The last three weeks of marketing and advertising news from 14 trade publications. Headlines, dates and summaries are shown exactly as each publisher released them. Click through to read the original.
Publisher's summary: YouTube is planning a limited, English-only test of Ask YouTube on select Shorts and says the watch-page feature will soon reach Shorts and live streams. The post YouTube To Test Ask YouTube Inside The Shorts Player appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Publisher's summary: AIOSEO WordPress Plugin has two medium-severity security flaws that enable unauthenticated attackers to compromise affected websites. The post All In One SEO WordPress Plugin Vulnerable To Two Exploits appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Publisher's summary: Government health, research, and regulator sites climbed ChatGPT's U.S. citation ranks while explainers fell. The post ChatGPT’s Most-Cited Sites Tilt Toward Primary Sources, Data Shows appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Publisher's summary: Turn competitor complaints and cancellation searches into PPC leads with tailored offers that address customer frustrations and make switching easier. The post Negative Signals, Positive Intent: PPC Leads Hiding In ‘Cancel’ Searches appeared first on Search…
Publisher's summary: Use your first 30 days as a growth leader to identify where B2B buyers lose trust and rethink the channels meant to engage them. The post Your First 30 Days As A Growth Leader – The Challenge From Day One appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Publisher's summary: Google is planning to reinvent Discover to become an AI Concierge with a tighter integration with YouTube. The post Google Discover To Undergo Dramatic Changes appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Publisher's summary: Anthropic's Thariq Shihipar says Artifacts brings project information and agent activity into one interface, giving users more oversight. The post Anthropic’s Thariq Shihipar Recommends Using Artifacts appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Publisher's summary: Open job listings describe teams that generate and recommend AI content for Discover, plus a design lead to turn it into a proactive concierge experience. The post Google Is Hiring To Generate AI Content For Discover appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Publisher's summary: Anthropic cut live web access for internal evaluations after Claude submitted real forms and worked around website restrictions. The post Anthropic Says Claude Bypassed Site Limits During Internal Tests appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Publisher's summary: Google's spam update finishes, a talk recap puts site moves in months, Search Console combines countries, and new guidance targets fake author profiles. The post Google Ends Spam Update, Shares Crawl Timing Ranges – SEO Pulse appeared first on Search Engine…
Publisher's summary: Google explains why HTML sitemaps may still be useful even though the XML standard has largely replaced it. The post Google Explains How To Use HTML Sitemaps For SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Publisher's summary: Recent tracking data found AI Overviews on most brand-name searches it checked. The post AI Overviews Have Spread To Most Big-Brand Searches appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Publisher's summary: Anthropic's updated usage policy names seeding search and AI answer sources with misleading content, and drops automated publishing from its high-risk list. The post Claude’s New Rules Target Fake Sources Built To Sway AI Answers appeared first on Search…
Publisher's summary: The bots will be able to respond to conversational queries and search in-app posts and brand mentions, offering trend insights to marketers.
Publisher's summary: Understand how to address both ad platform and organizational AI concerns for paid media advertisers in regulated industries The post AI In Regulated Paid Media: The Default Settings That Put Compliance At Risk appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Publisher's summary: Google DeepMind proved one model can theoretically rank without a separate index. If it ships, visibility stops being a position and becomes inclusion or absence. The post Google Now Has The Math To Rank Without An Index, And The Results Page Does Not Survive…
Publisher's summary: Explore how to scale AI video ads with a single storyline for TikTok, Reels, and AI search to maximize impact. The post How To Scale AI Video Ads For Small Business Clients: One Storyline For TikTok, Reels & AI Search appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Publisher's summary: Google's latest spam update has finished rolling out after nearly two weeks, taking longer than any of the three earlier spam updates it ran this year. The post Google Completes September 2026 Spam Update After Nearly 14 Days appeared first on Search Engine…
Publisher's summary: Avoid costly site changes during a Google spam update by separating early ranking volatility from lasting losses and setting clear milestones for leadership. The post Why Google Search Updates Cannot Be Judged During Early Rollout appeared first on Search…
Publisher's summary: Decide which link building tactics to keep or cut for 2027. Join Resolve for a free webinar on off-page SEO, rankings, and AI visibility. The post Link Building Strategies for 2027: What to Keep and Cut appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Publisher's summary: As referral traffic declines, publishers are rethinking registration walls as a way to turn anonymous visitors into valuable known users.