Gavin Barrett

Head of B2C Subscriptions, Elsevier Health. EdTech & Content - particularly mobile.

[Gavin Barrett @gavinbarrett]

@brianmoore666 You paid a wonderful tribute to your friend. Deepest sympathies on your loss

[Gavin Barrett @gavinbarrett]

@CarlowWeather cool double rainbow just now in Carrickmines, Dublin

[Gavin Barrett @gavinbarrett]

@slatterywill https://t.co/XpK5EBMS83

[Scoop 🐻 ☕️ @Rugby_Scoop]

Absolute howler, how is this not deliberate knock on?

[Gavin Barrett @gavinbarrett]

@adrianweckler Terrible news. Deepest sympathies to his family and friends

[Gavin Barrett @gavinbarrett]

@paulg @StefanFSchubert @pablogguz_ Pensioners vote, kids don’t

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

Today, only 3% of bank activity consists of "lending to firms and individuals engaged in the production of goods and services."

The other 97% of finance is *gambling*.

7/

[Thomas L. Friedman @tomfriedman]

My column: Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Prize. https://t.co/0qe7VNg8VB

[Wetterschneider @Stretchedwiener]

Thank you Jeff, for solving the mystery of why people interested in making toys no longer visit my website.

It was a puzzle why, recently, traffic fell to zero - since my website had always been a helpful resource to answer questions about toy making.

The interested individuals would read a few Q and A's and often email me and I could work with them to make toys.

Now all that is gone. I didn't know where it went or why it disappeared.

It's because you scraped my website and used my work to build an AI based system that cuts me off.

Thanks!

[Gavin Barrett @gavinbarrett]

@sdublincoco where on https://t.co/SdUQxLJQ2r??

[Joe Youngblood - SEO, Futurology, AI, Marketing @YoungbloodJoe]

Google: "We just made $100 billion in 3-months for the first time ever!"

SMBs: "Ok, but you got there by stealing all of our traffic and content, are you going to pay us?"

Google: "AI is BETTER for websites than normal old Google clicks! (and also no, we steal and you get nothing)."

SMBs: "Ok, let me check my traffic chart and see how this is helping me who has been creating original content for 15 years in my niche and considered the number one source on the topic"

Small business traffic chart in GSC:

[Gavin Barrett @gavinbarrett]

Humans need purpose and social interaction. Without them, despair rises and lifespans fall. This is already being seen among young men in US and UK. Such an important piece from ⁦@jburnmurdoch⁩ via @FT
https://t.co/K8IZlFufak

[Gavin Barrett @gavinbarrett]

@martylyricfm Would you not be tempted yourself Marty? #ShoeIn

[Gavin Barrett @gavinbarrett]

Buses blocked across the city but no comms from @dublinbusnews

[Noel Rock @NoelRock]

@TFIupdates complete lack of info re @dublinbusnews services due to protest on O’Connell St. Clear communications re @Luas but nothing for people sitting on buses for last 15 mins.

[Gavin Barrett @gavinbarrett]

@oasis My 16 year old son and all his mates were there. True fans!

[Glenn Gabe @glenngabe]

Like I said yesterday -> Google needs to stop the BS and just explain that AIOs and AI mode are causing drops in traffic to a number of sites. Sure, I have some clients that are not being impacted by AIOs at all (yet), but many are being impacted. All of the GSC screenshots of decoupling show that. It's ridiculous they would not admit that is going on. Liz Reid did say some sites are decreasing traffic-wise, but that was late in the article and not directly attributed to AIOs. It's not a good look for them. People are not dumb, they have eyes, and can read charts and interpret the data. :)

[Gavin Barrett @gavinbarrett]

@MichaelsCoDub Free offer?

[Gavin Barrett @gavinbarrett]

@adrianweckler Google, for example

[Gavin Barrett @gavinbarrett]

@ReijndersCiteh @KarlBrophy K

[Gavin Barrett @gavinbarrett]

@ReijndersCiteh @KarlBrophy Sharks player faked a cramp attack in order to delay Munster kick in shootout. Winked at Crowley as he was attended to by a very large team of physios