LinkedIn research shows 94% of B2B buying groups now use LLMs before contacting sales. AI retrieval and peer-based defensibility now determine who gets chosen.

Google Merchant Center now supports custom labels 0-4 in Demand Gen campaigns, giving advertisers product-level segmentation tools for bidding and reporting.

A technical reference for GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and Bingbot - the exact user agent strings shaping how AI crawls the web in 2026.

Google announced June 23 it will require financial ad verification across all EU and EEA states, with enforcement starting July 23, 2026 for 24 new countries.

Policy covers AI Mode, AI Overviews, Discover and Gemini; abuse risks suspension. The document briefly vanished after June 23 before returning two days later.

Google's VP of Search says publishers losing traffic to AI need only write content people actually want to read.

Search queries are becoming agentic. The website requirements haven't changed. Two Google executives just made that argument official.

Creators can suspend chat participants for intervals from 10 seconds to 24 hours. Moderator roles, spam holds, and 100-plus language support define the system.

The "further limit the reach of your ads" button was changed to "I need a specific audience." These changes are typically made for a reason.

In a June 26 podcast, the Google Search VP argues personalization surfaces specialist content - and that opt-out controls remain unresolved for most publishers.

MRI-Simmons and eMarketer show CTV at 2h37m daily, up 8%. Freewheel finds 86% of digital ad views land on CTV and 57% of first post-ad actions happen on mobile.

ReelShort users spent 35.7 minutes daily on the app, outpacing Netflix by 11 minutes. LATAM installs surged 913% YoY; 67% of app marketers are already testing.

Starting June 2026, enhanced conversions for web and leads merge into one on/off setting. Legacy API uploads blocked from June 15, affecting developer tokens.

Wynn-Williams filed suit June 25, 2026, citing 15 months under an arbitration gag carrying $50,000 per violation. Can a federal court vacate the interim award?

A 43-14 ECON vote clears path to free ECB digital payments, online and offline. Council trilogues will shape holding limits, privacy rules, and cash rules.

Analysis of 1M campaigns: Meta ad dollar returns $4.13, up 25% since 2022. New AI creative, creator hub, and Business Agent tools now expand advertiser options.

Culture Hive CRS scores cultural fit per CTV impression before the bid. Buyers access it through Index Marketplaces with no manual segment building needed.

XR's survey of 400+ US and UK marketers shows 81% produce more content than a year ago, yet 98% admit launching campaigns late. Half waste over 30% of assets.

Council's 18 June position removes Article 88b, blocking automated consent for 450 million EU users. Now the European Parliament vote is the only path forward.

Starting June 23, each slot in a Multiplex grid now generates its own ad request, lifting counts. Coverage and request CTR will shift; total revenue should not.