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#SEO by trade, interested in digital #sustainability. Proud Dad. Lover of one exquisite human. Cartoonist for pretend.

Great post by @aleyda. She has the most critical opinions of #SGE that I’ve found so far and she outlines some important issues: https://www.aleydasolis.com/en/search-engine-optimization/a-few-thoughts-on-my-initial-google-sge-experience/

#seo #Google #AI

A few thoughts on my initial Google Search Generative Experience (SGE) Tests

First test of the new Google Search Generative Experience and how could it impact user click behavior and satisfaction.

International SEO Consultant, Author & Speaker | Aleyda Solis

Trying to test if Google's feedback mechanism does anything. If you have 30 seconds, could you:

1) Search for my name https://www.google.com/search?q=rand+fishkin

2) Click "feedback" under the onebox result

3) Click the pencil icon next to the top, Google Books text

4) Choose "Outdated" and hit send

Thanks!

Bevor Sie zur Google Suche weitergehen

The impact of #generativeAI on search may extend the long tail further, potentially leading to a shift towards longer, more specific queries. - @ajkohn

Don’t underestimate this nugget of #SEO wisdom!

This is one of my favorite articles about cooking: https://slate.com/human-interest/2012/05/how-to-cook-onions-why-recipe-writers-lie-and-lie-about-how-long-they-take-to-caramelize.html

But does it rank for browning onions, or cooking onions, or making onions for french onion soup? No.

Does the rich snippet for browning onions lie? Yes.

And would a LLM trained on the web give the answer all the lying sources repeat? Yes.

You undercook/burn your onions. I'll stick with my favorite human writers.

Why Do Recipe Writers Lie About How Long It Takes To Caramelize Onions?

Browning onions is a matter of patience. My own patience ran out earlier this year while leafing through the New York Times food section. There, in the...

Slate

SEO and Generative AI Roundtable Discussion

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Jon Cooper, @cyrusshepard and Marie Haynes to discuss the changing SEO landscape with the advent of Generative AI content and search results.

Lots of interesting topics and points of view. If it's one thing about search, it's never boring.

https://jonrcooper.com/blog/seo-generative-ai-roundtable-discussion/

#SEO #AI #LLM #SGE

SEO & Generative AI: Roundtable Discussion - Jon R. Cooper

After Google’s May 10th announcement of new generative AI functionalities coming soon to search, I wanted to host a discussion (recorded on May 16th) with a few of the SEO and digital marketing industry’s brightest and most respected visionaries to talk about what this new future may look like and what it could mean for […]

Jon R. Cooper

The marvellous @clairecarlile ponders a life beyond or without #Google (insert audible gasp and horror here):

https://www.brightlocal.com/blog/beyond-google-monopoly/

Good read this. Always worth checking those eggs + baskets situations and fallback plans!

Spotlight: Beyond the Google Monopoly - BrightLocal

Google is synonymous with search, but it's not everything. Claire Carlile is here to tell you why you can't just put all your eggs in the Google basket.

BrightLocal

Loving this album by ukulele master Azo Bell.

https://azobell.bandcamp.com/album/airborne

#ukulele #music

airborne, by Azo Bell

15 track album

Azo Bell

I made the mistake, while on #dialysis, to watch #Seaspiracy. I had no idea!

I’ve decided to eliminate fish from my diet. Being on a dialysis renal diet which is mostly protein and carbs, being Vegan is life threatening for me due to the high potassium in Vegan food.

Life is full of hard choices that I will never be comfortable with.

A human being is responsible for five tons of #CO2 per year, training a large neural language model costs 284 tons.

And, this amount will only get larger as #AI progresses.

#DigitalPollution #climatecrisis

Okay, so that AI letter signed by lots of AI researchers calling for a "Pause [on] Giant AI Experiments"? It's just dripping with AI hype. Here's a quick rundown.

First, for context, note that URL? The Future of Life Institute is a longtermist operation. You know, the people who are focused on maximizing the happiness of billions of future beings who live in computer simulations.

https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/

#AIhype

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Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter - Future of Life Institute

We call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.

Future of Life Institute