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A vintage fountain pen scribbles 'HA' in ink, a dark, obscured figure watches. The only joke is your current SEO.

19/07/2026

Adele Halsall

Content Syndications in DPR – Do They Matter?

About the author Adele is Dark Horse’s Digital PR Manager, with over a decade of experience in SEO, Content, and Digital PR. She has secured placement for clients in a plethora of industries, on sites including the Daily Mail, House Beautiful and This Is Money. In this article What…

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30/06/2026

Libby Mayfield

June 2026 industry news round up

June brings a big slam for AI generated content, as the latest Core Algorithm Update shakes things up. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has given websites the power to remove themselves from Google’s AI summaries in UK search results, and will make Google provide greater transparency around how rankings…

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8/06/2026

Adele Halsall

The UK’s Real Coffee Capital

Dark Horse runs on two fuels. The first, sticking up for the Davids. The second, caffeine – nature’s rocket fuel. It made sense for us to explore, in a world dominated by identical, corporate high-street chains serving burnt bean water in paper cups, where you would go for a proper…

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29/05/2026

Libby Mayfield

May 2026 industry news round up

May saw Google Marketing Live 2026 take place, with many announcements off the back of it. Elsewhere, TikTok are following in the footsteps of Meta by offering a paid, ad-free option, and two of Switzerland’s finest watch brands stirred up a storm on the streets. And Google’s second core algorithm…

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30/04/2026

Libby Mayfield

April industry news round up

Our headline today – it seems like for the best part of a year, Google has been incorrectly logging impressions. Oh dear. Elsewhere, they’re cracking down on spam reviews across Maps, and have sunsetted Dynamic Search Ads in favour of AI Max, a move we saw coming since 2025. Snapchat…

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31/03/2026

Libby Mayfield

March industry news round up

Two algorithm updates. A plethora of new automations in Google Ads. And Meta shuffling prices and metrics. It was all going on in March. In sub-9 mins, this is everything you need to know that changed the performance marketing landscape in the last month. SEO Digital PR…

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27/02/2026

Libby Mayfield

February industry news round up

Anyone can say they’re the best. Thankfully, Google is at last cracking down on the performance of self-promoting listicles – a win for cleaning up the industry. Elsewhere, we look at the potential impact of more countries rolling out teen social media bans, and Google’s change to the…

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