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Inside Google's search ad design engine: tests, assets, and AI in 2026
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (902+ words) Google's ad UI and UX leads reveal how search text ads are designed, tested, and evolving as AI Mode and Direct Offers reshape the search experience. The episode is notable for its specificity. Rarely do Google product and design figures…...
Gracenote bets big on AI: why Samsung and Google both need its TV data
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (444+ words) Gracenote's metadata deals with Samsung and Google reveal how structured entertainment data has become a critical input for AI-powered content discovery in 2026. The deal also extends beyond consumer-facing features. According to the announcement, Samsung gains the ability to use Gracenote's…...
Anthropic clarifies what its three web crawlers do - and how to block them
12+ hour, 9+ min ago (520+ words) Anthropic today updated its crawler documentation, detailing ClaudeBot, Claude-User, and Claude-SearchBot - what each collects and what blocking them means for site visibility. According to the updated documentation, Anthropic operates three distinct crawlers. Each carries a separate user-agent string, which in…...
Workers bet on AI to write articles, but the data shows cracks
14+ hour, 44+ min ago (719+ words) Article writing dominates AI automation with 35 million uses - 5x more than any other task. New Paligo research reveals where workers are really deploying LLMs, and where they aren't. The numbers are stark.Article and blog writingleads all categories with 35.3 million uses,…...
California bill targets secret recordings by smart glasses in workplaces
19+ hour, 31+ min ago (380+ words) California SB 1130 targets wearable recording devices like smart glasses, requiring explicit consent in businesses and banning indicator light tampering, with fines up to $10,000. California Senator Eloise G'mez Reyes last week introduced legislation that would make it a crime to secretly…...
Channel99 connects B2B marketing data to ChatGPT, Copilot and Claude via MCP
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (237+ words) Channel99 today launched an MCP server giving B2B marketers real-time access to cross-channel performance data inside ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Claude - capturing 10x more signals than traditional attribution tools. "Customers want to engage with their data and performance insights through the tools they…...
Clinch adds AI template catalog to Flight Control's digital asset library
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (217+ words) Clinch today launched a Creative Template Catalog inside Flight Control's Digital Asset Library, adding AI auto-tagging and atomic asset-level optimization for omnichannel ad campaigns. The feature also introduces what Clinch calls applied historical performance indicators at the atomic level. Rather…...
Google says letting publishers skip AI Overviews is a huge engineering challenge
1+ week, 1+ day ago (13+ words) Google says letting publishers skip AI Overviews is a huge engineering challenge'PPC Land...
Google just made removing your explicit images from Search way easier
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1180+ words) Google this week introduced a simplified removal process for non-consensual explicit images from Search, according to Phoebe Wong, Product Manager at Google. The February 10, 2026 announcement represents the company's latest effort to reduce barriers faced by victims of intimate image abuse,…...
Open-source AI mapper speeds taxonomy migration in months-long manual process
1+ week, 3+ day ago (478+ words) IAB Tech Lab receives donation of AI-powered taxonomy mapper from Mixpeek, accelerating Content Taxonomy 2.x to 3.1 migration from weeks to seconds using TF-IDF and LLM methods. Taxonomies provide guardrails by defining vocabulary agents can reason over, retrieve against, and act…...