James Smith 
March 12, 2026 — A March 2026 analysis by Graphite.io CEO Ethan Smith reveals that AI assistants now account for 56% of global search engine volume, generating 45 billion monthly sessions worldwide and matching more than half of traditional search traffic based on combined web and mobile data from Similarweb. The study, titled “AI Is … Read more
March 9, 2026 — Mountain View, Calif. Google Labs announced the expansion of its experimental AI marketing tool Pomelli to over 170 countries and territories, providing small businesses worldwide with free access to AI-generated, brand-customized marketing content. The expansion, shared via an X post by Google Labs, stated: We’ve heard you and… it’s happening 🙂 … Read more
March 12, 2026 — Mountain View, Calif. — Google Labs announced the expansion of Google’s Pomelli AI Marketing Tool for Small Businesses to over 170 countries and territories on March 9, enabling more small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to generate on-brand marketing content using AI. Launched in late October 2025 in partnership with DeepMind, Google’s … Read more
March 12, 2026 — Mountain View, Calif. Google Labs, in collaboration with Google DeepMind, has expanded Pomelli, its free AI-powered marketing tool for small businesses, to over 170 countries and territories following its public beta launch on October 28, 2025. The tool analyzes a business’s website URL to extract brand elements like colors, fonts, tone, … Read more
March 12, 2026 — Meta Platforms has announced Meta hikes ad prices in six countries to offset Digital Services Taxes, introducing location-based fees of 2-5% on ad costs effective July 2026 in Austria (5%), France, Italy and Spain (3%), Türkiye (5%) and the UK (2%). These fees, previously absorbed by Meta, will now pass regulatory … Read more
March 11, 2026 — The IAB Tech Lab announced the release of its Content Monetization Protocol (CoMP) v1.0 specification for public comment, IAB Tech Lab proposes new payment protocol for AI systems accessing publisher content to ensure large language models (LLMs) establish commercial agreements with publishers before crawling or using online content. The framework addresses … Read more
March 12, 2026 — Salesforce and HubSpot have tightened their partner programs, simplifying tiers and introducing fees to prioritize AI expertise amid the transformation of the marketing tech stack. Salesforce overhauled its consulting partner program, reducing tiers from four — Base, Ridge, Crest, Summit — to two: Select and Summit. The company also cut required … Read more
March 12, 2026 — Google Labs announced on March 9 the expansion of its experimental AI-powered marketing tool, Google’s Pomelli AI Marketing Tool Now Available in 170+ Countries, to over 170 countries and territories, broadening access for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) globally via labs.google.com/pomelli/about. The update follows the tool’s initial public beta launch on … Read more
March 12, 2026 — Mountain View, Calif. Google Labs expanded its experimental AI-powered marketing tool Pomelli to over 170 countries and territories, as announced by the official Google Labs X account on March 9. The move has triggered viral buzz, with users claiming Google launches free AI marketing tool for small businesses, generating brand-matched ads, … Read more
March 10, 2026 — The IAB Tech Lab released the Content Monetization Protocol (CoMP) v1.0 specification for public comment, introducing machine-readable tags to ensure large language models (LLMs) and AI systems establish commercial agreements with publishers before crawling or accessing their content. The framework aims to create standardized “payment rails” for content valuation, addressing publisher … Read more