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GEO Best Practices: Prompt Volume Shouldn’t Drive Your Strategy

Most advice on generative engine optimization best practices starts in the same place: find the prompts people are using with AI tools, track which ones give your brand visibility, and build content around the highest-volume queries. The problem? That data…

YouTube tests sticky banner after ad skip

YouTube is experimenting with a format that keeps ads visible even after users skip — potentially reshaping how advertisers think about skippable inventory. What’s happening. YouTube is testing a sticky banner overlay that appears once a user skips an ad.…

Google adds video visibility to Performance Max reporting

Google is incrementally improving metric visibility in Performance Max, giving advertisers more insight into how creative choices — particularly video — impact performance. What’s happening. Google Ads has introduced a new “Ads using video” segment within Performance Max channel performance…

Google expands Personal Intelligence to AI Mode, Gemini, Chrome

Google is expanding Personal Intelligence across AI Mode, Gemini, and Chrome in the U.S., moving it beyond beta into broader consumer use. Why we care. Personal Intelligence pushes Google further into fully personalized search, using first-party data like Gmail and…

Google says AI Mode stays ad-free for Personal Intelligence users

Although Google continues to test ads in AI Mode, users who connect apps to enable Personal Intelligence won’t see ads — and that isn’t changing right now, a Google spokesperson confirmed. What’s happening. Google has been testing ads inside AI…

Yahoo CEO: Google AI Mode is the biggest threat to web traffic

Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone said AI-powered search — especially Google’s AI Mode — is putting the open web’s core traffic model at risk and argues AI search engines must send users back to publishers. “I think that the LLMs are…