NMS Editorial Team

NMS Editorial Team

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ChatGPT Mines 16 Million Reddit URLs and Cites 1.93% of Them

Ahrefs analyzed 1.4 million ChatGPT prompts and found that ChatGPT retrieves Reddit content constantly but cites it only 1.93% of the time. Reddit accounts for 67.8% of all pages ChatGPT retrieves and never credits. The practical implication: GEO strategies built around seeding Reddit threads to influence ChatGPT

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Chrome's New AI Mode Side Panel Just Made the Source Page a Footnote

Google launched a Chrome AI Mode side panel on April 16, 2026, opening source pages next to the AI answer so users can read and ask follow-ups without a new tab. AI Mode already has 75 million daily users and a 93% zero-click rate, per Seer Interactive. The fix for

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Social Ads Just Passed Search by $3.5 Billion (and Budgets Are Lagging)

Social media ad revenue hit $117.7 billion in 2025, edging past search advertising at $114.2 billion for the first time in the IAB's annual revenue report. Search growth slowed from 15% YoY to 11%, while social posted 32.6% YoY growth, the largest gap between the

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Google Will AI-Upscale Your Merchant Center Images in 2027 (Unless You Beat It)

Google announced on April 14, 2026 that it will require a 500x500 pixel minimum for every Merchant Center image, with enforcement starting January 31, 2027. Merchants who do not re-upload will have their images AI-upscaled by Google, which can hallucinate product details and shift color fidelity on surfaces like Shopping

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Adobe's 393% AI Retail Traffic Jump Is Mostly Invisible in GA4

AI traffic to US retail sites grew 393% in Q1 2026 versus the year prior, based on Adobe Analytics data covering over one trillion visits. Separately, a Workshop Digital study of 181.6 million GA4 sessions found 22% of ChatGPT sessions and 32% of Perplexity sessions land in a "

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Microsoft Opened a PMax Import Door Right as Google Forced the AI Max Rebuild

Microsoft rolled out expanded Google PMax import support on April 16, 2026, now covering new customer acquisition goals, audience list mapping, and landing page reporting. The timing matters: Google's forced Dynamic Search Ads migration to AI Max hits in September, and advertisers already rebuilding campaigns can land the