- Nextdoor Combines Human Recommendations, AI To Promote Local Businesses
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Nextdoor wants to provide consumers with an alternative to bot-generated reviews ...
- Company Uses Wikipedia Views To Measure TV Show Popularity
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, September 1, 2026
TelevisionStats.com lists Wikipedia as the "foundation" for its "Attention Score" popularity lis ...
- OpenAI Licenses Content From Yelp, Looks To Be Building Ad Network
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, July 23, 2026
OpenAI does not operate an ad network, but some believe it ...
- ChatGPT Ads To Compete With Google Maps
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, June 30, 2026
OpenAI has dropped the "Sponsored" label on its ChatGPT Ads and renam ...
- Ohio Can Enforce Social Media Law, Court Says
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 19, 2026
A federal appellate panel ruled that Ohio can enforce a law th ...
- Texas Battles Yelp Over 'Crisis Pregnancy Center' Warnings
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, May 14, 2026
"Yelp has taken full advantage of the Texas market and all t ...
- Yelp Unveils AI-Assisted Search Ads
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 24, 2026
Yelp wants to become an integrated tool for advertisers as well ...
- Expedia, Yelp, Angi, Square Build Agentic Experiences For Alexa+
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, December 26, 2025
The integrations show advertisers no longer just buy "space" or "impressions," b ...
- FTC Warns Companies Over Fake Reviews
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 23, 2025
The Federal Trade Commission this week warned 10 companies that they m ...
- FTC Vacates Order Against 'Deceptive' AI Firm, Cites Need For Speed
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 22, 2025
In a new order issued Monday, the FTC said its prior decisi ...
- Consumers Are Still Frustrated By Poor Product Data, Survey Finds
Research Intelligencer, Rob Williams - Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Personalized content, recommendations and guided selling tools strengthened many people's loyalty ...
- Yelp Can't Block Texas 'Crisis Pregnancy Centers' Warning Labels Suit
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, May 15, 2025
Siding with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a federal appellate court won ...
- OpenAI Reportedly Will Bring Shopify To ChatGPT
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Agentic commerce functions identified in lines of code added by OpenAI ...
- Yelp Shares Update To Its Lawsuit Against Google
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, April 23, 2025
A judge rejected Google's attempt to dismiss the case, finding Yelp plausib ...
- Product Content Citations Dominate AI Search - Where Do Others Fall In Line?
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Citations lacking in AI search results have become a major concern f ...
- Google Uses AI To Detect Fraud, Advances Multimodal Search
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, April 7, 2025
Google claims it has developed ways through artificial intelligence to fight onli ...
- Younger Consumers Are More Likely To Trust Influencer Recommendations
Research Intelligencer, Rob Williams - Monday, February 24, 2025
Professional reviewers such as Consumer Reports remain a trusted source of produ ...
- Critical Shifts In Consumer Behavior Changing Paid Media Buys
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Data released Tuesday suggests editorial sites are often overlooked and undervalued ...
- Google Commits To Cracking Down On Fake Reviews
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, January 24, 2025
In the U.K., Google plans to put a warning on the websit ...
- Google Ties AI With Trust Scores To Identify, Validate False Information
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, January 17, 2025
Fake locations and illegal listings have become a problem for Google Busine ...
- FTC Finalizes Settlement With AI Company Rytr
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Rejecting arguments by the tech industry, the FTC has finalized a settleme ...
- 80% Of U.S. Consumers Are Either Negatively, Positively Influenced By Reviews
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Twenty-eight percent of U.S. consumers say they always look at online us ...
- Review Platform Sitejabber Inflated Clients' Ratings, FTC Alleges
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Sitejabber allegedly boosted its e-commerce clients' ratings by soliciting, and then postin ...
- More Americans Are Using Social Media To Find Their New Car: Report
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, October 2, 2024
A study finds 45% of Americans have expressed a willingness to purcha ...
- Upsides To Google Labeling Positive Fake Reviews On Maps
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, September 27, 2024
The company has decided to call out businesses that have posted positi ...
- AI Company Rytr Enabled Users To Create Fake Reviews, FTC Charges
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 25, 2024
The artificial intelligence company Rytr, which generates testimonials and other written materia ...
- Gannett Plans To Lay Off 74 Employees In Massachusetts
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Gannett announced the planned November layoffs in a WARN filing with t ...
- AI-Generated Fake Reviews Found Across App Stores
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, August 30, 2024
AI has been used to create fake reviews in app stores, accordi ...
- Yelp Sues Google Over Self-Preferencing Reviews
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Yelp filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google on Wednesday, alleging self-preferencing ...
- Union Blasts Gannett's Closure Of 'Reviewed'
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, August 27, 2024
NewsGuild says the workers have held the line against the unethical u ...