NEWS/15 OCT

AI news for small business, Thursday, 15 October 2026

5 stories worth five minutes. What happened, and what to do about it.

HIGHLIGHT

Google Ads adds channel priority and spend caps, and changes Display Network funding in February

If you run Search or Performance Max ads, you can now cap what goes to Search partners and the Display Network.

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15 OCT 2026
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    Copying details from websites into a spreadsheet by hand, or filling the same form again and again.
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    Not knowing whether AI assistants recommend your business or a competitor when a customer asks for a supplier.
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    Shops, local service firms and online sellers who want to see how they show up in AI answers before they spend on a fix.
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