Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2026
 
Search Engine Roundtable
Daily Search Forum Recap: August 10, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...
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Social Media Today
Meta adds more incentives for paying users
The company is offering new ways to build audiences and grow follower counts, according to social media researcher Jonah Manzano.
 
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Distilled
Beyond Mentions and Citations: 5 KPIs for the Next Era of AI Search
TL;DR Mentions and citations tell you whether your brand shows up in AI answers. They don’t tell you whether that visibility is consistent, valuable or built to last. We tested five proposed KPIs that go a layer deeper: These aren’t settled industry standards.
 
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Social Media Today
LinkedIn updates feed display to drive more post replies and comments
The app is focusing on relevance and ranking engagement based on how pertinent an interaction is to each user, per a creator economy expert.
 
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Search Engine Roundtable
Meta/Facebook Crawling Web & May Be Building Search Engine
Meta, the social media company that operates Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Threads, is allegedly crawling the web and in the process of building its own search engine.
 
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Marketing Dive
WPP’s streamlined strategy secures new business as revenue declines narrow
While WPP sees opportunities with AI, CEO Cindy Rose noted that the technology could lead to deflationary impacts on agency pricing.
 
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Marketing Dive
Jif’s new campaign reworks logo to go beyond peanut butter and jelly
Developed by PSOne, “Every Jif’ing Thing” sets peanut butter snacking occasions to a remix of classical epic “O Fortuna.”
 
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Digiday
Zoom relies on creators to boost AI search results
Zoom has a brand awareness problem, but not in the way that you think. The tech company is trying to convince people that it’s an end-to-end, …
 
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Brain Pickings
How to Be a Good Explorer on the Lifelong Expedition to Yourself
Life is an ongoing expedition into the brambled tendrilled wilderness of ourselves, continually stymied by all we mistake for a final destination — success, superhuman strength, the love of another. Along the way, we keep confusing experiment and exploration.
 
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Brian Solis
The Web Has a New User: AI
For decades, we built the web for people. Now, AI is becoming a user too. It searches, reads, compares, summarizes, recommends, and increasingly acts on our behalf. That means the web is no longer just a collection of destinations for humans.
 
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Chief Marketer
A New Bill Targets ‘Bad Bots’ That Scrape Websites Without Permission
Some political issues don’t become mainstream talking points, but that doesn’t make them any less urgent. They’re more like “hygiene
 
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Chief Marketer
Ad Tech’s Last Neutral Party Just Picked A Side
When Publicis Groupe announced its $2.167 billion acquisition of LiveRamp, the industry found itself asking a question it had never had to ask before. LiveRamp wasn’t one identity vendor among many.
 
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