Daily Minute Master Series
August 3, 2026

by Corey Padveen

Marketing News and Updates

Snapchat will no longer recommend AI slop

Snapchat is taking steps to minimize the impact of artificial intelligence-generated content in the app, with the platform announcing an update to its Spotlight feed algorithm that will demote wholly AI-generated videos.

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LinkedIn offers the option to report AI slop

LinkedIn is the latest social media platform to give users a means to flag artificial intelligence-generated content. The platform is testing a new option that will let members report likely “AI slop” in-stream.

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Reviews, Reputation & Listings: The Local Signals AI Now Reads

For years, you could gauge local visibility by checking the map pack and a page of organic results. These have always mattered, but now, the same business details that feed them are also powering AI assistants. Instead of presenting a page full of options, an assistant responds with just a few names.

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The State Of Search In 2026: Zero Click Searches At An All-Time High

The latest Datos x SparkToro State of Search Report is out, and it’s something of a doozy. AI is certainly on the rise, search still hasn’t been replaced (it’s not even in the process of), and more people than ever stay in Google’s ecosystem.

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Google Recommends Using 304 Status Code To Conserve Crawl Budget

Google updated its crawl budget documentation with new information about how Google’s different crawlers all share a website’s crawl capacity and added a recommendation to use a 304 server response to reduce the amount of server resources used by crawlers.

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Google’s AI Image Generation In Google Earth Literally Became Disastrous

Google added AI image generation to their Google Earth product, expecting people would use it to visualize what a garden might look like on an empty lot. The Internet used it to generate images of disasters and bombs exploding in various cities. Google quickly pulled the feature.

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