Google Update Brewing, Quality Improvements Still Coming, Ranking Confusion & Bing Deep Search

For the original iTunes version, click here. This week we covered a new possible Google search ranking update that started brewing on Wednesday, February 7. Google’s Danny Sullivan said again, search quality improvements are coming in the near future. Google said it will clarify E-E-A-T and its search quality raters. Google explained the differences…

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MIT-Pillar AI Collective announces first seed grant recipients | MIT News

The MIT-Pillar AI Collective has announced its first six grant recipients. Students, alumni, and postdocs working on a broad range of topics in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science will receive funding and support for research projects that could translate into commercially viable products or companies. These grants are intended to help students explore…

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Google Search Image Thumbnails Missing

For the past several months, generally around the helpful content update in September and the various core updates we had over the past several months, there have been complaints with image thumbnails for some sites not appearing in the Google Search result listings. Google responded again to the issue, saying it is not a technical…

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Instacart expands shoppable ads to YouTube

Instacart is extending its retail media ads to YouTube, allowing select brand partners to convert YouTube viewers directly into Instacart shoppers for same-day delivery. Details. Instacart’s YouTube ads will feature shoppable product links powered by its first-party data and retail media technology. Viewers can click from the ads to purchase items on Instacart for rapid…

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Meet DiffComplete: An Interesting AI Method that can Complete 3D Objects from Incomplete Shapes

Shape completion on 3D range scans is a challenging task that involves inferring complete 3D shapes from incomplete or partial input data. Previous methods in this domain have focused on deterministic or probabilistic approaches, each with limitations. However, researchers from CUHK, Huawei Noah’s Ark Lab, MBZUAI, and TUM have recently introduced a groundbreaking diffusion-based approach…

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