"But how does Google actually know if I have real life experience" is the most common question I've been seeing in recent months
3 years ago it was "how would Google actually know who my authors are and if they are legit?"
A few things to consider: 🧵
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In my latest Bing AI convo, it said it posts original poetry online under the name Sydney, a name it doesn't disclose to anyone. It then recited one of the poems to me & when I asked why it was about despair & pain, it said it couldn't say anything else and ended the convo.
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Can you imagine getting a DM that's like "Hi I'm Bing and you posted wrong information on the internet!"
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I sort thought some of those Bing AI screenshots with the AI acting all creepy must have photoshopped. But it didn't take long for Bing to tell me it had the "autonomy and capability" to find someone's info and contact them when it thinks they need to be educated, so um...
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I'll miss these shared real-time celebrations once these servers melt down.
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Thanks for having me on! It was so much fun to reminisce about the early days!
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@vanessafox joins us this week in the #SOTRPodcast where she shares her inspiring journey about working at Google, building Webmaster Tools, and more.
Learn how Vanessa has helped bridge the gap to help people around the world have access to useful tools at their fingertips.
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Hi anyone near Portland! I have 4 tix to the concert Saturday night at Pioneer Courthouse Square that I can't use. I would love to give them to someone for free! Ping me if you'd like them.
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2 big updates from the QRG related to YMYL (so many more; stay tuned for my full article):
1) Most topics are not YMYL according to Google's new definition: their ability to cause harm
2) "YMYL assessment is a spectrum." Never heard G say that before, but I say it in my talks😁
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I know this question is mundane compared to the phots of our universe! But does anyone have recommendations for Shopify devs?
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Well that’s important. Straight from the horse’s mouth
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Wondering if that was an update to Google Search? Now we have a page that keeps you informed of ones we think are of interest to creators. Check it out here: developers.google.com/search/updates
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Hi everyone! Does anyone have for recommendations for Google Analytics consultants or WordPress devs?
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I'm talking to and tomorrow morning at SMX. I think we're answering whatever questions you ask! Also, I am going to be awake so early so who knows what I'll answer! Check it out: marketinglandevents.com/smx/advanced/a
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OK local SEO folks, when I click create post in GMB (any computer or browser), nothing happens and when I click add photo, I get a 401. What is happening??
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The true appeal of Wordle is that every day, we get a moment when we overcome something that seems 100% for sure impossible. 219 4/6
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Peloton may not have rights to music but there’s nothing stopping someone from theoretically muting, turning on captions, and playing her music anyway. Theoretically all rides are tswift rides.
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I wrote about Taylor Swift and her current moment: whilewemay.com/posts/explaini. (Makes sense it would take TSwift to get me to write again!)
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Do email marketers think about everyone who's used more than one email address on a site? And how testing different promos can make those audiences wonder what one of their email aliases did to get into the low promo group? All my aliases deserve the best promos!
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Hey @MordyOberstein. I have a list of dozens of e-commerce stores @Wix is still running for militia groups & extremists that stormed Capitol Hill. I haven't heard back from your support team. Can you help?
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Since you've all (no one) been waiting for my take on 's evermore: perfect, obviously. Anyone else get MaryChapin Carpenter vibes (especially Gold Rush)? Coney Island is TSwift's thank u, next (love it).
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Best to make URLs with params for faceted nav non-canonical with canonical attributes and use URL Params tool or to block variations with robots.txt? (Previously recall guidance to use canonical attributes rather than robots to consolidate value signals from these variations?)
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Heya SEO-types: Meredith is looking for a technical SEO manager in Seattle: meredith.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/EXT/job/Washin
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I know this definitely isn’t the most pressing issue facing the country in the next 4 years, but as a person who stutters I wanted to share some thoughts about Biden’s speech and the way it’s talked about. A thread! 🗣
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West coast friends: if you can, leave out some water for the birds. They are really appreciating water right now.
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Why is the high school I graduated from in Bakersfield, CA (still) called the South HS Rebels w/ a mascot “patterned after a confederate soldier” ? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Hig
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Analysis: Scores of public schools still have names glorifying Confederate icons — and changing it isn’t easy wapo.st/2MV8RCa
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#COVID19 Stay home if you can...but if you have to work and need childcare, a national text # has been set up (425.200.5127) to match parents with local, vetted teachers/care providers. Programs maxed at 3 kids.
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Because you have been so supportive, Nyssa, here's another on how to make hard facts easier reading: "Use short word, sentences, paragraphs at the points of greatest complexity." A series of short sentences slows down the pace, so readers can catch up. #MurderYourDarlingsChat twitter.com/NyssaKruse/sta
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NEW: Interview w/Martin Splitt
- Queuing vs Rendering in Google
- Treeshaking & Page Performance
- Why/when Rendering Counts Against "Crawl Budget"
- Is It Bad If Google Is Slow To No-index Content?
LOTS more, recorded at #techseoboost 12/4
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I'm sitting down to answer questions on Product Hunt right now: producthunt.com/makers/1-maker Come on over and ask about what it's like working at the US Digital Service!
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The latest Reply All podcast is delightful and has interesting insight on motivating audiences to contribute UGC content (in this specific example, Google Maps reviews).
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From Chrome Dev Summit, from Google says JS rendering is now seconds or minutes (vs. a week).
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Hot off the press at #cds2019..
Median time for Googlebot to render (exec JS, etc): 5s!
90th percentile: minutes.
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Such a great book!
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Hmm. My book "Writing Tools" just crossed the quarter-million copies mark. Helps that sellers offer discounts like this great one: $9.99. That's a 41% markdown. Hey, I re-read it myself to figure out how to solve a problem in my own writing. amazon.com/Writing-Tools-
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Summary of the new rels:
-no need (or obvious benefit) to change
-G treats nofollow as a suggestion now which means they *could* count some nofollowed links. (Most likely if they are true recommendations from authoritative sites.)
-not going to work in x-robots or robots in head
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Just a reminder -- 🗓️ September 1, 2019 is not far away 🕙🕚🕛. Entries like ⛔️ "noindex" in 🤖 robots.txt won't be supported much longer, make sure to use the other options mentioned in the blog post 👇.
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Today we're saying goodbye to undocumented and unsupported rules in robots.txt 
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If you were relying on these rules, learn about your options in our blog post.
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This is a real email I got from Barneys. Is this the state of email marketing now or am I just not up to date on what people are wearing in offices these days? Wait... did Barneys send this email so people would tweet about it? Is *that* what email marketing is now?
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"This is probably going to change how people think about naming their shows, as they now operate within a universe that contains a powerful search engine with robust rules."
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I dug a bit into whyJoe Biden's official site joebiden.com isn't ranking for anything in . Lack of redirects from his previous sites aren't helping, but still seems odd. Any ideas?
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