Description: Google Tag Manager integrates Google Cloud Platform deployment for tag gateway, expanding beyond Cloudflare with automated External Application Load Balancer configuration.

Similarweb’s January Global AI Tracker shows ChatGPT at 64.5% of gen AI chatbot site visits, while Gemini reached 21.5% and writing tools fell.

Google's Robby Stein explains why AI Overviews appear for some searches but not others, describing an engagement-based system.

Golden from KPop Demon Hunters leads US charts with 9.3M views while Peso Pluma and regional hits fragment the December 26-January 1 streaming landscape.

Newsletter platform Beehiiv expands advertising team with LiveIntent veteran Andrew MacMannis as ad demand accelerates across 30,000 publications.

Comscore launches AI-powered audio targeting and measurement on The Trade Desk, addressing a 22% investment gap between consumer engagement and advertiser spending.

Google deprecates call-only ads starting February 2026, forcing advertisers to transition to responsive search ads with call assets by February 2027 deadline.

Texas company marketed consumer data on Alzheimer's, addiction, and ethnic backgrounds without Delete Act registration compliance, faces December deadline.

Vercel, Gumroad, Google, Lovable, and Macroscope pledged financial support to Tailwind CSS within 48 hours of the January 6, 2026, layoffs that eliminated 75% of the engineering staff.

Looking for WordPress alternatives that fit your stack? Compare builders, ecommerce platforms, headless CMS, and site generators side by side.

This week’s PPC Pulse covers Reddit Max Campaigns, Google Creator Partnership updates, and Microsoft’s new targeting capabilities, plus what advertisers should watch next.

Early December core update analysis shows specialization gains. Guardian challenges AI Overview health accuracy. Companies reframe AI quality criticism.

Learn which strategies matter now and where marketers should shift budgets for stronger, more reliable performance this year.

Italian communications authority AGCOM fines Cloudflare €14.2 million for refusing to comply with orders to block pirated sports streaming content through its DNS services.

PayPal and Microsoft launch Copilot Checkout on January 8, enabling direct transactions through AI conversations without leaving the platform.

U.S. container port imports expected to decline year-over-year until May 2026 as retailers navigate tariff policy uncertainty and post-holiday shipping lulls.

Cloudflare updated its open source x402 payment-gated proxy template on January 9, 2026, enabling website owners to charge per download, per API call, or per crawl as traditional content monetization models face pressure.

Danny Sullivan tells creators not to split content into bite-sized pieces for LLMs on January 8, 2026, saying optimization tactics won't survive ranking system improvements.

Iran's government executed a near-total internet blackout on January 8, 2026, eliminating 98.5% of announced IPv6 address space and cutting traffic by 90% within 30 minutes as protests spread across the country.

Digital video dominates investment priorities while 56% flag AI-generated content adjacency as top 2026 challenge, according to Integral Ad Science survey of 220 UK media professionals.

IAB Polska released AI Guide 2.0 on January 8, 2026, expanding from 2024 edition to over 300 pages covering large language models, agents, and performance marketing.