AI search is becoming a measurable source of customer discovery. Here's what nearly 30 million calls reveal and what marketers should do next.

Selling AI as a people replacement is a brand liability. Here's why substitution positioning costs credibility and what employment data actually shows.

New features will help prove how YouTube brand campaigns are driving the results advertisers care about.

Reddit-seeding for AI visibility works today. It will not work for long. The Penguin precedent explains exactly how this ends.

Google's AI governance paper argues public-web training should remain fair use while pointing to opt-out controls, takedowns, and paid deals for specialized content.

Learn everything you need to know about how to advertise on TikTok for your business, including set-up steps, best practices, and answers to FAQs.

Alibaba researchers tested Bid2X on 132M trajectories from eight datasets. Presented at KDD 2025, it beats nine baselines and lifts production ROI by 2.44%.

Sellers missing the 24-hour evidence deadline face automatic refunds at their expense. Appeals run 21 days; counterfeit items must be discarded, not returned.

Sellers below 200 points face campaign and listing blocks. At zero, accounts may be permanently deactivated - as AHR replaces Violation Points in July 2026.

Sellers risk listing removal and lost privileges for incentivized reviews. The 60-day NRR formula ties buyer star ratings directly to enforcement outcomes.

Peacock Premium Plus lands in YouTube Primetime Channels as a standalone plan at $16.99 a month. No YouTube TV required. A cheaper ad tier follows this summer.

Mischief created the TV, streaming and out-of-home spots targeting beauty, TV and soccer audiences in two cities. Further US markets planned in coming months.

TikTok Shop gates 16 categories behind documentation. Violations hit Account Health Rating scores, blocking access to Smart Promotion and Countdown Bidding.

Products rated Poor risk TikTok Shop enforcement. VoC pools reviews, tickets, and AI analysis into one index, changing what sellers must track in Seller Center.

Available to select US L2L sellers in beta since April 9, the AI Homepage consolidates 5 agents for shop health, daily tasks, onboarding, products, and growth.

Symphony Agent spans three TikTok products and generates a 12-second video in about 3 minutes. Manual creator vetting and ad scripting face direct displacement.

WhatsApp opens username reservations today for 3 billion users, hiding phone numbers from new contacts. An optional key limits who can initiate a first message.

Survey of 4,493 adults: sports viewers need 2.7 services per season; AVOD/FAST at 70%. Pay TV sports reliance rose 18 points, challenging streaming ad buyers.

A TVision study across 21 platforms finds premium video delivers 14% higher attention than YouTube on CTV. Impression quality gaps now influence media planning.

WordStream's 2026 study of 13,474 US campaigns finds CPL at $66.69, down for first time since 2020. Can these efficiency gains hold as CPC climbs to $5.42?

ACM found 71,420 auction lots rigged by bots in 4 months; 33,000 consumers got misleading price offers they may have refused if the bots had been disclosed.