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How Leaders Are Using AI Search to Drive Growth

How Leaders Are Using AI Search to Drive Growth

Turn Data Into an Actionable AI Search Strategy AI search is transforming consumer behavior faster than any shift in the past 20 years. Many teams are chasing visibility, but few understand what the data actually means for their business or how to act on it. Join Mark Traphagen, VP of Product Marketing and Training at

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Data infrastructure consolidation continues as Fivetran, dbt Labs merge

Data infrastructure consolidation continues as Fivetran, dbt Labs merge

Data infrastructure vendor Fivetran signed a definitive agreement this week to merge in an all-stock deal with dbt Labs. It is the third merger or acquisition for Fivetran in the last five months. The combined company aims to deliver an open data infrastructure — unifying data movement, transformation, metadata and activation — while preserving freedom

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Antalis and Design & Practice reimagine Keaykolour with a hands-on tool for exploring colour

Antalis and Design & Practice reimagine Keaykolour with a hands-on tool for exploring colour

For creatives, the value is both practical and poetic. The tool doubles as a quick way to mock up colour combinations for projects while also deepening understanding of colour as an emotional and relational experience. “Our goal was to create an instrument that would empower exploration,” says Design & Practice co-founder Golnar Roshan. “By giving

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5 SEO Tactics to Be Seen & Trusted on AI Search

5 SEO Tactics to Be Seen & Trusted on AI Search

Is your brand ready for AI-driven SERPs? Search is evolving faster than ever. AI-driven engines like ChatGPT, Google SGE, and Bing Copilot are changing how users discover and trust brands. Traditional SEO tactics alone may no longer guarantee visibility or authority in Answer Engines. Discover five proven tactics to protect your SERP presence and maintain

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How First Bus is balancing brand appeal across generations

How First Bus is balancing brand appeal across generations

Getting brand positioning right is a challenge for any business and even more so for those trying to appeal to multiple audiences. Bus operator First Bus has been on a journey to make bus travel “desirable and attractive”, shifting its focus towards people, rather than product alone, and targeting two very different age demographics. “One

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I love that Bambu Lab has kept costs fair with the latest P2S printer

I love that Bambu Lab has kept costs fair with the latest P2S printer

I thought we’d pretty much wrapped up all big 3D printer announcements this year, but today – Bambu Lab has dropped details on its new P2S printer, which continues and redefines the P1-Series legacy. The P2S has been completely reengineered from the ground up, but what does this new machine offer exactly? And who is

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Google Redesigns How Search Ads Are Labeled

Google Redesigns How Search Ads Are Labeled

Google is rolling out a change to how ads appear in Search, and this time it’s focused on clarity and user control. Text ads will now be grouped under a single “Sponsored results” label that stays visible as you scroll. In addition, a new “Hide sponsored results” option lets users collapse the entire ad block

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AI isn’t just changing search — it’s rewriting the ad stack

AI isn’t just changing search — it’s rewriting the ad stack

A fundamental shift is underway in how consumers discover products and make purchasing decisions. Generative AI platforms, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude and Perplexity, among others, are becoming the new front door to the internet. Users are increasingly turning to conversational interfaces that synthesize information, personalize results and guide purchase decisions in real time.

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Inside the book that documents Tehching Hsieh’s year spent in a cage

Inside the book that documents Tehching Hsieh’s year spent in a cage

But Tehching didn’t only want to draw attention to the nature of time, he wanted to dissect the way humans refer to time, the way we perceive it, understand it and frame it. The artist often describes his work with the well trodden euphemism of ‘wasting time’, playing on the idea that most people would

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28 Expert-Level Prompt Examples For SEO

28 Expert-Level Prompt Examples For SEO

AI provides many ways to augment and assist how SEOs work. From analyzing SERP intent, to brainstorming content strategy for new pages, to running competitive analysis, to producing stakeholder-ready presentations, the possibilities are endless. More and more marketers are experimenting with AI prompts to use AI tools as an assistant where an effective prompt can

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AI Momentum Spurs Another 2025 Forecast Upgrade for Publicis

AI Momentum Spurs Another 2025 Forecast Upgrade for Publicis

Publicis Groupe has continued its winning streak, raising its 2025 organic growth outlook following strong third-quarter results. The numbers 5.7% – organic growth in Q3 5% to 5.5% – upgraded organic growth forecast for 2025 $4bn – net revenue in Q3, up 3.1% versus last quarter 7.1% – Q3 growth at Publicis’ U.S. offices, the

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Get a free M-Pencil Pro with the new Huawei MatePad 12 X

Get a free M-Pencil Pro with the new Huawei MatePad 12 X

If you’re hunting for a laptop for drawing, the Huawei MatePad 12 X is a strong new contender. Announced just last month, it’s a touchscreen tablet but comes with a detachable keyboard for versatile laptop functionality. And if you’re quick, you can get a fantastic launch deal that includes the new Huawei M-Pencil Pro stylus

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Google Adds AI Previews To Discover, Sports Feed Coming

Google Adds AI Previews To Discover, Sports Feed Coming

Google rolled out AI trending previews in Discover and will add a “What’s new” sports feed to U.S. mobile search in coming weeks. AI trending previews in Discover are live in the U.S., South Korea, and India. A sports “What’s new” button will begin rolling out in the U.S. in the coming weeks.

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4 questions every SMB should ask before testing CTV

4 questions every SMB should ask before testing CTV

Local businesses are asking more questions than ever about connected TV — and for good reason. After years of seeing CTV as something only big brands could afford, many SMBs are starting to explore what it might do for their marketing. In conversations with business owners and marketers across the Cleveland area, the same questions

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BIEN on its approach to inclusive character design

BIEN on its approach to inclusive character design

Over the years, the studio has also worked with some of the biggest names in tech, entertainment and sports, like Google, Netflix, Instagram, Dropbox, Apple, Disney, Hulu, and National Geographic. Despite all the success, working towards an industry with equal opportunities doesn’t come without roadblocks. The death of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter

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YouTube Upgrades Shorts Editor With Timeline View

YouTube Upgrades Shorts Editor With Timeline View

YouTube is launching an all-new timeline editor for Shorts that puts video clips, overlays, and audio in one unified view. The update responds to creator requests for more precise controls inside the YouTube app. What’s New The editor adds timeline-level controls you can use without switching modes. You can trim and reorder clips via drag-and-drop

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5 interesting stats to start your week

5 interesting stats to start your week

Budget is eight times more likely to drive effectiveness than ROI When it comes to driving advertising effectiveness, scale trumps efficiency, according to new IPA research from Les Binet and Medialab Group chief data officer Will Davis. The researchers analysed winning IPA Effectiveness Award case studies, and found that ROI only accounts for 11% of

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I swapped my iPad Pro for a Lenovo Idea Tab on a long-haul flight – here’s what happened

I swapped my iPad Pro for a Lenovo Idea Tab on a long-haul flight – here’s what happened

Leaving behind my iPad Pro for a week-long trip to Autodesk University 2025 felt reckless. Apple’s tablet has long been my creative safety net, the ideal go-to for a distracting doodle, its power and speed more than capable of most tasks, and, of course, Procreate. But for a return flight from London to Nashville, I

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How To Build SEO Strategies Around Real Customer Behavior

How To Build SEO Strategies Around Real Customer Behavior

What if your SEO strategy could predict what customers want before they even search? The shift from keyword-centric to behavior-driven SEO is important. When you understand why people search, not just what they search for, your content naturally becomes more relevant and your performance more sustainable. Google processes over 5 trillion searches annually, and many

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Media Buying Briefing: The 5 industry themes we’ll discuss at this week’s Media Buying Summit

Media Buying Briefing: The 5 industry themes we’ll discuss at this week’s Media Buying Summit

It’s no understatement to say that 2025 has been a rollercoaster year for the media agency world. From the frenetic pace of consolidation taking place mainly across independents as a result of the looming close of Omnicom’s acquisition of Interpublic Group to the constant win-and-lose battle for clients, there’s been so small amount of change

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