@dias.social A great article by Pedro Dias. While other articles and commentary about "model collapse" theory usually focus on the long-term degradation of base LLMs during training, Pedro shows how this phenomenon is happening in real-time systems. theinference.io/p/the-ourobo...

‪@duaneforrester.bsky.social‬ has published a sharp piece on why most teams struggle—not because they lack capability, but because execution breaks down where work crosses boundaries. duaneforresterdecodes.substack.com/p/most-teams...

@gfiorelli1.bsky.social 's analysis of Sundar Pichai's interview. www.iloveseo.net/search-as-ag...

Please fill if applicable, or share my survey with any IN-HOUSE SEO you can find. Former in-house SEOs can also fill it in. forms.gle/ix8QnF5nMEFr...

A different kind of interview with Jim Banks. Covers some personal history. www.bdwjb.com/exploring-ba...

My interview with David Bain for SEOin2024 (book) is finally live. majestic.com/seo-in-2024/...

I just published a review of Jason Barnard's course on knowledge panels, which I completed last year. www.netmagellan.com/kalicube-kno...

I just reviewed my new backpack. www.netmagellan.com/blackbriar-2...

I have just reported to Amazon two pirated copies of my book that are selling on Amazon using two author names. One is Kindle, the other is paperback. If you are an author, I encourage you to look for pirated versions of your book by looking for similar descriptive text,

Check out my first article in SEL where I lament the decline in #SEO curiosity and encourage SEOs to resume the practice. searchengineland.com/becoming-les...

I plug Cyrus Shepard's 50-site study in my article in LI. www.linkedin.com/pulse/avoid-...

The 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 of my book 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗘𝗢 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 is now live on Amazon in the usual Amazon countries, except India, as I have chosen to no longer have a Kindle version. www.amazon.com/dp/0645523224/

I bet many can relate to this.

Updated my CV.

Interesting click-bait title. Did we SEOs ruin the internet? 😃 www.theverge.com/features/239...

An excellent article by Will Scott about the state of SEO vis-a-vis Google Ads, particularly in the higher-education sector. www.searchinfluence.com/blog/google-...

NZ political party had blocked all robots from their website for at least a month. lakesidedigital.co.nz/election-seo...

What's your engagement success rate on social platforms? Place the best score on top, with a total adding up to 10. If you use more platforms, make it 20. If you use more than 20, words fail me. Facebook = 4 LinkedIn = 3 Twitter/X = 2 Mastodon = 1 Threads = 0 BlueSky = 0

//It’s ‘really the Google web’: Microsoft CEO testifies about how hard it is to break into search// www.cnbc.com/2023/10/02/m...

Any opinions about NordVPN? I signed up some weeks ago and usually leave it off. It seems to be used by bad actors.

Latest fashion and light reading from Amazon.

I just posted an article about startup founders who pay little or no attention to SEO. Have you seen any such examples? www.linkedin.com/pulse/startu...

Microsoft starts an AdSense-like offering only for the United States. about.ads.microsoft.com/en-us/h/a/pu...

Matt Cutts and partner had twins! www.mattcutts.com/blog/twins/

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 became a "Proposed Recommendation" a few days ago. WCAG 2.1 is still the current one. www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/

For two decades, Google Search was the invisible force that determined the ebb and flow of online content. Now, for the first time, its cultural relevance is in question. By Ryan Broderick www.theverge.com/23846048/goo...

I *am* following a few people. What's going on?

My goods are hot and normal, thank you very much!

A detailed, excellent analysis of @[email protected] 's SE Roundtable Google Analytics account over twenty years. https://searchengineland.com/tracking-20-years-search-430573

From Jon Henshaw. Not sure if he is here. https://coywolf.pro/seo/google-loves-emojis/

How much X paid to get the @x handle on Twitter from the previous owner. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3229072/what-elon-musks-x-offered-gene-x-hwang-prized-x-twitter-handle-he-had-2007

Just blogged. https://www.netmagellan.com/how-to-block-bad-bots-2981.html