This week, yep, we had more ongoing Google Search volatility but a calming period on Wednesday....
This week, yep, we had more ongoing Google Search volatility but a calming period on Wednesday....
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Monday, August 3, 2026
 
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Search Engine Roundtable
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Platform Properties Live, Google Ads Lead Journey Mapping, Microsoft Ads, ChatGPT...
This week, yep, we had more ongoing Google Search volatility but a calming period on Wednesday. Google has rolled out the platform properties to track X, YouTube...
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Marketing Dive
Amazon’s live sports land grab helps boost ad segment to $19.8B in Q2
Brands that activate around multiple sports achieve superior unduplicated reach while engaging a higher-spending audience than single-sport advertisers.
 
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Search Engine Roundtable
Google Ads Insights Carousel
Google Ads may be rolling out a new design for its insights section where it gives you the "Top things to know today."
 
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Fortune
LinkedIn adds a ‘seems like AI slop’ button after blocking billions of automated comment attempts in the last few months
“AI slop is a top priority for all of us,” said LinkedIn chief product officer Hari Srinivasan in a post.
 
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Digiday
The case for and against agencies betting on tokens the way they bet on media
AI compute costs are the next frontier for the next upfront. This is the case for it.
 
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Chief Marketer
Comic-Con 2026, Part 1: How 10 Brands Activated in San Diego
From the badge-holders, to the superfans who can’t get their hands on a ticket, activations at San Diego Comic-Con welcome everyone into the fold, and this year's showing was no exception.
 
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CMSWire
8x8 Extends AI Across Its CX Platform to All Teams
New tools bring routing, intelligence and automation beyond the contact center to every department.Continue reading...
 
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Chief Marketer
Guest Column: The Fee You Didn’t Know You Were Paying
Many exhibitor service manuals contain an EAC fee. Most exhibit and event marketers have never been told what it is, what it covers, or why it keeps showing up.
 
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CMSWire
Post-AI Marketing Needs New Martech Architecture, Not New Tactics
The technology stack under your campaigns is about to matter more than the campaigns themselves.Continue reading...
 
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Adweek
Stagwell’s Strong Q2 Anchored By Record New Business Haul
The holding company secured major accounts this quarter, including IBM, Heineken and Navy Federal Credit Union
 
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Duct Tape Marketing
Rethinking the customer journey in the age of AI
Rethinking the customer journey in the age of AI written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape MarketingThink about the last time you needed a service you’d never bought before. A new accountant. A contractor. Someone to fix your marketing.
 
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Digiday
Time has started serving ads to AI agents
Time is selling ads targeting AI bots, betting that markdown pages will make its content (and advertisers) more visible in AI search.
 
EVENTS & LIVE TRAINING
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American Marketing Association
How to Write a Winning Brand Positioning Statement

In this session, you will hone the skills needed to write a clear and effective brand positioning statement that enables breakthrough media communications, sets your brand up for effective long-term strategy and innovation, and helps win the...

 
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American Marketing Association
Moving AI from Task Efficiency to Bottom-Line Impact

Participants will learn how to transform a standard efficiency AI task into a measurable workflow to drive effectiveness, establish a baseline, and build a proof plan with clear success indicators.