January 2026 Highlights: Recapping Last Month’s Client Wins

January 2026 was a month of big-impact campaigns and huge SERP success for Digitaloft’s clients. Check out our digital PR and SEO wins.

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Pinterest Posts Strong Results for Q4

Pinterest is seeing strong performance, both in usage and revenue.

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Elon Musk Outlines X’s Progress and Future Plans

Musk has shared some new notes on X’s performance.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

The real story behind the 53% drop in SaaS AI traffic

AI traffic isn’t collapsing — it’s concentrating. Copilot surges in-workflow, 41% lands on search pages, and Q4 follows budget cycles.

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Search Engine Land

Google Says That Scam Tactics Are Evolving Through AI Usage

Google has detected a range of ways in which scammers are incorporating AI.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Daily Search Forum Recap: February 12, 2026

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.

Google Ads launched new AI Mode retailer ads, integrated Veo 3 into Asset Studio and spoke about the future of ads. Google’s UCP powered e-commerce checkout is now live in AI Mode. OpenAI wants advertisers to prompt to create ads in its ad platform, cutting out the agencies. Google AdSense added additional triggers for vingentte ads. And Google released an early preview of WebMCP…

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23+ Alarming Data Privacy Statistics For 2025

Discover the latest data privacy statistics, including public concerns, mobile data privacy, laws and regulations, and the biggest data breaches to date.

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Top 5 Data Privacy Trends (2025 & 2026)

Learn about new developments and trends that are changing the way consumers, businesses, and the government view data privacy.

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How to Track and Improve Brand Reputation

It’s important to track your brand reputation across search and social media — this guide explains the right tools and steps to start understanding and monitoring your reputation.

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The State of Shopify in 2026: 30+ eCommerce Statistics

Up-to-date stats on Shopify’s market share, revenue, employee headcount and more.

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Google Chrome Releases Early Preview Of WebMCP

The Google Chrome team announced its early preview of WebMCP, "a standard way for exposing structured tools, ensuring AI agents can perform actions on your side with increased speed, reliability, and precision," André Cipriani Bandarra from Google wrote.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Local SEO sprints: A 90-day plan for service businesses in 2026

From GBP fundamentals to reviews and service pages, this framework helps you turn local visibility into consistent calls and booked jobs.

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Search Engine Land

Russia Blocks WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram Access

Russian authorities are pushing users towards the government-owned Max app instead.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

How social discovery shapes AI search visibility in beauty

Beauty brand visibility in AI search is increasingly shaped by social discovery and third-party validation.

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Search Engine Land

If SEO is rocket science, AI SEO is astrophysics

AI search runs on entity mass, not surface signals. See how citations and extractability shape AI Overviews and LLM visibility.

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Search Engine Land

“Engineers are becoming sorcerers” | The future of software development with OpenAI’s Sherwin Wu

OpenAI’s Sherwin Wu on why the productivity gap is widening, how his engineers now manage 10-20 parallel agents, and why you need to build for where models are heading

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OpenAI Wants Advertisers To Prompt To Create Ads

Asad Awan, who is in charge of monetization at OpenAI was interviewed by his own company on "The Thinking Behind Ads in ChatGPT." It is a 25 minute interview and one part he discusses how he would like to see advertisers simply prompt to create ads and ad campaigns and not have to hire an agency or "performance marketers" to run ads on ChatGPT.

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Search Engine Roundtable

LinkedIn Shares Insights into Evolving Professional AI Usage

The data shows that more businesses are using AI, but performance results are mixed.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

LinkedIn Adds SMB-Focused Premium Subscription

The package aims to make it easier for SMBs to maximize their in-app presence.

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Google Launches UCP-Powered Checkout In AI Mode

Google is rolling out UCP, Universal Commerce Protocol, powered checkout in AI Mode. This launched as part of the Google Ads news from yesterday, and you can now see it in AI Mode for products from Etsy and Wayfair.

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Search Engine Roundtable

TikTok Adds New Ad Types for Entertainment Marketers

Some new opportunities for streaming providers and entertainment brands.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Google Ads Launches New AI Mode Shopping Ad & Veo 3 Is In Asset Studio

Google announced a new ad unit for AI Mode for shopping ads which promotes retailers. Google also launched Veo 3 support in Google Ads Asset Studio. Plus Vidhya Srinivasan, VP/GM of Ads & Commerce at Google, published her annual letter to the industry on the Google blog.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google AdSense Adds Additional Triggers For Vignette Ads

Google AdSense has added additional triggers for vignette ads. There are now a total of six triggers, three old ones and three new ones. These new triggers took effect on February 9, 2026.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Digital Marketing Manager (SEO/SEM)

SUMMARY The Digital Marketing Manager is a growth-oriented role that will evolve into a strategic marketing leadership position. You will work closely with the CCO and leadership team to shape our go-to-market strategy while executing high-impact marketing programs today. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Strategic Marketing & Positioning Collaborate with CCO and commercial leadership to evolve […]

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Digital Marketing Manager (SEO/Graphic Design)

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Digital Marketing Manager I (SEO/SEM, PR)

Barr, Inc. is seeking a hands-on Digital Marketing Manager to build, optimize, and scale a high-ROI digital engine for our B2B industrial business. You’ll set strategy, execute tactical programs, and establish processes in a lean environment driving qualified inbound leads, online sales, and measurable growth. If you are a results-oriented individual looking to play a […]

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Law Firm Digital Marketing Manager (Content, SEO/SEM)

Benefits: Bonus based on performance Competitive salary Training & development Fischetti Law Group, a fast-growing Personal Injury and Estate Planning law firm, is seeking a creative, results-driven Digital Marketing Manager to lead our digital presence and community outreach efforts. This is a full-time, in-office position working directly with our Management team to expand our brand […]

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