A year-by-year look at how Facebook and Meta advertising evolved from 2011 to 2026, based on 15 years of firsthand coverage.

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman revealed the platform's intent to show more evergreen content like recommendations and reviews.

Revenue reached $443 million, up 44%, and free cash flow guidance rose $20.3 million for 2026. Whether rivals copy the AI disclosure remains the open question.

Constant currency Europe growth fell to 7% while global ad pricing rose just 1%, softening the auction for buyers. Q3 guidance of 13% to 15% extends the drag.

Assistant now fields app review, business verification and API permission queries in plain language. Meta claims approval-rate gains but publishes no figures.

Amazon extends Sponsored Products into creator content on August 10, enrolling live campaigns at current bids while creators pick which products they feature.

Search gave Reddit reach. Q2 showed the plan to convert that reach into daily use, and why marketers need more than visits.

Track prompts, cross-model visibility, and self-reported attribution instead of citations and referral traffic, where 80-90% of AI leads get mislabeled organic.

We’ve officially dropped the initial speaker lineup for MozCon London on November 13th, 2026! If you’re looking to future-proof your search strategy, this speaker drop gives you a preview of the high-signal, tactical sessions coming your way.

Sites running 12 to 18 years were locked under a malware policy on August 4, with restorations starting a day later. How many blogs were hit remains unknown.

A healthy-looking $60K/month account was feeding half its budget to junk conversions. How blended averages lie to you, and the segment that shows the truth.

Jennifer Kutz says Google AI features target no single platform, days after Reddit stock fell 12.49% on referral fears. But does a $60m data deal test that?

Microsoft Advertising expands AI Visibility, Performance Max testing, and Ad Preview Hub with new reporting, experimentation, and creative review capabilities.

AI answers now end most search journeys before a click. Click Worthiness is a planning model for deciding where continued engagement still creates value.

Browser hit 122.55 million monthly users in July, up 1.3% on June, with 51 million daily. Whether a listing shifts a browser holding 1% of traffic is untested.

Seventy-two percent now consult ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini for gift ideas, and 55% plan bigger budgets. Privacy remains the main barrier to wider AI adoption.

Smec's Mike Ryan calls August 17 no cliff and allows 30 to 60 days to read results, hours before Google posted its FAQ. Which auctions do campaigns enter next?

Marketer demand beat guidance again as print ads fell 11.1% to $35.2 million. Adjusted costs grew 10%. Q3 guidance points to slower mid-to-high-teens growth.

Agents halt mid-flight when a required approval field is empty, and every action is logged for buyers. Rise piloted it. Can an audit trail win agentic spend?

Why the next decade of publisher growth will be won by publishers who incentivize the right behaviors and understand how audiences really discover their brand.