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Why Off-Page SEO Still Shapes SERP & AI Visibility in 2026

How Links, Mentions, and Authority Influence Rankings and AI Discovery Authority and presence across the web continue to play a central role in search visibility, even as AI-driven experiences reshape how SERPs appear. Links, brand mentions, and trust signals continue to influence how Google evaluates credibility, both in traditional rankings and in AI-powered SERPs. The

Why customer success managers are a martech power move

Martech is a team sport, and no one wins it alone. Success depends on coordination across internal teams and external partners. A customer success manager, or CSM, is one of the most important — and often underutilized — partners for marketing technology practitioners. They play a critical role in shaping the vendor-client relationship and long-term

What makes a great Super Bowl ad?

What makes a Super Bowl ad cut through the noise and rise above the rest? According to System1, early audience testing reveals that adverts from the NFL, Budweiser, Ring, Dove and Pepsi are ranking the highest, eliciting strong positive emotional responses from viewers. These top performers have things in common, but what are those things?

Embracing Humor and Building Trust Through a Crisis

Sometimes the most effective strategy to turn a crisis on its head is to embrace humor. Travis Claytor explains how brands can appropriately use humor in crisis The post Embracing Humor and Building Trust Through a Crisis first appeared on Spin Sucks.

Is Your Internal Linking Helping Or Hurting Topical Authority?

Today’s question is about understanding internal linking and how it can help or hinder a search engine’s perception of a page’s topical relevance and authority. “How do you technically assess whether a site’s internal linking is diluting topical authority rather than strengthening it?” What Is Topical Authority In essence, topical authority is the concept of

How SMEs are structuring marketing teams for growth

Source: Shutterstock Building a marketing team requires careful decisions about which skills to prioritise and at what level to hire. For small- and medium-sized businesses, those decisions can be even more crucial. With limited budget to grow headcount, roles can easily blur, leaving a small number of marketers juggling multiple responsibilities. While this flexibility can

Daily Heroes | Illustration Campaign :: Behance

Every day, thousands of “everyday heroes” put intense strain on their joints. Caregivers, craftsmen, logistics workers, shopkeepers… essential professions that rely on physical strength and mobility. Orliman, a brand specialising in orthopaedic products, asked us to create an illustrated advertising campaign to highlight and give context to these everyday heroes. Chaque jour, des milliers de

The Importance of Teaching (and Learning) Negotiation Skills

Have you ever noticed how many women struggle with the “What is your rate?” question? The hesitation stems from not understanding our true value. Gini Dietrich wants to change that. Start practicing today: know your worth, articulate it clearly, and don’t back down. The post The Importance of Teaching (and Learning) Negotiation Skills first appeared

Is Google Finally Cracking Down On Self-Promotional Listicles?

Jump straight to examples of affected websites. Over the past year, one of the most common tactics for gaining visibility in AI search has been for companies to publish “listicle” content on their own blogs – ranking the best companies or products in their niche and placing themselves in the No. 1 spot. There are

WPP Media has formed partnership with Genius Sports

On the the last workday before the Super Bowl and with Winter Olympics’ opening ceremonies just hours away, WPP Media has formed a partnership with sports data platform Genius Sports, Digiday has learned. The plan is to integrate Genius Sports’ first-party league, team and transactional data – derived from Genius Sports’ 250-million-consumer FanGraph platform –

Painting the worlds of Studio Ghibli with art director and background artist, Yoji Takeshige

It’s Nice That (INT): Tell us about your role at Studio Ghibli, and how your career has evolved to this point? How did you get into this line of work? Yoji Takeshige (YT): I’ve loved movies since I was a child and when I was in high school, I became fascinated by the films of

How to Turn Data Into Engaging PR Stories

We live in a data-driven world that helps businesses make better decisions, but raw data can be complex and dull. Indiana Lee shows you how to turn it into engaging PR stories. The post How to Turn Data Into Engaging PR Stories first appeared on Spin Sucks.

Google Releases Core Update Targeting Discover Feed

Google has released what it calls the February 2026 Discover core update, a broad change to the systems that surface content in the Discover feed. Google says the update is initially limited to English-language users in the United States, and it plans to expand it to more countries and languages in the future. Google announced

FTC Probe Expands to IAS Over Alleged Ad Boycotts, Lawsuit Reveals

Ad-verification firm Integral Ad Science is one of 16 media credibility and news rating organizations being investigated by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over alleged advertiser boycotts of right-wing media, according to a lawsuit concerning the probe. The detail appeared in Feb. 2 amendments to a lawsuit filed in a federal court against the FTC

Why Super Bowl ads are building all-star lineups

For years, the Super Bowl has been described as the biggest stage in advertising. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that a 30-second ad has surpassed the $10m barrier for the first time. But lately, it’s started to look less like a stage and more like a film set. Scroll through this year’s Big

The Future of Search: A Content Knowledge Graph and AI

Keywords are out, content knowledge graphs are in. Find out why in Gini Dietrich’s latest article on search fragmentation. The post The Future of Search: A Content Knowledge Graph and AI first appeared on Spin Sucks.

Microsoft’s Publisher Marketplace, Google Tag Update, Multi-Party Approvals – PPC Pulse

Welcome to PPC Pulse. This week’s PPC updates come from both Microsoft and Google, all dedicated to more “behind the scenes” work. Microsoft announced a new Content Publisher Marketplace, where it is starting to rethink how content is compensated amid the increased use of AI. On the Google front, Google now says the standard tag

How smart B2B teams use video to win deals before they start

There’s a dangerous misconception in B2B marketing that video is just a brand awareness play. We tend to bucket video into two extremes: The “viral” top-of-funnel asset that gets views but no leads. The dry bottom-of-funnel product demo that gets leads but no views. This binary thinking is breaking your pipeline. In my role at

The Silent Explorer :: Behance

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Lessons In Crisis Communications from CPK

California Pizza Kitchen’s response to a recent delivery mistake offers several lessons in crisis communications. Thomas Mustac highlights exactly how they turned a bad situation around. The post Lessons In Crisis Communications from CPK first appeared on Spin Sucks.

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