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Four in Five South Africans Are Online. One in Three Buys Anything: Search and Social Update, 17 September 2026

South African online retail hit R159 billion this year, yet the share of adults who shop online fell to 34.2 percent. OpenAI…

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Your Bid Target Just Became an Instruction: Search and Social Update for 17 August 2026

Google's Smart Bidding change went live today, so a target you set as a ceiling is now an instruction. ChatGPT Ads started…

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Search and Social Update: 4 August 2026

Google has started asking some searchers to sign in and prove they are human before showing more results. Rankings moved on the…

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Search and Social Update: 2 August 2026

Google starts retiring Dynamic Search Ads in September, migrating eligible campaigns to AI Max automatically. Google Business Profile chat has shut down…