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Google's reimagining of Site Reputation Abuse is wreaking havoc among publishers
A very broad interpretation of their site reputation abuse spam policy allows Google to penalise affiliate content at will.
Back in March this year, Google announced several new spam policies intended to fight the perceived degradation of their search results. One of these new policies was for ‘site reputation abuse’.
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Google Cloud Platform Technology Nuggets - November 16-30, 2024 Edition
Welcome to the November 16–30, 2024 edition of Google Cloud Platform Technology Nuggets.
Vade retro, Google
Por qué los buscadores no conectan con la Generación Z
“Dónde comprar el bolso rojo de Georgina”. “Cómo preparar un pastel arcoiris”. “Dónde comer los mejores niguiris de Madrid”. “Cómo maquillarse para una graduación”. “Cuándo estrenan la nueva temporada de El Juego del Calamar”. “Por qué mi hija no escucha cuando le hablo”.
Promotions and tooling at Google (with Irina Stanescu, Ex-Google)
An inside look at Google’s unique working processes, tactical advice for getting promoted at companies like Google and Uber, and how to build influence as a software engineer.
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AI #94: Not Now, Google
At this point, we can confidently say that no, capabilities are not hitting a wall. Capacity density, how much you can pack into a given space, is way up and rising rapidly, and we are starting to figure out how to use it.
For ages I've had in my GPT-4o custom system instruction "Be concise, give short answers, BE CONCISE PLEASE, SHORT ANSWERS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD" or similar
And basically it stopped having any effect at all, standard GPT-4o loquaciousness, and I forgot all about it.
Try o1 last week: it's incredibly terse, like really obnoxiously refusing to tell me more than the absolute bare minimum. And I'm like this is rubbish!
Then yesterday I remembered the custom system prompt, removed it, and it's all fixed.. oops
So that's one thing o1 is better at, following custom instructions
Mistakes I spotted:
"who they say is a growing voie in AI policy" - voice
"You can have a conscious and be a great person" - conscience
"If the concern is reputational, that is of course not about your conscious." - conscience
'Google Maps' of Human Cells
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Let me Google that for you
Who will review the reviews?
Last week, in an elegant display of statistical and scientific rigour, Mark Butler (Minister for Health) lauded the success of the 58 new urgent care clinics across Australia by pointing to the clinics’ Google reviews.
The Real Value of Google NotebookLM
The instant podcasts got us excited, but the real genius of Google's buzzy tool is how easily it applies the power of AI to data.
Three months ago, Google opened our minds to something new: applying the power of generative AI to create instant podcasts about any topic we wanted. All we had to supply was the raw material.
28 Year Old Staff Engineer @ Google
Advice for his younger self, imposter syndrome, saying no to bad projects
Ricky went from Junior (IC3) to Staff (IC6) at Google by 28. He started there as a new grad with a total compensation of $180K, which grew to $520k within a few years.
Google is so back with Gemini 2.0
This is a new ChatGPT moment in the history of AI
While OpenAI’s team has been busy with their 12 days of Christmas releases, Google just dropped the hammer. While o1 Pro Mode is fascinating, and a little concerning, the biggest news is the $200/month pricing. Sora is cool, but we’ve seen it before and other video models are plentiful.
Google quantum computing breakthrough with latest chip?
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Google opens another traffic spigot for publishers
PLUS: Why Apple News might start generating more revenue for publishers
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I don’t agree that YouTube has tried hard for years to eat into Twitch’s market share - live-streaming feels like an afterthought in the platform. Streaming in app is awful so you have to use a third party app, it’s barely a presence on YouTube’s page, you really have to hunt to find who’s currently live and even people who opt to be notified sometimes aren’t. Kick is a great alt, or will be when they fix the numerous bugs and do more for discovery (i have the app and half the time you tap on something and nothing happens.
I’m surprised the article didn’t mention anything about the current adpocalypse at Twitch - there’s a huge backlash over Twitch’s allowing of blatant anti-Semiticism while banning others for very minor offense, and advertisers pulled out in such force that streamers are getting maybe 20% of their previous revenue. (They make money on subs and gifts of course.)
I think Twitch will fade. Kick offers a better rev share and if it can fix its platform, or YouTube takes streaming more seriously, they can eat Twitch’s lunch.
On podcasters switching up the interview format… I’m new in the podcasting circuit, but I was quick to notice that the big guests do their book/show tour on a range of topics podcasts, and they all appear within a month or so (I guess depending on their recording schedule). It’s probably a rush as well for who gets the big guest out first…
Tim Ferriss has a good idea with his 90/10 rule, but there are also plenty of interesting people without a book or a show to push. Granted, from my experience, they’re harder to book because they don’t actively seek publicity.
But maybe this will be a silver lining for smaller podcasters, who could either get to speak to some of these bigger guests now shunned by the top podcasters, or differentiate themselves with more varied guests.
Google issues major price hike on YouTube TV
Alphabet subsidiary Google on Thursday notified subscribers of a major price increase for its YouTube TV streaming television service.
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My stress-free process for organizing your digital files
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Google AI's Revolutionary Research on Quantum Chips [Breakdowns]
The secret to Google's recent Quantum Computing Chip, Willow, might be in DeepMind's Research on Machine Learning for Quantum Error Correction.
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This is all very impressive, kudos to Google and all, but unless QEC demonstrates stable multi-qubit entanglement - stable enough to execute operations needed for Shor’s algorithm, for example - all that machinery accounts for nothing. Having qubit in superposition state just gives you 0 and 1 and confers no special benefit, only entanglement between qubits does. Until they explicitly address collapse of then entanglement and demonstrate its extended lifetime, their demonstration is smoke and mirrors. QC explicitly benefits from a narrow range of algorithms that require entanglement, the rest can be accomplished by regular computing with a fraction of cost.
Opinions on the initial practical applications of this? (From a market perspective - i.e. what problems will people pay to solve?)
Behind the Scenes of Launching Project Mariner
A Lesson in Embracing the Chaos
There's a classic image that often comes to mind when discussing hidden struggles: the seemingly serene duck gliding across the water, while beneath the surface, its legs paddle furiously. It's a reminder that appearances can be deceiving, that even in moments of outward calm, there's often a flurry of activity, a touch of chaos, just below the surface.
Thanks for sharing the hidden struggles Jaclyn, indeed perception is everything! and Congratulations on your product launch👏🚀. Excited to search "find a Massage Therapist near me that is available tomorrow" , so that I don't have to check gazillion calendars 😅
Google Quantum Leap Sparks Bitcoin Debate
Microsoft Bets Big on Embodied AI and PayPal Stock Gains Bullish Momentum
The Proposal to Break Up Google Is Finally Here
The Antitrust Division proposed a comprehensive solution to Google's monopoly, including pushing Apple into search. Now comes a mini-trial where Judge Amit Mehta will decide what to do.
Three and a half months ago, D.C. district Judge Amit Mehta found that Google broke antitrust law in monopolizing search and search advertising. In a tightly reasoned 277-page opinion, Mehta’s conclusion was that Google, by controlling the means of distribution of search engines through its ownership of Android and Chrome, as well as contracts with Appl…
I started in the field of computing in the mid-1960s. Back then it was "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves": IBM, along with Burroughs, NCR, RCA, Honeywell, Control Data, General Electric, and Univac. Only two of those (Honeywell and GE) still exist, and neither makes computers. But the "unbundling" of products from IBM spawned a host of independent peripheral and software suppliers, and microprocessors did the rest. Let's "dis-integrate" Google.
Interesting that Google is essentially implicitly admitting their secret agreement with Apple is illegal in that blog post response.
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