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Search engine referral report for 2025 Q2(radar.cloudflare.com)
122 points by vgeek 1y ago|55 comments
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Consumerism Is the Perfection of Slavery – Prof Jiang Xueqin [video](youtube.com)
2 points by vgeek 1y ago|0 comments
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by vgeek 1y ago
Maybe you misunderstood the scope that Google is a search advertising company first and foremost? Alphabet ignores (yes, they essentially invented transformers, etc.., but actual productive efforts likely correlate to predicted TAM or prote
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by vgeek 1y ago
We are getting to watch The Innovator's Dilemma play out, yet again. The downward trajectory of Google's utility has only been worsening over the past 10 years-- but only in the last 3-4 have mainstream audiences started to notice
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by vgeek 1y ago
This seems to be an ecumenical matter.
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by vgeek 1y ago
Haven't there been numerous recent leaks detailing how Google has let revenue team take over from the search quality team over the past few years? [1] They can adjust auction parameters for owned properties to juice CPCs, blend ads to
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by vgeek 2y ago
Flock (YC17) They are growing and showing up everywhere, but you never hear about them in terms of real innovation, just helping build the surveillance state. Combine this with cloud based doorbell cameras and it seems like someone is alway
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by vgeek 2y ago
This is definitely a neat place to visit. No digital cameras are allowed past a specific point, even. I have snapshots from walking the main loop with my dog from a few years back posted here: https://vgeek.net/gallery/
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by vgeek 2y ago
Who?
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by vgeek 2y ago
I think of your suggested idea of objective reviews and classifications quite often, but the problem ends up being discoverability. There have been a handful of sites that were highly useful by aggregating price and consumer sentiment/
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by vgeek 2y ago
The same thing happens every 3-5 years. HowStuffWorks, About.com (now like 10 different domains), many IAC acquired properties, RedVenture sites, even random sites like LiveStrong.com will be wildly prominent when the domains historically a
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by vgeek 2y ago
Flock (YC17) is the primary facilitator here, along with their ALPRs. This is the first, and surely not the last, where the data they collect for law enforcement, HOAs and others, ends up in the hands of industry.
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by vgeek 2y ago
Anyone who has managed ads with performance in mind will be familiar with their tactics. (My post history on HN includes plenty of complaints like neutering reporting, organic search quality and how they essentially extort brands via brand
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by vgeek 2y ago
https://archive.ph/zfLpy
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by vgeek 2y ago
I also follow SERoundtable (I have worked as SEO/digital marketer/developer for roughly 20 years), but tend to discount many of the comments due to the assumption that many of the people complaining in broken English may not actua
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by vgeek 2y ago
"Here are pre-packaged PR points why to not pursue further antitrust action against the 21st century's largest monopoly who also pretty aggressively avoids paying their fair share in taxes."
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I used AI to bet on horse-racing. Here's what happened (2023)(ft.com)
2 points by vgeek 3y ago|3 comments
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by vgeek 3y ago
A herd of corgis.
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TypeRacer – Race against others in typing contests(play.typeracer.com)
1 points by vgeek 3y ago|0 comments
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by vgeek 3y ago
This seems tangentially similar to Times Beach-- where dioxins were used for dust control. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Beach,_Missouri
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by vgeek 3y ago
Yes, you are stating the obvious assumptions that altruism is absent and there is an adversarial relationship between capital and labor with frequently diametric objectives. If companies are constantly complaining about "nobody wants t
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by vgeek 3y ago
Why is it always surge pricing for consumers, but not employee compensation? (in a non-exploitative manner like the gig companies employee) Yes, there have been cash-flow improvements like daily payments, and maybe other improvements to sch
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by vgeek 3y ago
Matomo has per-user tracking (visits log) across sessions. Attribution won't be perfect, but you can make it tolerable with UTM tags. It can be GDPR compliant without much effort. You can also query the raw data via SQL if you want.
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by vgeek 3y ago
Nvidia gpu? If so, you can disable Nvidia specific suspend/hibernate functions and it may work fine.
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by vgeek 3y ago
Having managed branded search spend down, it is 100%. Extortion would likely be a better word, the "x" makes it seem cooler while being more representative of the "pay us or we show your competitors" situation.
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by vgeek 3y ago
Yep, they sold DunnhumbyUSA to Kroger and rebranded to 84.51. They used to have a super visible building right by Fort Washington Way (downtown interstate) and moved closer to Kroger HQ maybe 8-10 years ago after the sale. They still did ot
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by vgeek 3y ago
Blue Ash is a more educated/affluent suburb with significant P&G and Kroger facilities. Probably preferable to a 1hr each way (typical for many suburbs to downtown) commute and paying for parking. Downtown Cincinnati is kind of bor
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by vgeek 3y ago
As useless trivia-- one of Sanders' relatives founded Lee's Famous Recipe once Sanders essentially exited KFC. Subjectively, it is better than modern day KFC. The Corbin KFC/museum draws tons of tourists-- especially from Chi
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The Gilded Age – PBS American Experience [video](youtube.com)
2 points by vgeek 3y ago|0 comments
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by vgeek 3y ago
Focus on performance marketers who have verifiable performance. You want someone who speaks in numbers (e.g., ask vlookup vs index/match type questions) and is driven to test-- so look for someone who can explain different strategies

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