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Ads Google Rewrites Your Ad Campaigns This Month. The Setting Is Not the Problem.
Ads The ASA Scanned 60 Million Ads Last Year. No Complaint Required.
SEO Google Will Now Show You How Often AI Mentions Your Business. It Will Not Show You If Anyone Clicked.
AI Google’s AI Answer Now Opens in Full. The Blue Links Moved Down the Page.
Ads Google Auto-Upgrades Ad Accounts on 1 September. Check Two Boxes First
SEO Your Google numbers fell in August. Google says that never happened.
News Pizza Hut Changed Its Name. It Did Not Change Its Numbers.
News “Subject to Availability” Is Not a Shield. The ASA Just Proved It.
Ads Your Contact Details Are an Advertising Claim. The ASA Just Ruled on It.
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August 2026
News The CMA Fined the AA £4.2m Over a £3 Booking Fee. Now Check Your Own Pricing.
Ads Google Just Changed the Rules on Local Services Ads. Here Is the Real Lesson for Your Business.
SEO Google Just Stopped Letting You Answer Your Own Customers
SEO Meta Just Overtook Google. Do Not Move Your Budget Yet.
Ads Google Ads Is About to Take You at Your Word. That Should Worry You.
Ads The world’s biggest ad agency just jumped 29%. It wasn’t because it spent more.
News Next Beat Its Forecast by £70m. The Word That Made the Difference Was “Profitable”
July 2026
Reviews The iPad on your counter is now breaking Google’s review rules
SEO Google just made your free listing measurable. Most businesses still won’t look.
Your Instagram Posts Have Been Ranking On Google All Along. You Just Could Not See It.
SEO Ranking Number One Is No Longer the Prize
News Your Customers Want to Be Known. They Just Won’t Be Tracked.
News The Chancellor Just Made It Easier to Borrow. Most Businesses Should Not.
Reviews Google just plugged your Business Profile into Analytics. Most businesses cannot use it.
News An AI Will Now Answer Your Customers in Seconds. That Is the Easy Part.
News Three everyday marketing habits that can now get your business fined
Ads Google’s new ads write themselves from your website. That is a problem if your website is thin.
SEO The Google traffic you lost is not coming back. Stop waiting for it.
SEO Google’s spam update just landed. Panicking is the wrong move.
June 2026
Law No, You Cannot Bin Your Cookie Banner Yet
Ads Your Social Ads Are Getting Pricier. Spreading Out Beats Doubling Down.
Ads LinkedIn Just Passed 37 Million UK Users. The Cheapest Way In Is a Real Person, Not a Brand Ad.
Everyone Says TikTok Is the New Google. The Data Says Something More Useful.
AI Google Now Lets You Opt Out of AI Search. Most Businesses Shouldn’t.
Ads Google’s New Ads Now Chat With Your Customers. They Learn From Your Website, Not Your Budget
SEO The UK Just Let Publishers Hide From Google’s AI. Most Businesses Should Do the Opposite.
SEO Google Just Told You The Click Is Dying. Most Businesses Heard The Wrong Thing.
Law Hidden Fees Are Now Illegal in the UK. Show the Real Price or Pay for It.
Reviews Google Just Made It Harder to Game Your Business Profile. That Is Good News for UK Businesses.
Law Making Tax Digital Is Almost Here and Most Sole Traders Are Not Ready. Do Not Let It Eat Your Year.
AI More Customers Are Starting in ChatGPT, Not Google. Here Is What It Means for UK Businesses.
Reviews Google Quietly Changed Its Review Rules. A Lot of UK Businesses Are Now Breaking Them.
Britain Is Banning Under-16s From Social Media. Here Is What It Actually Means for Your Business.
SEO You Can Now Block Google’s AI From Using Your Content. Most Businesses Shouldn’t.
Ads Google Is About to Break Your Ad Tracking. Here’s What to Fix Before June 15
SEO Google Just Finished Another Core Update. Most Businesses Are Panicking for the Wrong Reasons.
SEO Google AI Mode Just Hit 1 Billion Users. Your Website Traffic Is About to Drop Further.
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