Dave Cain

ChatGPT Nears 700 Million Weekly Users, OpenAI Announces ChatGPT is nearing 700 million weekly active users, up from 500 million in March and four times higher than a year ago.

ChatGPT Nears 700 Million Weekly Users, OpenAI Announces 🤖 📈

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This isn't drone footage... this is what Google Flow created from a 2 sentence prompt I wrote 🏞️

Google CTRs Drop 32% For Top Result After AI Overview Rollout A new analysis finds Google’s top organic CTR dropped from 28% to 19% following the expansion of AI Overviews, highlighting how behavior is changing.

New analysis finds Google’s top organic CTR dropped from 28% to 19% following the expansion of AI Overviews, highlighting how behavior is changing 📊

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Why Lifelong Learning Feeds the Soul The science of learning and how it nourishes well-being.

The science of learning and how it nourishes well-being #LifelongLearning

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AI Search Is Expanding the Funnel, Not Replacing It We have an opportunity to better understand how intent flows across platforms.

#AI Search Is Expanding the Funnel, Not Replacing It 🛍️ 🔍 www.adweek.com/performance-...

Cloudflare's Pay Per Crawl: A turning point for SEO and GEO Pay Per Crawl signals a new web business model – charging AI bots for access and giving content creators a new path to profit.

Cloudflare's Pay Per Crawl: A turning point for #SEO and #GEO 🤖

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Does Being Mentioned on Highly Linked Pages Influence AI Mentions? To find out, I looked at the top 50 websites mentioned in Ahrefs Brand Radar across 76.7M AI Overviews, 957k ChatGPT prompts, and 953.5k Perplexity prompts.

Does Being Mentioned on Highly Linked Pages Influence AI Mentions? 💬 #AI

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Digital marketing statistics of 2025: H1 by the numbers As CMOs struggle to plan for the future, digital video may provide hope.

Digital marketing statistics of 2025: H1 by the numbers 📊

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Why are Google Ads CPCs increasing? - PPC Hero Google Ads CPCs have been going up across the board. What's behind this worrying trend? Is it simply increased competition or is there more to it?

Why are Google Ads CPCs increasing? 📈 #PPC

💬 "in 2024, 86% of industries saw higher CPCs compared to the previous year, with an average jump of about 10% year-over-year"

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P3 - YEESSSSS!!! 🤩

NICO HULKENBERG SCORES HIS FIRST F1 PODIUM IN HIS 239TH RACE 👏👏👏

#F1 #BritishGP

Exclusive: Google's AI Overviews hit by EU antitrust complaint from independent publishers Alphabet's Google has been hit by an EU antitrust complaint over its AI Overviews from a group of independent publishers, which has also asked for an interim measure to prevent allegedly irreparable harm to them, according to a document seen by Reuters.

Google's AI Overviews hit by EU antitrust complaints from independent publishers 🤖 🇪🇺 #AI #Google

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How to Research and Analyze AI Overviews with Semrush AI Overviews are gaining popularity and impacting SEO campaigns. Learn how to research and track your AI Overview visibility with Semrush’ SEO Toolkit.

How to Research and Analyze AI Overviews with Semrush 🔍

💬 "As of June 2025, they show up on about 13% of SERPs"

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The AI Backlash Keeps Growing Stronger As generative artificial intelligence tools continue to proliferate, pushback against the technology and its negative impacts grows stronger.

As generative artificial intelligence tools continue to proliferate, pushback against the technology and its negative impacts grows stronger ⚠️ 🤖
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The 5 new realities of search: Rethinking content strategy for 2026 and beyond 📝
#Search #Content

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In Graphic Detail: eMarketer forecasts how digital marketing will evolve in 2025, and beyond eMarketer forecasts that AI search ad spend will grow exponentially in the coming years, but its overall share of search will be small.

In Graphic Detail: eMarketer forecasts how digital marketing will evolve in 2025, and beyond 📊 #digitalmarketing

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Effective Prompts for AI: The Essentials - MIT Sloan Teaching & Learning Technologies Unlock the potential of AI by crafting effective prompts. Learn how prompt engineering can optimize your AI interactions, enhance output quality, and understand its limitations.

Well worth a read ➡️ Effective Prompts for AI: The Essentials 🤖 #AI

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Future-Proofing SEO: How to Stay Ahead Amid AI Disruption | Sitebulb Oliver Kuttruff addresses an impossible topic: future-proofing SEO! Amid AI disruption, here are tips for long-term success.

Future-Proofing #SEO: How to Stay Ahead Amid AI Disruption & Search Diversification 🔍

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New Google SEO documentation on (1) guidance on using generative AI content on your website and (2) the AI features and your website www.seroundtable.com/google-docs-...

#google #ai #Conten #generativeai #googleseo #seo #googleai #googlesearch

Eric Clapton - Nottingham Arena, 18th May 2025 🎸

In Graphic Detail: How AI is changing search and advertising The advertising industry is bracing for a shift that could redefine consumer journeys and reshape digital marketing strategies.

In Graphic Detail: How #AI is changing search and advertising 🤖 🔍

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Yahoo Chrome? Search Company Wants to Buy Browser From Google Amidst DOJ Antitrust Case A new company, in the form of Yahoo, has expressed its interest in buying Chrome from Google amidst its DOJ antitrust fiasco.

Yahoo Chrome? 👀

Search Company Wants to Buy Browser From Google Amidst DOJ Antitrust Case 🔍

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Google Ad spend continues to outpace traffic volume: Report Google Ad spending grew 9% while Microsoft Ads saw stronger 17% growth and PMax campaigns showed deteriorating performance, Tinuiti reports.

Google search ad spending grew 9% YoY in Q1 2025, according to new data from digital marketing agency Tinuiti 🔍 📊

Insights showed increasing costs, rather than click volume, drove most of that growth 💰

#GoogleAds #MicrosoftAds #PPC

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WTF is the digital services tax? Digiday breaks down what the DST is, how the U.S. has responded to it so far, and what it could mean for the advertising industry.

WTF is the digital services tax? 📑 💻

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Visualizing Global AI Investment by Country AI investment by country: A comprehensive look at which nations dominate in AI funding, innovation, and growth potential.

Visualizing Global #AI Investment by Country 🤖 🗺️

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Building Better Relationships | Standard Deviation Podcast In this episode of Standard Deviation, Juliana and Simo finally sit down with Dave Cain, Head of Digital Marketing at Euro Car Parts, after months of scheduling chaos and flu-induced delays. What sta...

Well this was a real treat🎙️I was invited to chat on the amazing Standard Deviation Podcast 🫶

In the episode we discussed vendor relationships, AI, musical precision, team dynamics and even Clapton Vs Mayer 🎸

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Yep, I'm jumping on the trend too! #AI #AITrend

10 Social Media Trends to Watch in 2025 | Later We’re sharing 10 social media trends to pay attention to in 2025 — from the return of long-form content to the rise of "nostalgia core".

10 Social Media Trends You Need To Know in 2025 🗓️ 📳

#SocialTrends #SocialMedia

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Meta (Facebook) & Google Analytics (GA4) Integration Explained: Benefits, Setup & Considerations Meta has started GA4 as a partner integration. Read this blog to understand how this integration works and how it will help performance marketers.

Meta (Facebook) & Google Analytics (GA4) Integration Explained: Benefits, Setup & Considerations 📊 ⚗️
#Facebook #Meta #GA4

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Measuring Google’s AI Overviews’ impact: Why keyword data is more telling than CTRs for publishers Measuring Google’s AI Overviews' impact on publishers’ search referral traffic hasn’t been straightforward. Keyword data can help.

Measuring Google’s AI Overviews’ impact: Why keyword data is more telling than CTRs for publishers 📊🖱️

#AIOverviews #Google

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