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EU-hosted analytics can help with data residency, but it does not always mean EU ownership or European-owned infrastructure
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Google Search Console can now show which search terms drive traffic to your Instagram, TikTok, X and YouTube. Huge for artists whose social profiles outshine their website. searchengineland.com/google-…
It Is Trivially Easy to Use Reddit to Manipulate AI Search, Research Suggests
"We show that a tiny snippet—just 13 words—of retrieved text on a UGC website like Reddit, Wikipedia, Quora, or Facebook can change AI agents to output spam / scam content pretty consistently"
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The AI & bot traffic reality check: What 10 billion requests, broken crawlers, and WordPress infrastructure reveal about the new bot traffic reality
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Platform Pulse: June 2026 is live.
This month, Google removes keyword control from Search ads, bots overtake human traffic online for the first time in history, and the US government shuts down Anthropic's most advanced models overnight. Plus Meta, Netflix, OpenAI's IPO, and our own takes on Google's Universal Cart and email benchmarks for live events.
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Case Study: Driving 13.6x ROAS for Hayley Williams' global merchandise
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How event promoters can turn event listing pages into a ticket sales engine
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Three recent scandals say more about the publishing industry than they do about the quality of LLM-generated writing.
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Mastering the high-stakes art of paid media promotion for films
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Google-Agent: what it means for brands, marketers and the future of search
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The Quiet Rules Reshaping Mobile App Consent in 2026
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Youtube, the BBC and the National Film and Television School have launched a three-way partnership to deliver a new, industry-leading skills and training programme for TV producers, digital creators and journalists across the UK
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Netflix Says 33% of Global Subs Use Platform Accessibility Tools to Watch, Hear Content
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Thanks to the Digital Markets Act (DMA), Mozilla has gained more than 6 million new users for its web browser Firefox
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Record Club is trying to be Letterboxd for music nerds
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High-growth creators are increasingly moving away from Substack's 10% revenue share toward flat-fee models like Ghost and beehiiv. For publishers reaching significant revenue milestones, switching to an adaptable, 0% platform fee structure allows for immediate reinvestment into growth. This move shifts the focus from simple discovery to building a scalable, owned media brand.
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OpenAI has expanded its ChatGPT advertising pilot into the UK, offering a unique opportunity to reach users within conversational, high-intent environments.
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Reddit's new Reminder Ads allow users to opt-in to automated push notifications for product drops, premieres, or events.
By adding a "Remind Me" CTA to standard ads, brands can trigger notifications 24 hours before and at the exact moment an event goes live. Early data shows this format drives significantly higher engagement by capturing users already active in niche communities.
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The EU has confirmed the abolition of the €150 customs duty exemption for e-commerce imports, effective 1 July 2026. Every parcel entering the EU will now be subject to duty, regardless of value. To bridge the gap until the full 2028 Customs Data Hub launch, a mandatory €3 flat-rate duty per item category will be introduced to ensure tax compliance across all cross-border trade.
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The European Commission has preliminarily found Meta in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA) for failing to adequately prevent underage access to its platforms. Regulators have flagged self-declared birth dates as an insufficient safeguard, likely forcing a transition toward mandatory, high-friction age-assurance technologies like facial estimation or dedicated verification apps.
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