Poor redirects, leftover noindex tags, and late SEO involvement cause most migration hangovers. Here's your practical guide to avoiding them.

Google Maps is surveying users to detect incentivized reviews, with data showing over 1,000 single-month deletions and retroactive audits going back to 2024.

Nielsen and Mediaocean integrate audience data into Prisma for DDL campaigns, with Polk and MRI-Simmons expanding Nielsen ONE ahead of fall 2026 TV season.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin says AI is heading toward AGI but admits he has no idea what comes next.

Google tests AI visibility reports and an opt-out toggle as the UK requires new publisher controls for AI search features.

Meta-commissioned IPSOS research across 23 Indian cities finds Reels leads product discovery at 81% and shapes purchase decisions across Gen Z and rural users.

Snapchat reports 10x advertiser growth in India over two years, with AR lenses, Sponsored Snaps, and AI targeting driving full-funnel brand outcomes for Gen Z.

ExchangeWire's Lindsay Rowntree and Rachel Smith explain why audio cannot prove full-funnel value despite 10% UK spend growth and rising AI investment in 2026.

Ann Handley argues AI literacy isn't about prompt engineering but judgment literacy, knowing when not to use AI tools to preserve essential learning.

Here are Google’s latest AI updates from May 2026

Google has documented a native link between Google Business Profile and Google Analytics, bringing local metrics like calls and directions into GA reports.

Google added IP address support to Customer Match in the Data Manager API on May 28, 2026, with match-rate gains expected from Q3 2026, and DV360 left out.

Microsoft is opening more premium ad inventory to cryptocurrency advertisers while maintaining existing compliance requirements.

The update provides additional guidance on when audience targeting restrictions could affect campaign delivery and reach.

Cloudflare added spend limits to AI Gateway today, letting firms cap AI costs in dollars by team, user or model, with fallback routing when budgets run out.

Stellantis ran IAS Quality Attention across 13 billion impressions in 19 countries, achieving 33% higher ad recall and 165% CTR uplift in programmatic tests.

Helen McEntee met Meta on June 4 to discuss European competitiveness, regulatory complexity, and digital investment just before Ireland's July EU Presidency.

Nearly 400 advertising and tech professionals gathered May 28 to tackle agentic AI standards, publisher monetization, and machine-to-machine ad infrastructure.

Madonna's Times Square surprise show, streamed live inside the Grindr app to users worldwide, debuted three new tracks from Confessions II ahead of July 3.

Nielsen Ad Intel shows Australian insurance advertising climbed 11% to $504.4m as more than three-quarters of consumers flagged concern over rising premiums.

Google and Schema.org release the first public dataset on structured data term adoption, covering millions of domains in CSV and JSON formats, updated monthly.