U.K. outlines plans for teen social media ban

The government said it would “learn the lessons from Australia’s experience” and implement a more effective policy, but core questions linger.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

TikTok bans AI-generated voices in shopping livestreams

The platform said that livestreams could no longer feature non-real-time verbal interactions, as reported by Pyments.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Google says LLMS.txt files won’t harm or help your search rankings

Google clearly also states that Google Search does not use LLMS.txt files.

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Search Engine Land

Daily Search Forum Recap: June 15, 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 released promotion mode beta…

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Shopping Results With Good Price Tag

Google is showing a new label or extension on the Google Shopping product carousel named "Good price." Truth is, I am not sure if it is new, I mean, Google can show many different labels there but I’ve never seen "Good price" listed there before.

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Search Engine Roundtable

How Braintrust uses AI agents, evals, and CI to ship better software | Ankur Goyal

Watch now | 🎙️ “Evals are the modern version of a PRD”: Ankur Goyal (Braintrust) on encoding taste into systems that scale

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Lenny’s Newsletter

Google Business Profile Owner/Manager Access Invites Not Working

There are reports of a bug with Google Business Profiles where using the feature to invite others with owner and/or manager access is not working. Supposedly, the invite emails are either not going out at all, or they are not being delivered; either way, it is making giving access to Google Business Profiles a bit of a hassle.

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Search Engine Roundtable

97% of llms.txt Files Never Get Read (137,000 Sites Analyzed)

We analyzed 137K sites & found 97% of llms.txt files are never read. See why bots ignore these files & what this means for your AI visibility

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Data & Studies – SEO Blog by Ahrefs

Headline formats and Google Discover: What 3.4 million articles reveal

This Google Discover study separates format from editorial context, showing why simple headline rewrites rarely deliver measurable lift.

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Search Engine Land

Google Local Finder Interface Without Pagination

It looks like Google has removed the pagination feature within the Google Local Finder interface. When you scroll through the local business profiles, it keeps adding more and more but the pagination bar is no longer there. I suspect the pagination feature was removed and replaced with infinite scroll?

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Search Engine Roundtable

Meta improves AI options on Facebook

The company is updating artificial intelligence-powered searches that can access public commentary and offering new photo and video editing tools.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Pinterest adds AI updates for SMBs

The platform is building out its artificial intelligence-powered Performance+ suite with a new customer acquisition feature and a one-click Shopify integration.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

🎙️ How I AI: Claude Fable 5 + Ankur

Your weekly listens from How I AI, part of the Lenny’s Podcast Network

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Lenny’s Newsletter

What new AI search data reveals about visibility and trust

Consumers are validating information across more platforms before making decisions. New findings show where AI systems look for authority.

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Search Engine Land

Retrieval vs. citation: How AI search changes content strategy

From product pages to third-party publications, learn how to create content that helps AI systems understand your brand and who it serves.

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Search Engine Land

How travel brands can earn AI recommendations

TripAdvisor, Google Business Profile, OTAs, and reviews help AI understand travel brands. Learn how to strengthen those signals.

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Search Engine Land

How I Use My AI Marketing Assistant After 200+ Hours

I spent 200+ hours with an AI marketing assistant. Here are 9 ways it handles my SEO busywork, monitoring, and writing so I can focus.

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General Marketing – SEO Blog by Ahrefs

Agentic Marketing: What’s the Big Deal and How to Get Started

Agentic marketing is marketing run by AI agents that take a goal and finish the job. Here’s what it is, why it matters, and 11 ways to start today.

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General Marketing – SEO Blog by Ahrefs

Google’s ‘Non-Commodity’ Push Isn’t New

Like EEAT before it, non-commodity content is not easily summarized or recycled by generative AI without attribution.

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SEO – Practical Ecommerce

Meta continues to deflect concerns about facial recognition features

The company has deflected multiple reports, including a new one from Wired, as it attempts to reassure the public that it’s taking “a thoughtful approach” to face ID.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

Reddit campaigns drive performance on and off the platform

New data from the app showed that Reddit ads had a halo effect and impacted promotional reach across multiple surfaces.

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Social Media Today – Latest News

How a €30,000 underspend taught Simran Harichand the importance of the basics

Making a change in an account is easy but monitoring it properly, is what protects performance and client trust.

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Search Engine Land

Google Ads To Limit Ad Impressions From Unqualified Advertisers For Negative Ad Experience

Google sent out an email notice to some advertisers saying, "Google will update its Limited Ad Serving policy to cover additional scenarios on Google Search." "Google may limit ad impressions from unqualified advertisers on searches that are more likely than others to result in negative ads experiences," Google explained.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Search Rolls Out Information Agents In AI Mode For Google AI Ultra Subscribers

Google is rolling out Information agents within Google Search AI Mode. Information agents was announced at Google I/O and is a search feature that you can pay for within Google AI Ultra subscription plans, allowing Google Search to perform tasks and seek out information for you, even when you are not actively using Google Search.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google Ads Promotion Mode Beta, Smart Bidding Exploration Expands & Bidding Target Optimization Changes

Google Ads announced a number of updates and changes this morning including changes to bidding target optimization, expanding access to Smart Bidding Exploration and promotion mode beta rolling out. My biggest concern is with bidding target optimization, as Google said it will deliver more predictable performance campaigns with fixed spending limits.

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Search Engine Roundtable

Google expands Smart Bidding Exploration, adds Promotion Mode

Google is adding new ways for advertisers to scale campaigns while maintaining tighter control over efficiency targets.

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Search Engine Land

Law firm PPC: How to optimize for signed cases instead of leads

Learn how to identify leaks between the ad click and signed retainer, and make smarter budget decisions based on case outcomes.

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Search Engine Land