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Google will change banner impression counting from February 17, 2027. See how to compare counts and RPM without confusing measurement with earnings.
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The court ordered AdX and DFP interoperability, data access, non-discrimination and six years of oversight. Publishers should baseline systems before implementation.
The Justice Department reportedly backed OpenAI’s fair-use position, but the court has not decided the case. Publishers should separate filing, ruling, and remedy.
Kagi added a preference to remove paywalled links from results. Publishers need a matched on/off test before blaming crawling, indexing, ranking, or the filter.
Restricted ChatGPT Enterprise and Edu workspaces may use cached web results or disable search. Test live, cached, and off states before making freshness claims.
Google now names seven supported Search favicon formats. Use this audit to separate file eligibility, crawl access, hostname scope, URL stability, and actual display.
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Google’s AI Search inclusion control is now worldwide. Audit parent and child properties before excluding content, traffic, and impressions.
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