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Can You Use AI To Write For YMYL Sites? (Read The Evidence Before You Do) via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google’s YMYL standards reveal why AI-written health, finance, and legal content can’t match human expertise or credibility.
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Google Local Services Ads vs. Search Ads: Which drives better local leads?
Find out how ad setup, targeting, and lead quality vary between LSAs and Search campaigns – and when to use each for better local results.
Don’t Let Your Founder Burn Out: 4 Systems To Operationalize Thought Leadership via @sejournal, @purnavirji
Create a sustainable founder-led content model that balances authenticity, efficiency, and long-term brand impact.
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Google AI Overviews guide research, but Search still wins the sale
Google’s AI Overviews are taking over the research phase of shopping, but traditional search still wins the sale, new BrightEdge data shows.
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How Google’s AI Overviews are accelerating change in paid search by Adthena
Adthena analyzed 21 million SERPs over two four-week periods to reveal where visibility is falling and which industries are being hit first.
Google Discusses Digital PR Impact On AI Recommendations via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google says AI surfaces businesses the same way people do, by checking what others recommend online.
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Living in ghost cities
Cities used to die slowly. Ancient Rome, Babylon, Memphis (in Egypt) and others took generations to fade from their peaks. The reasons were easy to see: Now, we can see it happening in a single generation. Rust Belt cities, projects in China, mining towns–they come and they go. The reasons are a bit different: But
The other kind of magic
We wait and hope for the first kind, the magic that arrives just when we need it. This is the magic of inspiration, or of good fortune. The magic of opportunties offered and connections made. There never seems to be enough of this sort of magic. The other kind, though, is surprisingly abundant. This is