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Verified updates from search, advertising and technology platforms, and what they mean for you.
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Microsoft's 28 October update drafts Performance Max campaigns from your website, adds targeting and reports, and makes its Conversions API generally available. Here is what is live and when a B2B test makes sense.
Google's September 2026 spam update, which applies globally and in all languages, finished rolling out on 8 October. Here is how Gulf and Egyptian site owners can tell whether it affected them, and what to do if it did.
Google now states plainly that hyphens, not underscores, should separate words in URLs. Read with its guidance on Arabic and percent-encoding, it gives bilingual sites a clear basis for new slugs, and no reason to rename URLs that already work.
LinkedIn's latest business highlights show paid video up 25%, creator-led ads up 63% and Premium Company Page subscriptions up 121%. Here is what the figures mean, what they leave out, and what B2B firms should test.
LinkedIn's 15 October update adds a creator dashboard, a digital business card and paid Advice Sessions. Here is what consultants and executives in the Gulf and Egypt can expect, and what is limited to the U.S. and test markets.
Google's 13 October Demand Gen update adds a Data Strength Uplift metric and extends Data Manager. For companies whose deals close on calls and WhatsApp, it is a prompt to send sales outcomes back to Google.
Google Ads now lets advertisers rank channels as High or Low priority and cap Low priority spend. In February 2027, Search campaigns with Display on lose today's 50% split, so lead-gen accounts should review settings now.
OpenAI added 26 countries to ChatGPT Ads and says over 100,000 advertisers have used it. No Gulf state or Egypt is among the markets named so far. Here is how to check your own eligibility and decide whether a test is worth it.
Google is scaling ads in AI Mode to ten more countries and launching multiturn ads in the U.S. AI Mode is live in Arabic across the Gulf and Egypt, but ads inside it are not. Here is what to prepare.
Google's 21 October documentation update puts the Search generative AI control next to noindex and nosnippet. Here is what it does, what it costs, and when a Gulf business should actually use it.
Google's AI content guide now references the rater guidelines on scaled and low-effort content. AI is still allowed, but bilingual sites, templated city pages and product catalogues in the Gulf need a closer human review.
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