Search and Social Update: 12 August 2026
Google has opened its generative AI performance report to every Search Console account, complete with a pop-up pointing you at it. It…
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Driving Service Revenue With AI and CDP Advertising
A NADA 2026 workshop argued that fragmented customer data, not weak advertising, is why dealership service marketing underperforms. We translate it for…
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Search and Social Update: 11 August 2026
YouTube doubles the watch hours a new channel needs to start earning, from 4,000 to 8,000, effective February 2027. Google also banned…
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Leading With Emotional Intelligence in the AI Age
Sam Cox told NADA 2026 that dealership leaders do not have to choose between efficient tools and emotional intelligence. We watched the…
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Google Ads Starts Locking Gmail Accounts Out of Their Own Settings
Google has begun piloting a rule that stops free email addresses like Gmail from making sensitive changes to a Google Ads account.…
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Search and Social Update: 9 August 2026
The word yes is showing up as a query in Search Console, and it is coming from AI Mode follow-ups. Google is…
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Your Week in Search and Social: 2 to 7 August 2026
Four dated changes landed this week and every one falls inside the next month. Google Ads targets stop being suggestions on 17…
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Search and Social Update: 7 August 2026
WordPress 7.0.3 closes twelve vulnerabilities, including a login screen flaw that needs no password at all. Google Shopping starts printing countdown badges…
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Search and Social Update: 6 August 2026
Google switches off Assistant from 4 September with no way to switch it back, handing every Android phone, watch and projected Android…
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Search and Social Update: 5 August 2026
From 2 August, AI generated content shown to European audiences has to carry a label, with fines up to fifteen million euros.…
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