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Amazon Wins Court Order Blocking Perplexity’s AI Shopping Agent—What It Means for Agentic Commerce
A federal judge issued a temporary injunction on March 10, 2026, blocking Perplexity’s Comet AI browser from accessing Amazon’s platform after Amazon sued the startup for unauthorized access. The ruling found “essentially undisputed” evidence that Comet was accessing Amazon’s systems without proper disclosure and cited over $5,000 in employee time Amazon spent defending against the […]
96% of B2B Marketers Now Use AI: Key Findings from Demand Gen Report’s 2026 B2B Trends Study
Demand Gen Report released its 2026 B2B Trends Research Report on March 9, surveying over 300 B2B marketers across industries and revealing near-universal AI adoption. An overwhelming 96% of respondents use AI in their roles, with 47% ranking it as the trend they are most excited about and 45% identifying efficiency as AI’s primary benefit. […]
GEO Goes Mainstream: The Best Generative Engine Optimization Tools Marketers Are Using in 2026
Generative Engine Optimization has shifted from an emerging tactic to a core discipline, with a new wave of purpose-built tracking tools—SE Ranking, Scrunch AI, Peec AI, and Athena HQ—enabling brands to monitor their inclusion inside AI-generated answers at scale. Unlike traditional rank trackers, these platforms measure citation frequency, brand framing, and competitive replacement patterns across […]
ChatGPT Ads Are Here: What OpenAI’s Ad Test Means for AI Marketing in 2026
OpenAI just turned a long-running industry rumor into a real, measurable channel: it has begun testing ads inside ChatGPT in the U.S. for logged-in adult users on its Free and Go tiers, with ads displayed below responses and clearly labeled as sponsored. This is not a “banner ad bolted onto a chatbot.” It’s the first […]
Google AI Mode Shopping Ads: What Marketers Must Do as Sponsored Listings Move Into Answers
Google is now placing shopping ads inside AI Mode conversations For years, search ads lived in a predictable place: above or below a list of links. That mental model is breaking. Google has begun testing a new shopping ad format inside AI Mode—its conversational search experience—so sponsored product listings appear within the AI-generated answer flow, […]
Perplexity’s Deep Research + Model Council: What It Means for GEO and AI Search Visibility
Perplexity Just Made AI Search More “Verifiable” — Here’s Why Marketers Should Care Over the last few weeks, Perplexity has quietly shipped a set of changes that matter far beyond “nice product updates.” They point to where AI search is going next: answers that are longer, more citation-heavy, and easier to audit — and that […]
Google February 2026 Discover Update: What It Means for AI Marketing and Content Strategy
What Google Just Changed in Discover (and Why It Matters) Google quietly shipped a major distribution change for publishers and brands: the February 2026 Discover core update. Unlike classic “10 blue links” SEO, Discover is a personalized, feed-style surface that can drive massive spikes (or drops) in traffic and leads. And because it’s algorithmic and […]
The $750 Billion AI Search Opportunity Your Business Is Missing
McKinsey projects \$750 billion in US revenue will funnel through AI-powered search by 2028. Most businesses are not optimized for a single dollar of it.
From SEO to GEO: Why Your Marketing Strategy Needs to Evolve Now
Eighty percent of consumers now depend on AI summaries for over 40% of their searches. Traditional SEO was built for a world that no longer exists.
Why Third-Party Sites Are the Secret Weapon in AI Marketing
Most businesses optimize only their own website for AI search. But AI models cite directories, reviews, and publications as heavily as your website.
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