[SMK] AI & Digital Marketing Capability Transformation
LinkedIn has become the most cited domain for professional queries across major AI platforms, marking a significant shift in how expertise is surfaced in AI-generated answers. New data from Profound shows the platform surged from outside the top 20 to the top five most cited sources on ChatGPT in just three months, one of the […]
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New data from Ahrefs, spanning more than 74,000 websites, offers one of the clearest views yet of how traffic is shifting in the AI era. Nearly 90 million search visits have disappeared over the past nine months, a figure that immediately raises concerns about the future of organic discovery. However, the more important story sits
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Four weeks into OpenAI’s rollout of ads in ChatGPT, early data suggests a familiar pattern. Despite the shift in interface, user behaviour and advertiser strategy look strikingly similar to traditional search. New insights from Sensor Tower provide one of the first clear views into how ads are appearing within ChatGPT responses, and what that reveals
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AI platforms are rapidly becoming part of the discovery journey. Buyers are asking ChatGPT, Claude, and Google AI for recommendations across categories ranging from software and agencies to consumer products. As a result, AI visibility tracking is climbing the marketing agenda. The critical question is how reliably that visibility can be measured. New research from
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Search is not just becoming more AI driven. Paid listings are taking up more of the results page and more of the clicks. Much of the recent debate has focused on AI Overviews and how generative answers are reshaping organic visibility. However, new data suggests a parallel shift that is just as commercially significant. Across
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Google Analytics is introducing two updates aimed at improving how marketers identify performance changes and manage paid media investment. AI powered Generated insights are now surfaced directly on the GA4 Home page, while a new cross channel budgeting feature is rolling out in beta. Both updates are designed to reduce the time required to interpret
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LinkedIn has released its 2026 Skills on the Rise for Marketing, offering a data-backed view of the capabilities shaping hiring decisions right now. Unlike a simple trend report, the ranking combines skills added to marketer profiles with hiring success data, measuring growth relative to professionals hired over the past year. Resulting insights go beyond what
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AI is changing not just how content is discovered, but how it is read. For years, brands have structured long-form content around narrative build. Context first. Insight later. The strongest point saved for the conclusion. That format worked in a traditional search environment where depth and dwell time signalled value. AI systems reward something different.
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For the past two years, marketers have treated ChatGPT as an emerging discovery surface, experimenting with how generative AI interprets brands, categories, and intent. That phase is now moving into a more commercial reality. OpenAI has confirmed that advertising will begin testing inside ChatGPT in the U.S., signalling the platform’s shift toward a monetised model.
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Agentic shopping has moved from theory to reality, and Google is making a decisive play to shape how it develops. A new wave of retail and advertising tools announced this month points to a future where AI agents handle discovery, evaluation and even checkout on behalf of consumers. For retailers and brands, the implications go
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