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

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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30/01/2026

Libby Mayfield

January industry news round up

The march of AI across PPC, Paid Social and SEO continues in 2026, whilst Beckham-gate took over much of the pop culture news cycle, a reminder of how the speed of your reactive PR impacts the coverage you receive. Whilst Threads overtakes X for the first time in…

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26/01/2026

Kate Glynn

Ethical uses of AI in SEO: how to sleep at night

The dizzying pace of innovation over the last few years has forced us all to scrutinise how using AI fits into our moral compass. Can’t relate? It’s time to take a long, hard look at yourself.  There’s currently no one guiding set of principles for navigating…

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31/12/2025

Libby Mayfield

December industry news round up

The year has come and passed, the busiest time for many in Marketing. AI has once again reared its head, with Instagram exploring stronger solutions around AI content labelling and a dive into Google’s AI bidding mechanism showing it might not be in your best interests. Elsewhere, TikTok…

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18/11/2025

Victoria Roscow

A-Z glossary of SEO terms

Think you know SEO? Think again.  At Dark Horse we know our stuff, and we want to help the underdogs get ahead of the game. That’s why we’ve compiled this SEO glossary of terms to help all the Dark…

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31/10/2025

Libby Mayfield

October industry news round up

This month, Instagram and Meta introduced a paid, ad-free tier, a headline that might leave you thinking that’s it for Paid Social – but that’s not really the case. The debate of LLMs (both how to get in them and how useful their traffic is) rubbles on, with…

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