Daily Minute Master Series
September 2, 2026
by Corey Padveen
Marketing News and Updates
LinkedIn increases push against inauthentic activity
LinkedIn grew its active user count in the EU in the first half of 2026, while it also reported a significant jump in its enforcement of inauthentic activity, as the platform works to weed out automated and artificial intelligence-generated comments and profiles.
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X continues to lose EU users
X continues to lose ground in the EU, with the platform reporting fewer users again in its latest DSA disclosure report.
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Google DeepMind Says Gemini Is Evolving From Chatbot To AI Agent
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Entities Are The Foundation Of Modern SEO
Entity SEO is as close to GEO as it’s possible to get without selling yourself to the proverbial devil.
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Google To Bring New Video Understanding Tech To Ask YouTube
Google says a new Gemini system that inspects frames, audio, and transcripts on demand will power Ask YouTube on video watch pages.
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YouTube Says Bigger Thumbnails Drove More Long-Form Views
YouTube’s Todd Beaupré says the desktop homepage redesign with larger thumbnails drove more long-form engagement despite showing fewer videos at once.
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