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Google AI Pilot Pays Some Sites Under 0.1% Of Ad Revenue via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/10/01

A new report says Google’s AI contribution pilot pays publishers widely different amounts, and some participants still can’t tell how payouts are calculated. The post Google AI Pilot Pays Some Sites Under 0.1% Of Ad Revenue appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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LiveRamp Expands OpenAI Deal With First-Party Data Targeting via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson

2026/10/01

LiveRamp expands its OpenAI partnership, bringing RampID first-party audiences to ChatGPT Ads as advertisers gain more targeting and bidding options. The post LiveRamp Expands OpenAI Deal With First-Party Data Targeting appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Using Local (AI) Compute To Reduce Reliance On Frontier Models via @sejournal, @chrisgreenseo

2026/09/30

How much SEO work can you move off the cloud and onto the user’s machine? A Chrome extension experiment with Gemini Nano has answers

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Google AI Overviews Return For Many Large Brand Names

2026/09/30

Google seems to be showing more and more AI Overviews these days and even for many large brand names. It don’t have a ton of data but Google does seems to be showing more and AI Overviews for almost every large brand name except for Google’s own name and news publications.

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OpenAI ChatGPT Ads Gains Bulk Product Creation, Product Review Status & More

2026/09/30

OpenAI just sent out an email to advertisers about new ChatGPT Ads product updates that include several new features. The new features include bulk creation for product feed campaigns, product review status, report conversions beyond your campaign goal through the API, separate account, brand, and legal names and ChatGPT Ads are live in Southeast Asia and Taiwan.

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OpenAI Dots Run Read-Only Research When Nobody Is Asking via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/09/30

OpenAI’s Dots can review connected apps and run scheduled checks between conversations, with read-only limits on proactive research. The post OpenAI Dots Run Read-Only Research When Nobody Is Asking appeared first on Search Engine Journal

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Wikipedia, Podcasts & Reddit Now Drive AI Citations, Ask Your PR Team How They Did It via @sejournal, @gregjarboe

2026/09/30

Your PR team’s Wikipedia, podcast, and Reddit expertise can help you build the third-party signals that support AI visibility.

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Google Analytics Adds App Conversions To Cross-Channel Reports via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

2026/09/30

Google Analytics now supports app conversions in its performance and attribution reports. The post Google Analytics Adds App Conversions To Cross-Channel Reports appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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Daily Search Forum Recap: September 30, 2026

2026/09/30

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google is only paying about 100 publishers in the AI contribution pilot…

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The AI Search Metrics I Use To Track Client Pipelines

2026/09/30

See whether AI search reaches buyers and creates qualified opportunities with five measures covering brand presence, answer accuracy, and attribution. The post The AI Search Metrics I Use To Track Client Pipelines appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

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