Search Engine Marketing

Google Ads’ Nano Banana Pro AI get rigorously tested

Google Ads’ new AI image tool, Nano Banana Pro (NB), brings conversational image generation and editing directly into campaigns, letting advertisers create seasonal, mood-adjusted, and material-specific visuals without a photoshoot. It’s part of Google’s broader push alongside Opal, its AI writing tool, to accelerate content creation across PMax, Display, and other automated campaigns. Driving the […]

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Google expands custom segments for restricted Display Campaigns

Google is quietly updating its Personalized Ads policy on Dec. 12, expanding access to Custom Segments for certain Display campaigns — a shift that could unlock new targeting options for advertisers previously restricted under the policy. Driving the news. Advertisers received a brief, mandatory service email from Google announcing the change but offering no details

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Beyond SERP visibility: 7 success criteria for organic search in 2026

Ranking No. 1 is still an accomplishment, but by now, most SEO professionals understand that it doesn’t mean what it once did.  Search in 2026 is messy, multi-surface, and sometimes more passive than active: AI: AI Overviews and answer engines. Social: YouTube, TikTok, and Pinterest as search platforms. Forums and UGC: Reddit, Quora, and UGC

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How AI answers are disrupting publisher revenue and advertising

Publishers and search engines have long depended on ad placements and affiliate marketing to make money. Search engines rely on pay-per-click (PPC) models, while publishers blend display ads, affiliate links, and sponsored content. But with chat-based AI platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity on the rise, that foundation is starting to crack.  If users get

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How AI’s Geo-Identification Failures Are Rewriting International SEO via @sejournal, @motokohunt

AI search is overriding geographic signals, pushing global pages into local markets unless brands reinforce market-specific authority in ways LLMs can interpret. The post How AI’s Geo-Identification Failures Are Rewriting International SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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