On March 20, 2026, Google quietly added a new entry to its official list of web fetchers. Not a crawler. Not a training bot. An agent. Google-Agent is the user agent string for AI systems running on Google infrastructure that browse websites on behalf of users. When someone asks an AI assistant
Amazon wants to turn creator-led video podcasts into the next generation of TV networks – multiplatform franchises that can soak up TV budgets and spin out into retail, live events and social clips. That pitch was front and center at Amazon’s May 11 Upfront in New York City, where performances
As food has taken over as her focus, Steph has a new take on colour: “It’s definitely leant more into the painterly side,” she says, and new palettes have emerged from the different textures and surfaces of food the illustrator has drawn – like her airy line up of deserts
If your organic traffic is down but your pipeline looks fine, you’re not imagining it. AI-generated answers are intercepting the journey earlier, meaning users are getting what they need from a citation or a recommendation before they ever hit your site. The click never happens. But the influence did. That’s
Top of the Ticker: During the Society of Advancing Business Editing and Writing’s annual conference recently held in Philadelphia, CBS News’ managing editor Charles Forelle stressed to Semafor’s Ben Smith that his network’s editorial independence operates without any owner influence. “The convention in American journalism is that the owners are independent
Warmer weather is approaching, and if you’ve got a vacay booked for the near future, let me share my travel tech essentials with you. A lot of people don’t consider tech to be a top priority when packing for a holiday (since we’re all trying to get away from our
On Friday, May 8, 2026, The New York Times published a guest essay by investigative journalist Julia Angwin with a headline that demands attention: “Meta Is Dying.” She highlights that Meta lost daily active users in Q1 2026, falling from 3.58 billion in Q4 2025 to 3.56 billion. Angwin sees
“Think different” was the theme of Apple’s 1997 campaign that began the company’s revival after many thought it was dying. It is both an example of great branding and a wake-up call. The point of branding is differentiation, but that’s been lost in the fog of AI sameness. Your brand
Identity for architecture studio Cera, reflecting its narrative, history-driven approach. Structured typography, curated references, and a refined logotype balance between clarity, atmosphere, and timelessness. Source link
Schema markup had a rough week. Google ended FAQ rich results. Four days later, Ahrefs published a report, finding that adding JSON-LD didn’t produce a clear citation lift across Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, or ChatGPT. These developments weaken two common pitches for schema markup: increased SERP visibility and potential
