This week in search, we had yet another week of heated Google search ranking volatility without a confirmed Google search ranking update. Google said it would drop the Ping endpoints for Google Sitemaps later this year. Some are seeing the new index coverage report in Bing Webmaster Tools. Google said word count is not an…
Chart captions that explain complex trends and patterns are important for improving a reader’s ability to comprehend and retain the data being presented. And for people with visual disabilities, the information in a caption often provides their only means of understanding the chart. But writing effective, detailed captions is a labor-intensive process. While autocaptioning techniques…
I have spent most of my life feeling driven by the idea that I am not enough. Whether I’m applying for an award or talking about my career with someone over drinks, I don’t really feel comfortable listing my accomplishments. Even writing this article, I don’t feel my voice is particularly useful or cogent. Of…
Over the past few years, there has been a rapid increase in several computer vision and computer graphics-related fields, especially surface reconstruction. The primary goal of this ever-changing field in 3D scanning is to efficiently recreate surfaces from given point clouds while meeting specific quality criteria. These algorithms aim to estimate the underlying geometry of…
I’ll be blunt. Google Analytics 4 has caused agencies and businesses plenty of headaches in the past year. The only guarantee over the next few weeks is that it will get worse before it gets better. The sunsetting of Universal Analytics is tomorrow, July 1 (and may have already passed by the time you are…
Open-vocabulary object detection is a critical aspect of various real-world computer vision tasks. However, the limited availability of detection training data and the fragility of pre-trained models often lead to subpar performance and scalability issues. To tackle this challenge, the DeepMind research team introduces the OWLv2 model in their latest paper, “Scaling Open-Vocabulary Object Detection.”…
YouTube is disabling videos for people using ad blockers as part of a new trial. The social media platform is asking users to either turn ad blockers off or pay £11.99 a month for YouTube Premium if they want access to its extensive video library. Why we care. If this trial is expanded to the…
Understanding artificial intelligence and how it relates to matters of national security has become a top priority for military and government leaders in recent years. A new three-day custom program entitled “Artificial Intelligence for National Security Leaders” — AI4NSL for short — aims to educate leaders who may not have a technical background on the basics of…
In just 48 hours we received around 400 responses to our poll question about Google Analytics 4. With the standard version of Universal Analytics sunsetting tomorrow (July 1), we asked you: What level of readiness are you (and/or your team) at when it comes to switching to GA4 from Universal Analytics? Despite plenty of frustration: Almost…
Artificial Intelligence is evolving with the introduction of Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs). Well-known models like GPT, BERT, PaLM, etc., are some great additions to the long list of LLMs that are transforming how humans and computers interact. In image generation, diffusion models have gained significant attention from researchers as these models capture…
