, objectives, budget…

Aug 29, 20263 min read
Trade Desk's Zuma: the 32 percent CPA claim rests on 62 campaigns
Digital Marketing

Trade Desk's Zuma: the 32 percent CPA claim rests on 62 campaigns

The Trade Desk released Zuma with a 32 percent average CPA improvement attached. The footnote says the sample is 62 campaigns and…

Aug 29, 20263 min read
Google splits site reputation enforcement inside and outside the EEA
SEO

Google splits site reputation enforcement inside and outside the EEA

Google will apply site reputation manual actions differently for searchers inside the European Economic Area from 30 August. The policy itself did…

Aug 29, 20263 min read
Creator fees have no benchmark, and that is the story
Social Media Marketing

Creator fees have no benchmark, and that is the story

Digiday reported on 28 August 2026 that creator fees have run away from buyers. The one survey figure inside measures how marketers…

Aug 29, 20263 min read
Google Ads Book button expands to Search and Performance Max
Google Ads

Google Ads Book button expands to Search and Performance Max

Google is expanding the Reserve with Google Book button to Search and Performance Max, reusing appointment action links a business already published.…

Aug 29, 20263 min read
Google rewrites its alcohol advertising policy, effective 30 September 2026
Google Ads

Google rewrites its alcohol advertising policy, effective 30 September 2026

Google will update its alcohol advertising policy on 30 September 2026, with explicit allowances for mixers and accessories, a landing page ABV…

Aug 29, 20263 min read
Google expands AI Overviews into AI Mode answers by default on some queries
geo

Google expands AI Overviews into AI Mode answers by default on some queries

Search Engine Roundtable reported on 28 August 2026 that Google confirmed AI Overviews now expand into fuller AI Mode answers by default…

Aug 29, 20263 min read
Community content is about half of AI citations in every industry studied
AI

Community content is about half of AI citations in every industry studied

A sponsored study on Search Engine Journal puts community and user-generated content at about half of the leading AI citation sources in…

Aug 29, 20263 min read
How to buy graphic design services: agency, freelance or in-house
General topics

How to buy graphic design services: agency, freelance or in-house

A sourcing guide to graphic design services: what you are actually buying, the eight categories of design work, how agency, freelance and…

Aug 28, 20263 min read
AI marketing: the six types, the tools, and how to start
AI

AI marketing: the six types, the tools, and how to start

AI marketing covers six jobs, from generative content to AI SEO. Here is what each one needs, how to start with a…

Aug 28, 20263 min read
Anchor Text in SEO: Types, Ratio Myths and How to Choose
SEO

Anchor Text in SEO: Types, Ratio Myths and How to Choose

Anchor text is the clickable text of a link and describes the destination page. No published ratio exists, so this guide shows…

Aug 28, 20263 min read
OpenAI Adds WebMCP Site Tools to the ChatGPT Desktop Browser
AI

OpenAI Adds WebMCP Site Tools to the ChatGPT Desktop Browser

OpenAI has added WebMCP support to the ChatGPT desktop app browser, letting a webpage register JavaScript functions as tools that ChatGPT and…

Aug 28, 20263 min read
The August 2026 spam update hit rankings 82% harder than a normal week
SEO

The August 2026 spam update hit rankings 82% harder than a normal week

SE Ranking measured the August 2026 spam update across 100,000 US keywords: 16.71% of top 10 URLs fell beyond position 100, against…

Aug 28, 20263 min read
Google's goto links push rank trackers to 500 to 1,000 requests per query
SEO

Google's goto links push rank trackers to 500 to 1,000 requests per query

Google's google.com/goto passthrough links have reached near total rollout coverage, and the measurement consequence is the story: no local decoding, blocked HEAD…

Aug 28, 20263 min read
Google Trimmed Listicles From the Top Spots, 5.32 Million Row Study Finds
Content Marketing

Google Trimmed Listicles From the Top Spots, 5.32 Million Row Study Finds

Kevin Indig's Growth Memo study of 5.32 million organic result rows finds Google trimmed listicles from its highest positions between January and…

Aug 28, 20263 min read
Google's August 2026 Demand Gen Drop: messaging tests, travel features and AI video
Google Ads

Google's August 2026 Demand Gen Drop: messaging tests, travel features and AI video

Google announced a test for starting messaging conversations from YouTube Demand Gen ads, new travel and hotel features, and general availability for…

Aug 28, 20263 min read
Google starts rolling out hotel booking inside AI Mode
AI

Google starts rolling out hotel booking inside AI Mode

Google has begun rolling out hotel booking inside AI Mode for United States users in English, with payment through Google Pay and…

Aug 28, 20263 min read
Organic sessions fell 10.5% across 54 advertisers after AI Overviews spread, but AI referrals converted at a higher rate
geo

Organic sessions fell 10.5% across 54 advertisers after AI Overviews spread, but AI referrals converted at a higher rate

A 54-client analysis reported by Digiday on 25 August 2026 found organic sessions down 10.5% between January 2025 and April 2026, while…

Aug 28, 20263 min read
Influencer Marketing Thailand: The Practical Campaign Guide
Social Media Marketing

Influencer Marketing Thailand: The Practical Campaign Guide

A Thailand specific execution guide to influencer marketing: how the tiers really differ, how to price a deal when no rate card…

Aug 27, 20263 min read
Technical SEO: the components, the checklist, and what to fix first
SEO

Technical SEO: the components, the checklist, and what to fix first

Technical SEO decides whether your content is ever counted. Here are the components, a working checklist, a framework for ordering the fixes,…

Aug 27, 20263 min read