In macOS Mojave, Apple changed the way that Spotlight indexes the contents of plain text files. That introduced a bug that prevents indexing of any of the contents of files starting with certain characters. For many Macs, that bug won't ever be fixed.| The Eclectic Light Company
Search Based Fuzzing involves generating various candidate inputs for a given program, identifying the inputs with the best score in some metric of effectiveness and choosing them for the next iteration so that one can iteratively improve the fitness of the given population of inputs. In the previous post I discussed how you can score inputs using approach level. Approach level (or approximation level) is reasonable to compute the distance we have to traverse to reach a given node. However, i...| Rahul Gopinath
Fuzzing is one of the more easy to use and efficient means of testing software systems. The idea is that we produce random inputs that are then executed by the system. If the system does something unexpected (such as crashing) then we know that the path taken by the execution was not considered by the programmer, and that such a path may be exploited to make the program do something that was unintended by the developer. However, simply throwing random inputs at the program does not work well ...| Rahul Gopinath
It’s been a seismic few days in tech antitrust, with three major announcements that have changed the landscape for the months ahead. For proponents of a fairer and more competitive Read More The post The Week Everything Changed in Tech Antitrust appeared first on Movement For An Open Web.| Movement For An Open Web
"I found it very weird that there essentially is no way to browse the web in an open manner. So that's what I am trying to build," the founder of Stract said.| 404 Media
Google announced October 14, 2025, prescription drug advertising policy changes allowing promotional use in Canada, New Zealand, and the United States.| PPC Land
Publishers gain precision over content display in Bing Search and Copilot through new HTML attribute. Implementation takes seconds to one week.| PPC Land
Amazon introduces fixed-price advertising feature allowing brands to secure top-of-search placements for their branded keywords through the Sponsored Brands platform.| PPC Land
Google broadened eligibility for its Canadian cannabis pilot on October 15, 2025, allowing government operators alongside licensed producers to advertise.| PPC Land
Google now allows users to select trusted sites such as Tech & Learning as “Preferred Sources,” which will appear atop search results| Latest from Tech & Learning
GBP Keyword Impressions Likely Undercounted for June & July The News: SOCi, along with others in the industry, observed a widespread drop in Search Impressions from June 24 through July 18 due to a bug in Google reporting. Though Google confirmed no other insight metrics were affected by this bug, SOCi has observed that GBP… Continue Reading Local Memo: GBP Keyword Impressions Undercounted for June, July, LLMs Show Recency Bias, New Guidance on Review Extortion Scams The post Local Memo: GB...| SOCi
Learn the importance of local SEO and how you can rank for “near me” searches and other locally relevant inquiries. Continue Reading How to Optimize Your Local SEO to Rank for “Near Me” Searches The post How to Optimize Your Local SEO to Rank for “Near Me” Searches appeared first on SOCi.| SOCi
The Shift from Search Engines to AI Agents Search is evolving fast. Where people once relied solely on Google, today they ask AI-powered assistants like ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity where to find the best nearby restaurant, gym, or real estate agent. These AI agents don’t just return links—they synthesize answers using data from across the… Continue Reading AI for Local SEO: How Agents Improve Rankings for Multi-Location Brands The post AI for Local SEO: How Agents Improve Rankings fo...| SOCi
OpenAI launches ChatGPT apps, Google experiments with AI meta descriptions, and new research reveals how AI Mode is reshaping search and visibility for local marketers.| SOCi
Whether it’s the rise of LLM search queries, AI overviews or the black-box operations of features like Discover, search and SEO is undergoing a fundamental shift. Publishers have built SEO... The post Publishers rethink SEO in the age of AI overviews appeared first on Digital Content Next.| Digital Content Next
Let’s get one thing out of the way: search can no longer be your primary audience strategy. But the real shock is how fast it’s become nearly useless for audience... The post What smart media leaders are doing now that search is broken appeared first on Digital Content Next.| Digital Content Next
Artificial intelligence is rewriting the rules of discovery. Search results are no longer a simple list of blue links. With tools like Google’s AI Mode delivering instant summaries, audiences often... The post How publishers can survive the AI search shift appeared first on Digital Content Next.| Digital Content Next
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Google announced two AI-powered features on October 13, 2025: an upgraded Discover feed with preview expansions and a "What's new" sports button for Search.| PPC Land
Nano Banana image editing model launches in Google Search and NotebookLM on October 13, 2025, bringing Gemini 2.5 Flash capabilities to more platforms after generating 5 billion images.| PPC Land
Google rolls out grouped sponsored results label with hide ads feature on October 13, 2025. Text ads get single header that stays visible while scrolling across desktop and mobile.| PPC Land
Google emphasizes £118 billion UK economic contribution while warning regulatory interventions could inhibit innovation and harm businesses following CMA designation.| PPC Land
Publishers must provide complete verbatim transcripts of upstream content when directing traffic to Related Search for Content pages starting November 1, 2025.| PPC Land
Google Ads API changes conversion goal defaults on November 17, preventing unnecessary goals from automatically becoming biddable in campaigns to optimize performance.| PPC Land
Google launched AI Mode in more than 35 new languages and over 40 new countries on October 7, 2025, bringing total availability to over 200 territories with Europe included.| PPC Land
HouseFresh reports traffic recovery on October 11, 2025, after losing 95% visibility following Google's September 2023 Helpful Content Update implementation.| PPC Land
Penske Media Corporation filed a 101-page federal antitrust lawsuit against Google on September 12, 2025, alleging search monopoly abuse and AI content coercion.| PPC Land
Learn how to quickly add intelligent search in Rails using Typesense using a movie listing application as an example.| avohq.io
Are you hosting guests for the holidays? Start here! I’m sharing some simple and effective tips to help you get your home ready for hosting. Is it too early to start thinking about the holidays? It's never too early! The next few weeks will fly by, and a little planning now means a lot less stress later. We’re focusing on quick and easy hacks that make a big impact, so you can create a cozy, welcoming space without the overwhelm. Keep reading to get inspired and start setting the holi...| DIY Huntress
Not every home has a dedicated room to be an office, so sometimes you have to get creative with the space you have. A neat workspace with clear systems can make your workflow so much more productive, and I truly believe your surroundings reflect your state of mind. The post Small Office Organization Hacks appeared first on DIY Huntress.| DIY Huntress
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O'Reilly Media has been working with Miso AI to deliver an LLM-based discovery system, that helps their users find their way to a content steak, not AI hamburger…| One Man & His Blog
TL;DR I launched searx.is in Spring 2022 to diversify search results across…| Hello Blog
Call ads will stop serving in February 2027 after Google removes creation options in 2026, pushing advertisers toward responsive search ads with call assets.| PPC Land
Google updated its Merchant Center product title policy on October 3, 2025, clarifying that only manufacturers can use their own brand name in the short_title attribute for resold products.| PPC Land
Artificial intelligence is reshaping how people find information online. Search isn’t just about typing keywords into Google anymore—it’s about conversational answers from tools like ChatGPT, Google’s AI Overviews, and Perplexity. Now, you may have heard that AI search means a completely new game: new ranking rules, new acronyms (“AEO,” “GEO,” etc.), and a new set… Continue Reading 10 Ways to Show Up in AI Search The post 10 Ways to Show Up in AI Search appeared first on SOCi.| SOCi
LinkedIn Links: When They Help and When They Hurt The News LinkedIn’s Sr. Director of Product Rishi Jobanputra explains that including a link in a LinkedIn post does not automatically hurt reach. The key factor is how the post is framed. If the post itself provides genuine value (sharing insights, sparking conversation, or offering a… Continue Reading Local Memo: LinkedIn Links Clarified, Reddit Surges in AI Search, New Google AI Summaries, ChatGPT Focuses on Factuality The post Local Mem...| SOCi
Google announced new message asset requirements on September 30, 2025, with enforcement beginning October 30, affecting Search and Performance Max campaigns.| PPC Land
Google announced updates to Discover on September 17, 2025, adding content from X, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts, plus a follow feature for creators.| PPC Land
Zero-click searches reach 60% as AI-powered summaries and direct answers change how users interact with search results.| PPC Land
I’m officially taking my van build to the next level with a fully functioning off-grid bathroom. This is the part of the build that honestly feels like it’s the most ambitious. We’re talking plumbing, a shower, a hot water heater, a toilet, and everything else you'd expect in a regular home, but squeezed inside of a teeny tiny van. The post How I Built The World’s Smallest Bathroom In My Cargo Van appeared first on DIY Huntress.| DIY Huntress
The Internet Archive has tens of millions of items, so sometimes finding exactly what you’re looking for can be difficult. But if you learn to build more complex search queries, you can narrow your results much more quickly. This video (or the advanced search page) is a good place to start. In general, using Boolean Operators and […]| Internet Archive Help Center
At its core, a Markov chain is a model for predicting the next event in a sequence based only on its state. It possesses "memoryless"...| TechAcute
In our previous article, we explored how full-text search can stumble on long, natural-language prompts and how hybrid approaches—combining full-text, trigram, and semantic search—can restore relevance. But building a search engine that “works” is only the beginning. In this follow-up, we enter the Age of Refinement. Learning how to evaluate and optimize search performance for MCP systems. from practical tuning of full-text search strategies for improving semantic search, and, most im...| bitcrowd blog Blog
Unveiling the Cosmic Enigma: AI and the Quest for Intelligent Life in the Vast Cosmos The quest for intelligent life| Artificial Intelligence Magazine | AI Webezine
Transform how you filter and find data with intuitive natural language queries across Incidents, Perimeter, and Audit Logs.| docs.gitguardian.com
Here are five initial steps you need to take to ensure your brand doesn’t get left behind in the latest Instagram visibility update.| WPR
Let's learn Custom Search Box on the Taskbar of Windows 11. The taskbar in Windows 11 provides quick access to frequently used applications and features. The| How to Manage Devices Community Blog Modern Device Management Guides
In the constellation of AI giants, Anthropic shines with a different light. While others race towards ever-larger models, Anthropic’s guiding star is a singular, critical mission: to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems that are safe and beneficial for humanity. This isn’t just a tagline; it’s the core of their identity and the key… The Insider’s Guide to Landing a Job at Anthropic AIUndercover Recruiter -| Undercover Recruiter
OpenAI. The name alone conjures images of cutting-edge innovation, brilliant minds, and perhaps a touch of futuristic mystique. As the company at the| Undercover Recruiter
How we improved Canva’s private design search while respecting the privacy of our community.| Canva - Engineering Blog
In this episode, Nathan Wrigley interviews Ross Morsali, creator of the popular WordPress plugin Search & Filter. Ross shares the origin story of the plugin, its evolution from a free tool to a full-fledged business, and how it enables advanced faceted search and filtering on WordPress sites. They discuss technical integrations (like ACF, various page builders, and Gutenberg), scalability, onboarding improvements, future features, and Ross's commitment to long-term support. The conversation o...| WP Builds
It happened that I was looking back on my old game reviews, and I hit a link to a game web site, and the site was gone. Not a shock. Web sites vanish. It made me sad, though. I like those single-game, single-message web sites! I doubt anybody ...| Zarf Updates
A simple Google Business Profile update drove a 350% boost in local search impressions for a fast casual brand. Here’s how.| SOCi
The numbers are in – and they are damning. DCN’s latest member-survey shows median year-over-year referral traffic from Google Search to premium| Digital Content Next
We're somehow already over halfway through 2025. So what we learnt on social so far this year, and how will it influence marketing strategies in the coming months? The post What We’ve Learnt on Social in 2025 appeared first on WPR.| WPR
Modern applications rely on PostgreSQL for its fully ACID‑compliant, expressive SQL, and rich ecosystem of extensions. The database handles relational workloads exceptionally well, but many projects also need to search for large text collections—prod...| VectorChord
Tag faces in Mylio Photos to organize faster, search smarter, and preserve memories. Learn tips, tools, and best practices to get started.| Mylio Photos Blog
100+ of the most useful marketing webinar replays ever shared. Talks on strategy, branding, AI, storytelling, and more, all in one place.| The Marketing Meetup
Perplexity reveals AI-era ranking factors, Instagram rolls out detailed performance metrics, and Google quietly removes business types from its “Ask for Me” experiment.| SOCi
If you're looking for inspiration and insight around marketing hot topics, we've rounded up some of our favourite marketing podcasts.| WPR
Thomas Germain, BBC News, covered the Pew report about the relationship between Google’s A.I. Overviews and click-through traffic: Pew says it’s confident in its research. “Our findings are broadly consistent with independent studies conducted by web analytics firms,” [Pew’s Aaron] Smith says. Dozens of reports show AI Overviews cut search traffic as much as 30% […]| pxlnv.com
A meta-search for Apple’s patents on search, and turning the incessant log chatter of RunningBoard to our advantage in following uninstrumented apps.| The Eclectic Light Company
Thanks to Typesense for sponsoring the creation of this cartoon! GT2 Pro members, download a high-res version of this image that you can use royalty-free anywhere:| Good Tech Things
Part of a series on the Road to the American Revolution By Nancy Spannaus July 14, 2025—Since the ratification of the Constitution’s Bill of Rights on December 15, 1791, the people of the United States have had the right “to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against […] The post Illegal Searches and Seizures — in 1761 appeared first on American System Now.| American System Now
Key SEO insights from Google’s Search Central Live APAC and an update on the resolved Google Business Profile reporting error.| SOCi
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With 81% of Australian adults now shopping online, digital marketing is more important than ever. As a result, every business must have an SEO strategy that increases their online visibility and brings traffic to their website. Read our SEO guide for tips to boost your ranking on Google Search and create online success for your[Read More]| News Xtend
Editor’s Note: Part 12 in an irregular series of stories from my many years in Silicon Valley. Part 11 talked about the time I got called into HR's office to meet with lawyers over industrial espionage. This time, a story involving gray hat search engine marketing in the early days of the Web. DMOZ is now closed. Believe it or not, before the world of automated spiders that crawled the entire Web and ranked the results for your searches, much of the way we found content on the Internet w...| louisgray.com
The World Wide Web was designed to primarily do three things - inform, discover and connect. A globally connected series of documents could instantly bring you to the thoughts and experiences of someone across the world. In the earliest designs of the Web, it was through hyperlinks that you would find those new voices. Links brought you new sources of data, and those downstream documents led you even further to new people and ideas. As the Web evolved, and incorporated photos, videos, streami...| louisgray.com
Some time last year, we installed five Google Home units in our house. One was placed in the master bedroom. One each went in both our kids' rooms, as well as one in the office, and one downstairs in the kitchen. Knowing that asking Google any question was just a simple request away, I was eager to see how the family would adjust to having a friendly assistant ready at any time to go fetch answers. What I've seen is that the devices are used throughout the day, and, often, the kids talk to Go...| louisgray.com
The SFCA Art in Public Places Collection online database can be searched by artist, medium, artwork title, and more! Information includes current location. Go to sfca.hawaii.gov/app-art to get started.| State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
Google patent confirms user behavior influences search rankings, highlighting opportunities in "near me" optimization and noting the June 2025 core update rollout.| SOCi
We’re celebrating one year of The SEO Juice so we stepped back to look at what’s changed, what hasn’t, and what still works across local search. From the decline of Local Packs to growing trust in AI Overviews and shifting customer behaviors, this session was about clarity: knowing what your SEO team can control, what’s… Continue Reading The SEO Juice: A Year of Trends, Trust Signals & Traffic Truths| SOCi
See why brand awareness is losing steam and how unbranded searches emphasizing convenience and authenticity are reshaping consumer behavior.| SOCi
CEO reveals 30% AI code generation milestone while unveiling autonomous agent infrastructure that replaces conventional web interactions through interconnected AI workflows.| PPC Land
This week on Leadtime.tech I addressed another reader submission — how to decide the necessary resources to operate a third-party platform. I usually write about the people management aspect of an EM’s life, so it was a fun detour to think about something closer to technical strategy.| Péter Szász
Turn market volatility into opportunity. Sharpen your marketing strategy, drive ROI, and boost performance today!| Amsive
How I built a search widget in Elm using RSS feeds and string parsing - a case study in pragmatic engineering| cekrem.github.io
Information overload is not going away. A recent IHS Knowledge Collections Webinar provided an interesting statistic by Outsell: an engineer's time spent| Cottrill Research
Coincidentally, this week, the power of in-person discussions came up in multiple talks. Written communication, while having the benefits like speed and asynchronicity, misses a bunch of nuances that can be critical during conflicts. A voice call is better; you get a lot of hidden meaning from the tone, speed,| Péter Szász
This week in my Engineering Manager Challenges newsletter, I wrote my approach to building a platform team. It’s the twentieth week I’ve been publishing on Substack, and so far, I’m okay with the results: 127 subscribers with a roughly 50% open rate. I’m starting to run| Péter Szász
Microsoft just introduced NLWeb, an open-source project designed to bring natural language interfaces directly to websites. The vision is simple and powerful: turn any site into an AI-powered app that can answer user questions in plain English.| Shelly Palmer
Address Field is a section on the Address Bar where you can see the URL of the page you’re currently on. There you can enter a new web page link […] Source| Vivaldi Browser Help
Yale’s New Committee on Trust in Higher Education Has Zero Republicans May 1, 2025 On April 11, 2024, Yale University announced the formation of a new […]| Fight For Yale's Future
Last time (way back in June! I have got to start blogging consistently again) I discussed a gorgeous data structure called the Wavelet Tree. When a Wavelet Tree is stored using RRR sequences, it can answer rank and select operations in $\mathcal{O}(\log{A})$ time, where A is the| alexbowe.com
Learn more about local citations and how they benefit your business. Fix your existing listings, get more listings and links, & update them all at the same time| Awebco
AI is taking over online searches. At the moment, that’s good news - the AI summaries are increasingly reliable and helpful. Try Google's new AI Mode!| Bruceb Consulting
Discover reliable SEO tools to help improve your website’s performance and search engine visibility.| Digital Information World
Charlotte Stoel, Group MD at Firefly Communications, explores how Generative Engine Optimisation is transforming brand visibility in the age of AI-driven search.| Marketing Gazette
A many years ago, the IF Archive existed, and it was an FTP site. It lived at ftp.gmd.de. That was a long time ago. (1992, but who's counting.) Slightly less long ago, the World Wide Web existed, and I said "I bet there could be a web mirror ...| Zarf Updates
Are your local search clients showing up in AI search? Set them up for success with Advice Local. Learn more today or call us at (214) 310-1356.| Advice Local
In the digital age, our thoughts and beliefs are shaped by what we consume online. However, much of what we see is controlled by algorithms, which personaliz...| Rehan Guha -Portfolio & Blog
I’ve been building test/money sites these past few months, which made more room for me to freely do a lot of experimentation on SEO. This is what I did: TL;DR: Focus on optimizing these core aspects of Google's search ranking factors: Authority, Relevance, and Performance. The post How to SEO New Websites appeared first on Kaiserthesage.| Kaiserthesage
Years have passed since the inception of Google’s PageRank algorithm, and probably dozens of algorithmic updates related to the link graph. Yet, links still remain as one of the most important search ranking factors (listed as #1 on the recent study made by Branded3). The post Audience-First Link Building appeared first on Kaiserthesage.| Kaiserthesage
Building high quality links involves grueling efforts most of the time, may it be through search and mainly in building it. The most effective ones are usually content based (tedious) and sometimes need approval from the owner of the site you’re trying to get a link from, such as guest blogging, article marketing, resource request, blog commenting and the list moves on. But the good news is, particularly to those who are just starting their link building campaign, is that there are many hig...| Kaiserthesage
Content-based and relationship-driven links are apparently the ones that make a huge impact in today’s digital marketing (not just SEO). Outreach accounts for the majority of these link acquisitions – which I can personally attest to as it is evident on most of the campaigns we’ve handled. Long gone are the days of solely winning through submission-type link building tactics. The post Email Outreach Tips: +22 Link Building Email Templates appeared first on Kaiserthesage.| Kaiserthesage
In-depth guide on starting an SEO business. From process development, marketing your services, getting clients, project management to scaling it.| Kaiserthesage
Petition: Call for Greater Intellectual Diversity at Yale March 13, 2025 Fight for Yale’s Future has launched a new petition calling for Yale to increase intellectual […]| fightforyale.com
