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What Is an LLM? How Large Language Models Work and What They Mean for SEO
AI

What Is an LLM? How Large Language Models Work and What They Mean for SEO

A plain-language guide to large language models: how they are trained, how they differ from generative AI and chatbots, where answers come…

Oct 9, 20263 min read
What Is a Content Pillar? How to Set 3-5 Pillars and Plan Your Content Calendar
Content Marketing

What Is a Content Pillar? How to Set 3-5 Pillars and Plan Your Content Calendar

Content pillars are the 3-5 themes every post belongs to. How they differ from SEO pillar pages, how to choose and weight…

Oct 9, 20263 min read
Google details the UGC Fresh Data Program for forums and social platforms
SEO

Google details the UGC Fresh Data Program for forums and social platforms

On 8 October 2026 Google documented the UGC Fresh Data Program, a dedicated pipeline for approved forums and social platforms to send…

Oct 9, 20263 min read
Google's September 2026 spam update is complete after 13 days 16 hours
SEO

Google's September 2026 spam update is complete after 13 days 16 hours

Google confirmed the September 2026 spam update finished on 8 October 2026 after 13 days and 16 hours, far longer than 2026's…

Oct 9, 20263 min read
Merchant Center warns fast price changes may trigger disapprovals
eCommerce Marketing

Merchant Center warns fast price changes may trigger disapprovals

A quiet September edit to Google's automatic item updates help page says fast-changing products may be disapproved and updates may stop if…

Oct 9, 20263 min read
Google Ads Overview Page Adds Video Impressions to Conversion Paths and a Performance by Stage Card
Google Ads

Google Ads Overview Page Adds Video Impressions to Conversion Paths and a Performance by Stage Card

Google's Overview page help article now documents video impressions in conversion paths, marked with an eye icon, and a Performance by stage…

Oct 9, 20263 min read
Google Ads Lets Retailers Share First-Party Audiences With Brands
eCommerce Marketing

Google Ads Lets Retailers Share First-Party Audiences With Brands

A new Google Ads Help page explains how retailers can share first-party audience segments with brands, limited to commerce media network campaigns…

Oct 9, 20263 min read
Google Ads Conversion Lift Help Page Now Lists Search and PMax, With 1,000-Conversion and US$5,000 Minimums
Google Ads

Google Ads Conversion Lift Help Page Now Lists Search and PMax, With 1,000-Conversion and US$5,000 Minimums

Google rewrote its Conversion Lift based on users help page to list Search and Performance Max and set 1,000-conversion and US$5,000 thresholds,…

Oct 9, 20263 min read
Google Ads Adds AI Max Copy Previews and Four New Report Columns
Google Ads

Google Ads Adds AI Max Copy Previews and Four New Report Columns

Google Ads lets advertisers preview up to 10 AI-written headlines and descriptions before opting in to text customization, and four AI Max…

Oct 9, 20263 min read
Title Tag SEO: How Google Uses Titles and How to Write Them
SEO

Title Tag SEO: How Google Uses Titles and How to Write Them

How Google builds title links from your title tag, why it rewrites some, how length and truncation work, how to place your…

Oct 8, 20263 min read
Google Ads Search Terms Report: How to Read It Properly
Google Ads

Google Ads Search Terms Report: How to Read It Properly

What the search terms report shows and hides, how to read the match type column, and how Performance Max and AI Max…

Oct 8, 20263 min read
Google Ads Conversion Value Rules: Conditions, Add vs Multiply
Google Ads

Google Ads Conversion Value Rules: Conditions, Add vs Multiply

How conversion value rules adjust conversion value by location, device and audience, which Smart Bidding strategies use them, and when they add…

Oct 8, 20263 min read
GA4 Explorations: Techniques, Sampling and Sharing Limits
analytics

GA4 Explorations: Techniques, Sampling and Sharing Limits

What GA4 explorations are, what each technique answers, how sampling and thresholds change your numbers, and who can share them.

Oct 8, 20263 min read
Robots.txt Guide: Syntax, Rules and Mistakes to Avoid
SEO

Robots.txt Guide: Syntax, Rules and Mistakes to Avoid

What robots.txt controls and what it does not, the syntax Google supports, rule precedence, AI crawler user agents, how to test the…

Oct 8, 20263 min read
Google Merchant Center adds a UCP integration hub for AI Mode and Gemini checkout
eCommerce Marketing

Google Merchant Center adds a UCP integration hub for AI Mode and Gemini checkout

Google's new Merchant Center hub is the onboarding path for UCP checkout in AI Mode and Gemini. It is US-first, selection-based and…

Oct 8, 20263 min read
Search Console emails now report how many people chose you as a Preferred Source
SEO

Search Console emails now report how many people chose you as a Preferred Source

Google Search Console began emailing site owners a count of Preferred source selections on 6 October 2026. Here is what the email…

Oct 8, 20263 min read
Meta's Advertising Week 2026 ad tools: what is live, in test or coming
meta

Meta's Advertising Week 2026 ad tools: what is live, in test or coming

Meta announced new AI ad tools at Advertising Week New York on 6 October 2026. Here is which ones are live, which…

Oct 8, 20263 min read
Google Business Profile policy now bans time-bound promotions and pricing in listings
SEO

Google Business Profile policy now bans time-bound promotions and pricing in listings

Google's Maps and Business Profile policy now says listings cannot carry time-bound promotions, pricing or direct calls-to-action. Offers belong in Posts.

Oct 8, 20263 min read
GPT-6 brings Intelligent UI to ChatGPT: what interactive answers mean for brands
AI

GPT-6 brings Intelligent UI to ChatGPT: what interactive answers mean for brands

OpenAI is bringing GPT-6 and Intelligent UI to ChatGPT users. It did not say how citations appear in generated interfaces.

Oct 8, 20263 min read
Estimated Google Ads CPC in Thailand by Industry: October 2026 Data
Google Ads

Estimated Google Ads CPC in Thailand by Industry: October 2026 Data

Estimated Google Ads cost per click for 67 Thai-language keywords across 13 industries, October 2026, with the full keyword list, method and…

Oct 6, 20263 min read
Hreflang tags: a practical guide for bilingual EN/TH sites
SEO

Hreflang tags: a practical guide for bilingual EN/TH sites

Hreflang tags tell Google which language version to show. Learn the three syntaxes, x-default, return links, the errors that break them and…

Oct 6, 20263 min read
GA4 key events: what they are and how to set them up
analytics

GA4 key events: what they are and how to set them up

GA4 key events replaced conversions in 2024. Here is how to mark them, choose a counting method, import them into Google Ads…

Oct 6, 20263 min read
TikTok Spark Ads: how authorization codes and boosted posts work
Tiktok Ads

TikTok Spark Ads: how authorization codes and boosted posts work

How Spark Ads turn organic TikTok posts into ads, how creator authorization codes work, and when to use them over non-Spark ads.

Oct 6, 20263 min read
Local inventory ads: how they work in Shopping and Performance Max
Google Ads

Local inventory ads: how they work in Shopping and Performance Max

What local inventory ads need in Merchant Center, how they run in Shopping and Performance Max, and how to measure store results.

Oct 6, 20263 min read