AI winter is a term that describes funding cuts in research and development of artificial intelligence systems. This usually follows after a period of overhype and under-delivery in the expectations of AI systems capabilities. Does this sound like today’s AI? Over the past few months, we’ve observed several key generative AI systems failing to meet the…
I am really trying not to cover the Google search ranking volatility and not report on another Google search ranking update but today things got super heated again. And don’t get me wrong, the Google search results have been very heated for over a month but today, things spiked above those new normal levels. And…
Open AI has reenabled the Bing search feature it has added to its ChatGPT AI service after temporarily disabling the feature in early July. “ChatGPT can now browse the internet to provide you with current and authoritative information, complete with direct links to sources. It is no longer limited to data before September 2021,” wrote…
Human scientists can explore the depths of the unknown and make discoveries requiring various undetermined choices. Armed with the body of scientific knowledge at their disposal, human researchers explore uncharted territories and make ground-breaking discoveries in the process. Studies now investigate if building AI research agents with similar capabilities is possible. Open-ended decision-making and…
Google manipulated ad auctions and inflated costs to increase revenue, harming advertisers, the Department of Justice argued last week in the U.S. vs. Google antitrust trial. What follows is a summary and some slides from the DOJ’s closing deck, specific to search advertising, that back up the DOJ’s argument. Google’s monopoly power This was defined…
YouTube introduced four new updates for shopping creators, aimed at enhancing conversions, providing inspiration, and offering more choices. These updates include: Shopping Collections. The Affiliate Hub. Enhanced tagging. Fourthwall. Why we care. If you are a YouTube Shopping creator or a brand that sells products on the platform, these new capabilities and features could be…
Recently, huge language models have shown impressive generative skills, allowing them to handle a wide variety of problems. Typically, “prompting” is used to condition generation, either with task instructions and context or with a small number of samples. However, problems, including hallucination, deterioration, and wandering, have been observed in language generation, especially with smaller models….
PPC advertising can be a game-changing tool for small businesses looking to kickstart sales or increase brand awareness. Unfortunately, it’s also extremely easy to overspend if you aren’t careful. When your budget is tight, it’s crucial that you set yourself up for success when creating a PPC account. Just a couple of bad months of…
Microsoft is launching enhanced conversions in all markets across America and Europe in the coming weeks. Additionally, the tech giant introduced new ad-targeting capabilities to assist brands in reaching high-value consumers. Why we care. Leveraging these latest updates has the potential to enhance campaign performance significantly. By refining conversion measurement, you can optimize campaigns more effectively,…
This week we covered that Google is now testing SGE in the wild for a small subset of US users. Google is begging SEOs to stop doing SEO for Google. Then SEOs are like, should we remove our Contact Us and About Us pages? Google said publishing more content doesn’t make your website higher quality….