Welcome to the week’s Pulse: updates affect how AI surfaces content, how you track brand demand, and where core SEO tools sit in the wider marketing stack. Google launched Gemini 3 directly into AI Mode in Search, Adobe announced a $1.9 billion acquisition of Semrush, and Google shipped two reporting
Now that the dust has settled, the branding agency fired and the old brand restored, it’s a good time to look at what really happened with the rebranding of Cracker Barrel — something the mainstream media largely overlooked. Let’s start with the firing of the agency behind the rebrand. Prophet
In an unexpected but surprisingly fitting collab, indie folk band Bon Iver has joined forces with Pantone to release a custom colour. Celebrating their highly praised 2025 album, SABLE, fABLE, the partnership is one of many quirky collaborations to mark the band’s latest release. While most musicians will typically focus
YouTube and Facebook continue to lead U.S. social media usage, but TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp and Reddit are showing consistent growth, according to new data from Pew Research Center. The report surveyed 5,022 U.S and found 84% use YouTube and 71% use Facebook. Instagram reached 50% adoption, making it the only
John Lewis retains its position as the UK’s favourite Christmas ad, while Waitrose secures joint second place with M&S, according to Ipsos data. Source Source link
“I want to make a rainbow out of trash,” says Ryan Evans, an artist based in the suburbs of South Jersey who is creating just that. Except this isn’t the work of a collage artist literally taking trash and refashioning it across a canvas like a school project, but a
Most SEO professionals obsess over content, links, and technical implementations. We track algorithm updates and audit on-page elements with precision. But there’s one factor that determines whether all that work can deliver results. Your web hosting controls every user’s first interaction with your site. It determines load speeds, uptime consistency,
It started with a standing desk and a Beyoncé lip sync. That was the viral video Bashel Lewis posted to his TikTok account in April that got him thinking about leaving his full time marketing gig at Nielsen to become a content creator. “Everyone from Universal to Hulu to every
Xencelabs is back with its Black Friday deals, and for illustrators and digital artists, they’re worth a serious look. For me, the standout deal is the new Pen Display 16 Lite with $50 off its price, now $799 $749; this OLED tablet was only released this month. The standard Pen
Advanced Web Ranking released its Q3 Google organic clickthrough report, tracking CTR changes by ranking position across query types and industries. The company compared July through September against April through June. The dataset is international, so the patterns reflect broad search behavior rather than a single region. Here’s what stands
