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AI Overviews & Local SEO: What Multi-Location Brands Must Do [Webinar]
Thanks to AI, local SEO has a new standard. AI-powered search doesn't just rank pages. It synthesizes answers from your site content, schema markup, listings data, and reviews, and then it decides whether your locations are worth citing. For brands…
The hidden 'bland tax' that could erase your brand from AI search
AI isn't just changing search — it's deciding which brands get ignored. At Adobe Summit today, Andrew Warden, CMO of Semrush, argued that visibility has fundamentally changed — and that brands now risk being systematically filtered…
You can't rank what Google can't properly read
Tension: Everyone wants the visible results of SEO success while ignoring the invisible structural work that makes it possible. Noise: The industry obsesses over content strategies and backlink shortcuts while core site architecture quietly…
How to build a YouTube analytics report in Data Studio
Creating video content takes time and budget, so understanding how it performs is critical. YouTube 's native analytics in YouTube Studio are robust, but they're locked behind account access. That can make reporting difficult — especially…
SEO - The Seatbelt (you didn't know you needed) for your Searchability on Substack and Beyond!
Members - I'm super excited to be hosting ex Lawyer and super star storyteller Claire Tomkins from ‘At Heart' over for tea as a guest expert tomorrow. Claire is supporting us with writing our origin story and general storytelling technique…
Bybit Uncovers AI-Assisted macOS Malware Campaign Targeting Users Searching for Claude Code
DUBAI, UAE, April 21, 2026 /CNW/ -- Bybit, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, reported that its Security Operations Center (SOC) disclosed findings detailing a sophisticated, multi-stage malware campaign targeting…
AI empowered Bybit Security Team Uncovers macOS Malware Campaign Targeting Users Searching for Claude Code
In the news release, Bybit Uncovers AI-Assisted macOS Malware Campaign Targeting Users Searching for Claude Code, issued 21-Apr-2026 by Bybit over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the headline and 9th paragraph have been updated. The…
How Seoul turned its biggest garbage dump into beloved park
On a sunny afternoon last week, Park Ju-young, 28, brought her lunch up to Haneul Park in Mapo District, one of Seoul's most beloved green spaces, unaware she was sitting atop a mountain of buried garbage. “Both my home and office are…
How to Build a Digital Marketing Strategy That Survives Every Google Update - popdust
Every few months, Google releases a new update that makes marketers panic. Rankings change, traffic drops out of the blue, and what used to work doesn't work the same way anymore. The truth is simple: businesses with solid, fundamentals-driven…
Why IBM says every brand now needs a GEO playbook
Search has changed, and brands need to catch up fast, according to IBM's Alexis Zamkow (global lead of Marketing Transformation solutions) and Sandhya Ranganathan Iyer (associate partner – AI), speaking yesterday at Adobe Summit. AI tools…
Why ugly ads outperform polished creative and how to test them
You've been told to follow a familiar set of rules for years: always use high-quality creative, keep your brand polished, stay scripted, and follow platform-recommended formats. If you've been in ad accounts lately or browsing feeds, you may have…
AI-Empowered Bybit Security Team Uncovers macOS Malware Campaign Targeting Users Searching For 'Claude Code'
Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit reported that its Security Operations Center (SOC) has identified a complex multi-stage malware operation targeting macOS users searching for “Claude Code,” an artificial intelligence-driven development…
DIV: Real Estate Strength, But Risk-On Elsewhere Is A Headwind (NYSEARCA:DIV)
Global X SuperDividend US ETF is downgraded from 'Buy' to 'Hold' due to underperformance versus the S&P 500 and weak defensive sector momentum. DIV offers a high 6.7% yield and low valuation, but its heavy exposure to lagging defensive sectors and…
Arts groups in South Korea protest against 'celebrity' appointments to cultural posts
SEOUL - A series of recent appointments to public cultural institutions in South Korea has fuelled growing dissatisfaction among cultural experts, prompting protests and calls for answers from the presidential office on April 21. A group of…
The funnel flip: Why AI forces a bottom-up acquisition strategy
The industry has been building top-down for 30 years. Start with awareness, get in front of as many people as possible, and work them down through the acquisition funnel. The logic made sense in the broadcast era, and it wasn't entirely wrong in…
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