Jan 29, 2026

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Quick Hits

How to Show Up in ChatGPT Responses
(SEO walked so GEO could run)
New Yahoo Scout AI Search Delivers The Classic Search Flavor People Miss
(Retro vibes, modern brains)
Spotify rolls out group chats
(Spotify turning music into a social sport.)

The Growth joke of the day

Growth in 2026 is simple:
If it's free, ads are coming. If it's paid, the algorithm still decides.

3-Minute News Bulletin with Roxie

This week's 🙌 News Bulletin explores:
Tech Giants Unveil AI Upgrades and Industry Shakeups Across Search

Tech Giants Unveil AI Upgrades and Industry Shakeups Across Search

In today's News Bulletin, Google takes the lead with its biggest Search evolution yet, moving users from AI Overviews into a fully conversational AI Mode powered by Gemini Three and Personal Intelligence. At the same time, Amazon faces accountability over returns while doubling down on fixing trust at scale, and Samsung raises the stakes in hardware with its bold TriFold launch.

We also explore how AI shopping agents are compressing the buying funnel, why OpenAI's move into ads marks a turning point for AI monetization, and how global policy debates around youth and social media could reshape platform strategy overnight.

From creator tools and wearable AI to search, commerce, and regulation, this week's signals point to one truth: AI is no longer an add-on. It's becoming the interface, the marketplace, and the business model.

Clear signals. Real shifts.
Built for marketers watching the future arrive in real time.

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Strategies

The Hidden SEO Cost Of A Slow WordPress Site & How It Affects AI Visibility
You've built a WordPress site you're proud of. The design is sharp, the content is solid, and you're ready to compete. But there's a hidden cost you might not have considered: a slow site doesn't just hurt your SEO-it now affects your AI visibility too.
How Do You Compete In Agentic Commerce?
Agentic commerce acts as a "great filter," so to speak, for marketing arbitrage, transforming organic search from a source of cheap traffic into the mandatory gatekeeper of AI verification.
10 signs your CX strategy is broken and how to fix it
CX doesn't stall because teams lack insight, but because the questions they keep asking protect the system from real change.
What If User Satisfaction Is The Most Important Factor In SEO?
The DOJ vs. Google lawsuit talked extensively about how Google's massive advantage stems from the large amounts of user data it uses. In its appeal, Google said that it does not want to comply with the judge's mandate to hand over user data to competitors.
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People

CEO of Palantir Says AI Means You'll Have to Work With Your Hands
Wondering what your career looks like in our increasingly uncertain, AI-powered future? According to Palantir CEO Alex Karp, it's going to involve less of the comfortable office work to which most people aspire, a more old fashioned grunt work with your hands.

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What's New in Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Flapping Airplanes and the promise of research-driven AI
A new AI lab called Flapping Airplanes launched on Wednesday, with $180 million in seed funding from Google Ventures, Sequoia, and Index. The founding team is impressive, and the goal.
Deezer makes it easier for rival platforms to take a stance against AI-generated music
Last year, Deezer introduced an AI detection tool that automatically tags fully AI-generated music for listeners and removes it from algorithmic and editorial recommendations.