California law requires AI to tell you it's AI
California's SB-243, signed October 13, 2025, mandates companion chatbots disclose artificial nature to prevent users believing they're talking to humans.
California's SB-243, signed October 13, 2025, mandates companion chatbots disclose artificial nature to prevent users believing they're talking to humans.
National Retail Federation survey shows consumers plan to spend $890.49 per person on holiday items, second-highest on record, with tariff concerns driving behavior.
Domain extensions, or top-level domains (TLDs), have been around for decades. As the internet continues its rapid expansion, traditional TLDs have been claimed with increasing frequency, making it difficult for businesses to find available, appropriate and memorable online addresses. That’s why domain strategy is becoming a core component of brand identity and a key
YouTube star MrBeast has launched Vyro, a new platform that connects video clippers with established creators and brands, creating a marketplace for short-form content distribution across social media channels. Vyro enables content creators to earn money by creating clips from long-form videos without requiring an existing audience. The platform uses a campaign-base
OpenAI has entered a new phase of AI content development with its Sora app, a social platform powered by the company’s latest video generation model which allows users to create and share hyperrealistic AI videos featuring themselves. Since its September 30 launch, the invite-only iOS app has climbed to the top of Apple’s App Store […]
TikTok is expanding its physical event strategy in Malaysia with the launch of its first-ever BeautyFest, scheduled for October 18 at Publika Shopping Gallery in Kuala Lumpur. The 12-hour event represents the platform’s latest effort to strengthen creator relationships and offline engagement in Southeast Asia. Under the theme “For Every Kind of Beauty,” the festival
The September update focuses on practical, long-requested updates and fewer show stoppers than August. The post Smarter reporting, AI enhancements lead HubSpot’s September 2025 updates appeared first on MarTech.
10Web Vibe enables easy WordPress development through spoken interaction The post New WordPress Vibe Coding Simplifies Building Websites appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Have you noticed that your site analytics feel a little, well, off lately? It’s not just your imagination. We’ve found a subtle growing issue popping up across multiple clients, and it might be hitting your site, too. It comes down to GTM tag priority and how these tags fire in relation to consent management. If […]
Ad Context Protocol introduces unified interface for AI agents on October 15, 2025, enabling cross-platform campaign management through Model Context Protocol.
You can now enhance your photos and videos in Instagram Stories and videos in the Edits app with these special effects, making it easier for you to celebrate Diwali using Meta AI, all without leaving the app. The post Add Sparkle To Your Diwali Content With Instagram’s Fresh Festive Updates appeared first on Meta Newsroom.
Some publishers that blocked all AI bots are rethinking their stance, as AI platform traffic raises new monetization and access trade-offs.
Giant Eagle rolled out a new business strategy called \"Because it Matters\" that will define its future growth, with an emphasis on value, improved quality and service, and remodeled stores.
Help, I'm secretly the best. The post Reverse Imposter Syndrome appeared first on Carney.
Some data-backed pointers for your Facebook and IG strategies.
Bing now supports the data-nosnippet HTML attribute, letting websites exclude specific page sections from search snippets and AI-generated answers in Bing. The post Bing Supports data-nosnippet For Search Snippets & AI Answers appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Nativo expands beyond native formats with standard IAB display units, enabling advertisers to manage multiple ad types through single platform announced October 15.
Meta will work with Arm to expands its AI processing capacity.
Digital 2026 report reveals 5.66 billion social media users with 259 million new identities added. AI adoption exceeds 1 billion monthly users while ad spend climbs.
In a WSJ interview, Google’s VP of Search Liz Reid says ranking has been adjusted to surface more short-form video, forums, and UGC. The post Google Says It Surfaces More Video, Forums, And UGC appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Some pointers for beauty brands in the modern social media landscape.
Silicon Valley retail media company Topsort completes first acquisition, purchasing UK firm Phuzion Media for £1.5 billion market entry on October 15, 2025.
Google will soon require certification to target prescription drug keywords – a major shift for healthcare and legal advertisers.
Bing catches up to Google, letting you block content from snippets and AI answers without impacting page ranking or visibility in search.
ChatGPT’s search queries averaged 5.48 words – and more than three-quarters were five words or longer, a new Nectiv study finds.
On Reddit, Google’s John Mueller reviewed a two-day “vibe-coded” Bento Grid Generator and listed fixes for crawlability, meta tags, hreflang, and structured data. The post Google’s John Mueller Flags SEO Issues In Vibe Coded Website appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
CBS’s promotional strategy for “Survivor” expands to the creator economy with a “36-Hour Survivor Influencer Experience” on YouTube, attracting new viewers while revealing limitations in the abbreviated format, per a Trill report. The special comes as the long-running reality competition series leverages its Emmy presence and prepares for milestone seasons. Cross-Pl
iKala Group announced a strategic partnership between its AI influencer marketing platform, Kolr (formerly KOL Radar), and the Japanese influencer marketing platform REECH. The collaboration provides REECH users with access to Kolr’s database of over 300 million influencers across 190 countries. The integration allows REECH customers to search, analyze, and receive
There are only 3 marketing strategies for small business- and you only need one. Which one is right for you?
Marketers who work for SMBs say the top challenges they face with A/B-testing are a lack of resources and an inability to get statistically significant results because of too little traffic, according to recent research. Read the full article at MarketingProfs