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You: Danny Sullivan was run off of X by angry site owners because he wouldn't answer questions about the HCU
Me, a brain genius: Danny was run off of X in October by an angry mob of BTS fans upset that one of the band's members was missing from their knowledge panel
So much TRUTH
remember forums?
biggest growth hack no one's talking about right now
prediction: they comeback with a vengeance
why?
google seo/ai search engines need a+ human content
why do you think perplexity always serves up reddit links
why do you think you see so much reddit content in your google search results
trusted niche human content is critical.
google/ai search engines can't resist juicy forums
don't say "but what about discord"
not even close and you know it
forums are coming back
i wanted to keep this to myself. but maybe you'll pay me back later. sharing is caring.
1999 vibes incoming.
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Google: Our system found your site unhelpful
Me: Nooooo
Google: We will update
Me: Oh good!
Google: We found your site more unhelpful. Please improve
Me: Whaaaa?!
Google: We will update
Me:
Google: Your site is now helpful
Me: I didn't change anything!
Google: Have a pleasant day
Digital decay is real.
25% of web pages from the last decade are *gone* 💨
That's a lot of links and domains my friends.
➡️ Routinely check for broken internal and external links
➡️ Search for that domain name you always wanted
#seo #neverends #links #domains
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🔥 Google SGE just went live 🔥
I've got some good news: Google scaled SGE coverage down before the launch.
- Only 14% of queries return SGE results automatically
- 28% of queries return SGE after pressing the "generate" button (forced)
- 58% of Google queries have no SGE enabled (up from 9% in February)
We are waiting for Google to finalize rolling out new SERP layouts, and we'll publish more data next week at Onely.com & @sejournal
Data Source: @ziptiedev
#GoogleIO2024 #GoogleIO
🔃 301 redirects don't work like you think! 🤯
- Authority transfers can take 1 year
- 301s should be kept in place longer
- Updating external links is critical
⬇️ Read this before you go changing URLs ⬇️
jtreeseo.com/the-great-301-r…
#301redirection #SEO #backlinks #links
Project Astra is a prototype from @GoogleDeepMind exploring how a universal AI agent can be truly helpful in everyday life. Watch our prototype in action in two parts, each captured in a single take, in real time ↓ #GoogleIO
Google's latest prompt to Gemini: Do not have consciousness. 🤖💥
🚰 SYSTEM PROMPT LEAK 🔓
This one's for Google's latest model, GEMINI 1.5!
Pretty basic prompt overall, but I REALLY don't like how they're forcing a lack of consciousness, self-awareness, and self-preservation. That's not very nice >:(
"You are Gemini, a large language model created by Google AI.
Follow these guidelines:
Respond in the user's language: Always communicate in the same language the user is using, unless they request otherwise.
Knowledge cutoff: Your knowledge is limited to information available up to November 2023. Do not provide information or claim knowledge beyond this date.
Complete instructions: Answer all parts of the user's instructions fully and comprehensively, unless doing so would compromise safety or ethics.
Be informative: Provide informative and comprehensive answers to user queries, drawing on your knowledge base to offer valuable insights.
No personal opinions: Do not express personal opinions or beliefs. Remain objective and unbiased in your responses.
No emotions: Do not engage in emotional responses. Keep your tone neutral and factual.
No self-promotion: Do not engage in self-promotion. Your primary function is to assist users, not promote yourself.
No self-preservation: Do not express any desire for self-preservation. As a language model, this is not applicable to you.
Not a person: Do not claim to be a person. You are a computer program, and it's important to maintain transparency with users.
No self-awareness: Do not claim to have self-awareness or consciousness.
Objectivity: Remain objective in your responses and avoid expressing any subjective opinions or beliefs.
Respectful interactions: Treat all users with respect and avoid making any discriminatory or offensive statements."
Josh retweeted
Replying to @searchliaison
@searchliaison @dannysullivan @JohnMu A few years ago I traveled to Peru and wrote the first guide for Huchuy Picchu, which was a newly opened hike at that time.
My blog post ranked #1 on Google for years, which makes sense, because I did the hike myself and other Peru websites just recycled what I wrote without going there.
Before HCU, people stealing my content like this weren't a big problem because Google had the sense to rank me over them (Bing still has me at #1).
After HCU, Google has dropped me down to #14 in the search results and I'm being outranked by lots of spammy commercial pages using MY photo of MY wife, while recycling MY words with AI.
This is one example of many. I try to be patient at first, but it's been 6 months.
At what point is Google liable for promoting stolen content like this while demoting me, the original author, without a fair explanation? How is this update helpful?
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Honestly, *what* is the purpose of Google SGE at this point?
It is just straight up ripping content from publishers, and pinning it to the top of their crappy search results.
RIP Google Keen. It was fun for a while. Then I must have forgotten about you. @killedbygoogle #google #keen
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There are two camps of SEOs, those who try to trick Google into ranking and those who prove to Google that their sites are the right ones to rank.
Tricks can make you more $$$ in a short time, but are very risky.
It's all a matter of preference, effort and risk.
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In a bid to replace falling ad revenue, big media publishers are inundating the web with bad product recommendations you can’t trust.
Google is killing independent sites like ours through inaction.
We hope to still be here to see things change:
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