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Paid Media & Social Strategy ·

Google Ads or SEO First? How I Advise Indian Small Businesses With a Limited Budget

Ads bring leads this week; SEO brings them for years. How I decide where an Indian small business should put its first marketing rupee, with a simple split.

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AI SEO & Next-Gen Search (AEO/GEO) ·

AI SEO in 2026: What I Changed in Our Process, and What I Refuse to Hand to a Machine

AI SEO now means two jobs: using AI to do SEO, and getting cited by AI search. How we run both at ClicZeo, and what Google's 1 October rule changes.

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Search Console ·

Your Site Shows Up in AI Overviews. Search Console Now Counts It, But Not How You Think

Clients are now seeing a new number in Search Console: AI impressions. It's tempting to read it like traffic. It isn't. Here's what Google's Generative AI report actually counts, what changed on 24 September with the multimodal split, and a simple monthly checklist for Indian agencies and in-house teams.

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Google Ads ·

Google's Local Services Ads Are Getting Bigger and Moving Into Google Ads. Here's What It Means for India

Google is testing a much bigger Local Services Ads format, and it's moving the whole product into Google Ads. Both changes are US-first, and LSAs aren't available in India today. But if you run ads for overseas clients, or you run a home-services brand here, there's real work to do now. Here's the honest picture.

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Google Updates ·

Hit by the September 2026 Spam Update? Read This Before You Change Anything

Rankings jumped around before Google even confirmed it. Then on 24 September, the September 2026 spam update went live worldwide. If your traffic moved, don't rush into fixes. Here's what Google has actually said, how to tell a spam hit from normal noise, and an audit checklist for Indian sites.

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Search Console ·

Google Search Console Now Shows Your Google Lens Traffic. Here's How to Read It

For years, people pointing their phone camera at a product left almost no trace in your reports. That changed on 24 September 2026. Search Console now gives image-led searches their own row, covering Lens, Circle to Search, image uploads and Chrome's "Search this image". Here's where to find it, how to read it, and the one big gap you need to plan around.

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Google Discover ·

Google Discover Is Testing "Dive Deeper". Here's How Publishers Can Still Win the Click

Google has started testing a "Dive deeper" button in Discover that opens an AI-written topic overview before readers reach your story. At the same time, Discover has quietly disappeared from desktop Google.com. Here's what's confirmed, what isn't, and a practical playbook for Indian publishers who rely on Discover.

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AI Mode ·

AI Mode Product Discovery in India: What Google's CPG Head Said on 1 October 2026

Google's India CPG lead Pushkar Gupte discussed how conversational search, product feeds and visual assets are changing product discovery. Here's what ecommerce brands should know.

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Google's AI Content Rule ·

Google's AI Content Rule, Updated: Fact-Check Before You Publish (2026)

Google updated its AI content guidance on 1 October 2026, emphasizing manual fact-checking before publication. Here's what changed, what it means for SEO and how agencies can build a practical review process.

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