Leigh :) Stark 🦄Sep 28, 2024

I've written a rather long and slightly humorous (slightly) on the things I did that helped lead to an HCU recovery.

I don't believe Pickr is the best place to run this, so pitched to Search Engine Land, but never heard back.

So where is the best place to run this: LinkedIn, Medium, or nudging @rustybrick to see if he takes voluntary contributions?

Happy to help. I've been trying to proactively help other small publishers based on my successes.

#hcu #helpfulcontentupdate #seo

Show threadJohn Mueller

@leighlo @rustybrick Humorous? That rules out most places. :-)

Looking forward to reading more in any case!

Sep 28, 2024 at 12:44amWeb
Show threadLeigh :) Stark 🦄Sep 28, 2024

@johnmu @rustybrick Hah. Another attempt at thinking outside the box for SEO. I tried making SEO entertaining with an album previously. https://open.spotify.com/album/71EqXD0YXx6PnmwRiL1ZFL?si=mQMV7TxTSlSaJdVJWdZv1A

Hopefully the article on the HCU recovery is, dare I say it, helpful content...? :)

The Sound of Search

Album · pickr.com.au · 2024 · 15 songs

Spotify
Show threadJohn MuellerSep 28, 2024
@leighlo @rustybrick Suno or Udio? I had some fun making SEO-related songs but never got around to making them public. I wish I poked around in there before they added all the reasonable limitations :-).
Show threadLeigh :) Stark 🦄Sep 28, 2024

@johnmu Udio for most of it, Suno for a couple tracks. I learned early on writing worked better than automating the lyrics, and then used AI to separate the tracks and remixed everything. There's an Atmos variant of one of them that I'm too cheap to upload.

I wrote a couple of pieces on the experience:
https://www.pickr.com.au/sound/2024/after-dabbling-in-ai-music-i-get-why-the-music-industry-isnt-happy/

https://www.pickr.com.au/qa/2024/scripting-sound-how-ai-could-change-what-you-listen-to/

After dabbling in AI music, I get why the music industry isn't happy – Pickr

Could you tell the difference between an AI artist and a real one? I accidentally made Bowie and Beyonce and Elton sing. After experimenting with AI music, it's easy to see why the music industry is concerned.

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Show threadJohn MuellerSep 28, 2024
@leighlo The thing I got stuck on is post-processing. With GenAI basically always creating the full track, it's really hard to tweak things past what was created (or at least, I'm not savvy enough for that). Want to remix tracks? Good luck with finding something that pulls things apart well-enough. I assume it'll get better, and professional tools will make their own variants, and then it'll be like the sampling synthesizer :)
Show threadLeigh :) Stark 🦄Sep 28, 2024

@johnmu I get this. So I used Moises to split, but it wasn't always perfect. It would have been amazing if the tracks were essentially proper stems. It's still early days.

The more I played, the more I realised the AI can be used to come up with interesting approaches I wanted to record myself. If I had the time. Or talent. lol.

Logic's virtual Session instruments feel like they'd be suited to directly connect with AI nicely, though, at least in theory. I wonder if this is where the technology goes.

Show threadBarry SchwartzSep 29, 2024
@leighlo @johnmu who did you send it to at SEL? When did you send it? I don't deal with contributed content but if you send it to me, maybe I can push it?
Show threadLeigh :) Stark 🦄Sep 29, 2024
@rustybrick @johnmu have sent you an email with a link to the doc. Cheers.
Show threadLeigh :) Stark 🦄Oct 14, 2024

@rustybrick @johnmu cheers for the assist in getting through to the right people, Barry.

https://searchengineland.com/google-hcu-recovery-447450

5 things that led to an Google HCU recovery (and 3 that didn't)

Google's helpful content update has been challenging for many websites – but redefining it could lead to recovery and improvement.

Search Engine Land
Show threadBarry SchwartzOct 14, 2024
@leighlo @johnmu glad I can help