Let’s go through the latest in digital marketing news, resources, tools, and jobs…

YouTube is testing an AI search mode that 'feels more like a conversation'
Steve Dent
YouTube is testing a new feature called "Ask YouTube," which will let you pose complex questions and receive "comprehensive results that include video and text, then ask follow-ups to dive deeper." The experimental feature is now available until June 8 for Premium US subscribers 18 and older. 

Community marketing strategy in 2026: Lessons from Figma
Erin Rodrigue
Erin goes through how Figma builds strong relationships through community and marketing campaigns that spotlight its users’ work.

Best Times to Post Social Media Content on 7 Platforms
Shopify
Depending on the platform and content, weekday mornings or weekends could be the best times to post social media content to boost visibility and engagement.

Instagram cracks down on content aggregators
Aisha Malik
Instagram announced that accounts that regularly repost content they didn’t create, or primarily share other people’s work as photos and carousels, will no longer be eligible for recommendations across the app. The idea behind the change is to ensure creators of original content get the credit and distribution they deserve.

ChatGPT ads expand to logged-out users
Anu Adegbola
ChatGPT is expanding ads to logged-out users, increasing inventory, and making it easier for advertisers to scale spend.

The High CPC Paradox: When Expensive Clicks Are A Sign Of Success
Jyll Saskin Gales
Rising CPCs may reflect better targeting and higher-value users, making CPA and ROAS more reliable performance indicators.

Google AdSense Vignette Ads Setting May Trigger Back Button Hijack Penalty
Barry Schwartz
A small setting within Google AdSense under the vignette ads may trigger your site to get a Google search penalty, specifically for the new back button hijacking search spam rule.

How to use customer acquisition and retention goals in Google Ads
Sarah Vlietstra
Sarah explains how to set smarter bids using first-party data, customer match lists, and lifecycle segmentation, while avoiding common reporting distortions.

Content marketing funnel: stages, templates & metrics
Cecilia Meis
Cecilia goes through how to build a content marketing funnel that attracts, nurtures, and converts. Compare models, get templates, track ROI.

“How I Do Content Engineering with Claude Code”
Ryan Law
Ryan explains how he built a high-quality content automation system for the Ahrefs blog using Claude Code and 23 skill files.

How Good Editing Takes AI Content From Mediocre to Memorable
Ann Gynn
AI writing isn’t the problem. It has, however, exploded the volume of mediocre writing. AI detectors won't fix that. Ann shares this two-stage editing process to turn AI-generated drafts into content that works for your audience and brand.

The Death of the Ultimate Guide?
Amanda Natividad
Amanda goes through how commodity-style content is looking increasingly vulnerable, while focused usefulness and hard-to-replace value are looking increasingly important, and what this means for marketers.

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How to build long-term influencer partnerships that drive real business value
Jasmine Williams
Jasmine shares this guide that covers why long-term influencer partnerships work, how to find the right partners, and what it takes to build and sustain them.

How to Use Pinterest in 2026: A Beginner's Guide for Creators + Businesses
Kirsti Lang
Kirsti shares how to use Pinterest as a creator or business in 2026, set up your account, create pins that get discovered, and reach the right audience.

PR Packages: How Brands Use Product Seeding to Drive Awareness, UGC, and ROI
Kalin Anastasov
Kalin explains how PR packages work, how to build a PR strategy, and how to measure ROI from PR package campaigns. 

Why More Brands Are Ditching One-Off Influencer Campaigns
Kristen Bousquet
“Content that allows the creator to reach their audience how they know will perform best is always helpful. Rigid scripts and lack of creative freedom may lead to content that underperforms, even after multiple exposures to it”.

​​Where AI Search Sends Traffic: 10-Market Patterns for Your Global AI Search Strategy​
Aleyda Solis
After going through the top click-producing AI search domains across ecommerce, finance, and travel & tourism in 10 international markets in March 2026 I share the top patterns and what they mean for your global AI search strategy. Learn about them here.​

How AI search audits map your brand in the generative era​
Dan Taylor 
Dan goes through what an AI search audit is and shares their five-dimensional audit framework that includes AI visibility and onsite readiness, reputation, sentiment, brand safety, technical AI, and more.

​AI Citation drift: How stable are sources in AI search results?​
Johannes Beus
AI Overviews are completely stable for just over half of queries; AI Mode responses rotate by 56% per week, and ChatGPT by 74%. Lumping the platforms together obscures more than it reveals.​​

​​​Bing Webmaster Tools teases new AI reporting updates​
Barry Schwartz 
Bing previewed new AI reporting updates in their Webmaster Tools, including citation share, grounding query intent, and GEO-focused recommendations.​

Google Preferred Sources Now Available For All Languages Globally​
Barry Schwartz 
Google has now announced that Preferred Sources is rolling out globally in all supported languages. It gives you more control over the news you see on search results by letting you choose the sites you want to appear more often in your Top Stories.​

​How AI Is Changing Google Search and SEO [Video]​
Martin Splitt, Nikola Todorovic 
Martin speaks with Nikola about how AI is changing Google Search: the evolution from traditional search to AI Overviews and AI Mode, how Google tests and launches search changes, and why query behavior is becoming more conversational and complex.

⚒️ Marketing Tools

​LLM Content Visibility Scanner​
Algorythmic
Algorythmic scans your page’s raw HTML to identify content gaps, missing metadata, and rendering issues that prevent LLM crawlers from seeing your content.

Free Social Media Toolkit
Zoho Social
Social Toolkit offers powerful, easy-to-use tools, completely free, with no sign-ups or hidden catches.

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Aleyda Solis
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