Are you intrigued by the world of video production and creation within advertising and digital media? The content development industry has rapidly evolved over the past two decades, fundamentally reshaped by human behavior and social content. Let’s explore the powerful forces driving its continuous transformation. The evolution of video production and creation for advertisers To…
Future reward estimation is crucial in RL as it predicts the cumulative rewards an agent might receive, typically through Q-value or state-value functions. However, these scalar outputs lack detail about when or what specific rewards the agent anticipates. This limitation is significant in applications where human collaboration and explainability are essential. For instance, in…
For the original iTunes version, click here. It finally happened: Google released the August 2024 core update; this one should reward small and independent publishers more, should it? Google had another search ranking bug, today, this was a big one. There has been tremendous Google ranking volatility this week, maybe the core update, but…
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google released the much anticipated August 2024 core update, it will take a month to roll out and may help smaller publishers. Google has a massive search…
There is a large, confirmed, Google Search ranking bug is affecting a large number of search results today. This is unrelated to the last core update, the August 2024 core update, that was announced yesterday at around 11 am ET. When. This ranking bug was confirmed at around 2 am ET this morning, Google posted:…
Google’s continuous scroll feature allowed users to seamlessly glide through search results without the cumbersome need to click “Next.” Akin to adding more real estate to a Monopoly board, this function served as a potential game-changer for digital marketers and SEO professionals. However, Google’s continuous scroll presented new challenges for online reputation management (ORM) firms….
YouTube is increasing the duration of ad breaks on Connected TV (CTV) platforms to provide longer uninterrupted viewing sessions. The move follows successful testing that showed 79% of viewers prefer grouped video ads over shorter, dispersed slots. Key points: YouTube expanding longer ad breaks for Connected TV (CTV) experiences. Aim: Provide longer uninterrupted viewing blocks….
Meta announced updates to its ad system, focusing on better attribution and optimization. Key changes: New “Conversion Value Rules” for customized audience targeting. Opt-in setting to optimize for incremental conversions. Optimize for and report on profit and predicted lifetime value. Direct CRM integration for enhanced data insights. Why we care. These tools aim to give…
Watching crowds of people hustle along Massachusetts Avenue from her window seat in MIT’s student center, Dominika Ďurovčíková has just one wish. “What I would really like to do is convince a city to shut down their lights completely, apart from hospitals or whatever else needs them, just for an hour,” she says. “Let…
AnswerAI has unveiled a robust model called answerai-colbert-small-v1, showcasing the potential of multi-vector models when combined with advanced training techniques. This proof-of-concept model, developed using the innovative JaColBERTv2.5 training recipe and additional optimizations, demonstrates remarkable performance despite its compact size of just 33 million parameters. The model’s efficiency is particularly noteworthy, as it achieves…