In this week’s digital news, Cloudflare’s Disallow AI Training keeps mixed-use crawlers available for search. Google and Apple honor training opt-outs; Bing robots.txt support is pending. Google published new documentation for adding a Search profile badge as Search becomes a destination for following creators and publishers.
Merchants can now automate product review uploads and management through Google’s Merchant API. Google ads now allows select advertisers to localize video campaigns across 33 languages and locales without costly reshoots.
Cloudflare lets sites disallow AI training without blocking Googlebot
Google Search Profile badges expose the publisher in a traffic crisis
Google Merchant Center adds API support for product reviews
Google added Merchant API support for product reviews, giving merchants another way to automatically upload and manage review data in Merchant Center. Google’s updated Product Reviews help documentation now lists “Add product reviews using API” as an available submission method and directs merchants to the Merchant API for Product Reviews. Previously, the documentation explicitly stated that API submissions weren’t supported.
The API addition is part of a broader refresh to Google’s documentation and Product Ratings workflow. Google has also updated the instructions to reflect the newer Merchant Center navigation. Merchants are now directed to Products & store > Reviews > Product reviews > Manage product review sources when adding or managing review data.
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Google Ads rolls out AI video dubbing in Asset Studio
Google Ads is rolling out Video Ads Dubbing, an AI-powered feature in Asset Studio that can dub advertisers’ videos into 33 languages and locales. Video Ads Dubbing uses AI to translate and dub existing video creative, giving advertisers a way to localise campaigns directly within Google Ads’ Asset Studio. The feature is free for select users, although availability appears limited for now.
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Instagram collab posts drive higher organic engagement across brand sizes
More than 73% of brands used Instagram collabs in H1 2026, and collab posts consistently outperformed standard posts. Creator-led collaborations delivered the strongest results, with smaller brands seeing 5X more interactions than non-collab posts. In ecommerce and retail, accepted collabs generated more than 5X the shares and reposts of standard posts. Reels saw the biggest engagement gains.
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Do ChatGPT & Google AI get your business details right?
AI search often gives inaccurate business information, especially when a company leaves key details vague or unpublished. In a study of 600 businesses, 27% of Google AI Overview answers and 20% of ChatGPT answers included details the business did not publish. Google AI Overviews got 84% of answers right when businesses published clearly, compared with 63% when information was vague or missing. AI systems often fill gaps from third-party directories, so you should audit those listings and keep website copy, Google Business Profiles, and structured data consistent. Agencies can turn this into a quick audit by checking how Google and ChatGPT describe each client and correcting the sources behind inaccurate answers.
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