Yahoo today launched the first version of its AI-powered answer engine, Yahoo Scout. Scout is available at scout.yahoo.com and is embedded across Yahoo’s network, including Yahoo News, Finance, Mail, and Search. Think of it as a Yahoo-branded AI companion designed to guide users directly within Yahoo’s properties. What is Yahoo Scout. Yahoo Scout is Yahoo’s […]
Google will now jump you directly into AI Mode when you do a follow-up question from AI Overviews within Google Search. This makes the “transition to a conversation even more seamless,” Robby Stein, VP of Product, Google Search wrote. Plus, Google AI Overviews are powered by Gemini 3 by default, globally. AI Overviews jumping to […]
Microsoft has been promising to give data on the performance of websites mentioned in AI results within Bing and Copilot since February 2023 and then again in April 2023. But then decided to let us down and only lump the data together with web queries, not giving us a clear view of how our sites […]
Google is making Gemini 3 the default model for AI Overviews in markets where the feature is available and adding a direct path into AI Mode conversations. The updates, shared in a Google blog post, bring Gemini 3’s reasoning capabilities to AI Overviews. Google says the feature now reaches over one billion users. What’s New […]
AI Max is Google’s latest foray into semi-keywordless targeting. While you need keywords for the system to have a starting place, Google uses signals beyond keywords in deciding how to show ads to searchers. In accounts with a strong history of broad match success, AI Max can be highly effective at finding new conversions. If […]
Ecommerce and Meta often go hand in hand. You can give Meta a 20,000-item catalog and a budget, and with its AI-powered Advantage+ campaigns, it’ll try to pair the right person with the right product, whether that’s a new customer or someone who’s already viewed those products before. But what’s actually happening inside that ad? […]
Boost your skills with Growth Memo’s weekly expert insights. Subscribe for free! Agentic commerce transforms organic search from a source of cheap traffic into the mandatory gatekeeper of AI verification. Marketing arbitrage dies; product truth wins. Image Credit: Kevin Indig This week, we’re covering: Why agentic commerce filters out marketing-first brands and rewards granular product […]
If you’ve spent any time in PPC communities, Reddit threads, Slack groups, or conference Q&As, you’ve probably noticed a recurring frustration: “Google Ads isn’t scaling. It’s not working, and we’re stuck.” On the surface, everything looks fine. The campaigns are running, impression share is high, shopping feeds are clean, and budgets are flowing. But growth […]
A security advisory was published about a vulnerability affecting the WP Go Maps plugin for WordPress installed on over 300,000 websites. The flaw enables authenticated subscribers to modify map engine settings. WP Go Maps Plugin The WP Go Maps plugin is used by local business WordPress sites to display customizable maps on pages and posts, […]
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