Trending in Marketing This Week

We counted every meaningful word across 70 headlines published in the last seven days by the publications we track, stripped out common English, and ranked what was left. The most repeated term was google, appearing in 15 separate headlines.

Most repeated terms

google15 headlines

search7 headlines

brand7 headlines

marketing7 headlines

analytics7 headlines

manager5 headlines

media4 headlines

build4 headlines

yoast4 headlines

track4 headlines

visibility4 headlines

update3 headlines

strategy3 headlines

buyers3 headlines

next3 headlines

design3 headlines

marketers3 headlines

future3 headlines

content3 headlines

september2 headlines

What each term is attached to

The articles driving the terms above, so you can see the context rather than just the count.

Term	Appears in
google 15 headlines	Google Completes September 2026 Spam Update After Nearly 14 Days - Search Engine Journal Why Google Search Updates Cannot Be Judged During Early Rollout - Search Engine Journal Google Opens Its SynthID Watermark Detector To The Public - Search Engine Journal
search 7 headlines	Why Google Search Updates Cannot Be Judged During Early Rollout - Search Engine Journal Media Briefing: As AI search shifts referrals, publishers revisit registration walls - Digiday How AI search optimization works for modern marketers - HubSpot Marketing
brand 7 headlines	Brand measurement needs a new source of truth - Marketing Land Heineken serves up outcomes with mixed attention and brand awareness approach - Digiday ‘There’s nothing wrong with being a heritage brand’: How Revlon is updating its image by looking to the past - Digiday
marketing 7 headlines	The best enterprise email marketing software in 2026 - HubSpot Marketing Classic marketing automation is dead: What’s next? - Marketing Land When marketing automation moves too fast - Marketing Land
analytics 7 headlines	How to check if Google Analytics 4 is working? - Analytics Mania How to import Meta ad cost data to Google Analytics 4? - Analytics Mania A Guide to Google Analytics Client ID - Analytics Mania
manager 5 headlines	Google Tag Manager Video Tracking Guide: Beyond Youtube - Analytics Mania Track Contact Form 7 with Google Tag Manager and GA4 - Analytics Mania Google Analytics 4 Settings Variables in Google Tag Manager - Analytics Mania
media 4 headlines	Agentic media buying needs malware guardrails: A PropellerAds view - Marketing Land Social media personas: How to build and use them - Sprout Social Media Briefing: As AI search shifts referrals, publishers revisit registration walls - Digiday
build 4 headlines	Social media personas: How to build and use them - Sprout Social Multi-location SEO: How to build a scalable strategy - Semrush Blog AEO for outreach: How to earn citations and placements that build AI visibility - HubSpot Marketing
yoast 4 headlines	Yoast SEO vs All in One SEO: which WordPress plugin is right for you? - Yoast SEO The September 2026 SEO Update by Yoast recap - Yoast SEO 1 billion downloads: The people and stories behind Yoast SEO - Yoast SEO
track 4 headlines	How to track your AI citations and sources with Semrush - Semrush Blog Track WP Forms with Google Analytics 4 - Analytics Mania Track Contact Form 7 with Google Tag Manager and GA4 - Analytics Mania

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