AI is going to transform SEO
Clicking on blue links will mostly become obsolete
AI turns search engines into a backend for assistants
Using AI to churn out more content won't help
Instead, you need to become an influential brand referenced by data sources LLMs rely on
A while back, I stumbled upon a file I consider the largest piece of evidence revealing how hundreds of data brokers trade personal data on everyone, including very sensitive data, globally.
Massive investigation by @themarkup and German @netzpolitik_org:
https://t.co/uJ7MpmIJ69
as someone who can’t code, i’ve always felt like I live in someone else’s internet
it has been a lifelong dream to give people, like me, the tools to make the internet feel like it was made for them
today @browsercompany does just that
BOOOOOSTS
🔊 full-screen, sound on 🔊
Today's a beautiful day for the 2023 TD Five Boro Bike Tour! We're excited to partner with @bikenewyork and take part in America's largest charitable bike ride. #TDFBBT
Facebook's new opt-out form is very hard to find.
After a lot of digging and several preliminary clicks, I ended up here.
I'm now going to live-tweet the process of objecting to Meta's ad-targeting.
This is pretty niche stuff. So if you're interested, I like you.
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1. Today @FTC took action to ban @BetterHelp from sharing people's data—including sensitive mental health information—with Facebook and other companies for targeted advertising. https://t.co/hP5LvqwPMH
Instead of helping Jackson escape its water crisis, Mississippi House Republicans are snatching judicial power from this majority-Black city. They "passed a bill to create a separate, unelected court system in the city of Jackson."
https://t.co/EqqVtDwxEM
On five days in 2023, all National Park Service sites that charge an entrance fee will offer free admission.
✔️ 1/16–MLK, Jr. Day
✔️ 4/22–National Park Week
✔️ 8/4–Great American Outdoors Day
✔️ 9/23–National Public Lands Day
✔️ 11/11–Veterans Day
https://t.co/8iQyhyPxKI
Since it’s #SmallBusinessSaturday here are some places you can shop and support small and emerging founders this weekend 👇
NY area 🛒
📍Big Night
📍Edy’s Grocer
📍The Goods Mart
📍Dimes
📍Galioto’s
📍Bonberi
📍Stella’s
📍Para Casa
📍Spirited Away
📍Neighborhood Goods
the Brooklyn Public Library is doing a countdown of its most borrowed books of all time and it's hilarious because it's all like classic literature juxtaposed with things children think are awesome
This pretty excellent study via @semrush seems to have caused confusion, so let's summarize:
• 45% of Google searches resulted in an organic website visit (desktop)
• 10% clicked a Google property
• 25% didn't click anything
• 18% refined their search
• 2% clicked Ads
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