The PPC industry has seen lots of changes lately, especially with the advent of AI, but the same questions still remain: How do you know what to put your money behind? How do you prove it to your executives? How should we use AI to our best advantage? Let’s face it – no one likes wasted ad spend. That’s why we put together this series of articles to answer these questions for you. We know that with the rise of AI and shifts in how specific PPC tools work, PPC marketers are looking for how to
Blockchain is often criticised as a solution in search of a problem. But one group of people has already found immense value in the tech: money launderers. Their crimes cause painful headaches for financial institutions, crypto businesses, legitimate law enforcem
Since the public release of generative AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and countless other models less than a year ago, debate has swirled among educators about their potential to transform learning and upend traditional teaching norms.
Not unexpectedly, GenAI’s ability to freely and instantly create information, generate ideas, and boost knowledge—24/7—has captured the imagination of students worldwide.
Wix announced a new tool called Wix Proposals that allows premium users to create professional proposals and close more deals
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Gain insights on the perception gap surrounding SGE and its potential impact on the relationship between Google and the SEO community.
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Discover why businesses need SEO now more than ever. Learn how SEO can help you understand and reach your customers in key moments that matter.
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All about the research that the User Experience team will be focused on over the next quarter and how you can help. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/05/01/upcoming-research-at-stack-overflow/
Alexa often asks me, unprompted, if I’d like it to give me a heads-up when snow is forecasted. It’s an unexpectedly proactive gesture. Except here in the San Francisco Bay Area, snow is never in the offing—and Amazon doesn’t seem to have programmed its voice assistant to understand the command “Alexa, stop asking me that pointless question over and over.”
I don’t mean to blame an entire class of tech products for one offender’s sin
HTML tags are crucial for SEO more than ever before. In this post, I'm sharing the top 10 HTML meta tags you need to know.
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Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry. In today’s episode, Linnea and Andrii talk a
Another week, another uneasy deal between Big Tech and the publications covering its players. OpenAI announced Monday that it had struck a deal with the Financial Times to license the newspaper’s journalistic output as training data for its large language models, which in turn power chatbots like ChatGPT.
The FT is t
If you're working with a marketing or ad agency, or about to, there are 7 key aspects to have a successful client/agency relationship.
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Bad news first, php[tek] 2024 is over. Good news, you don’t have to listen to us talk about php[tek] 2024 as much anymore. php[tek] 2025, however, is just around the corner, and there is no time like the present to put the bug in your supervisor’s ear about attending.
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The facts about medium-level vulnerabilities and whether they're something to worry about
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Jak si něco zapamatovat prostřednictvím představy prostorového rozmístění. Nezapomeňte mu však za toto metodické poučení zaplatit. Jak vydělat i na básních. A co teď s „autorskými“ (dnes spíše s nakladatelskými) právy? A jak sdílet nové myšlenky? http://www.osel.cz/13455-simonides-z-keu-objevitel-mnemotechniky-a-autorskych-prav.html
Létající robot BionicBee společnosti Festo připomíná včelu o délce a rozpětí křídel přes 20 centimetrů. Do včelího úlu by se nevešla, zato umí autonomně létat v hejnu, přičemž hejnové chování řídí centrální počítač. Je to významný milník ve vývoji autonomního letu i hejnových inteligencí. http://www.osel.cz/13454-roboticke-vcely-bionicbee-jsou-schopne-autonomniho-letu-v-hejnu.html
Changpeng Zhao, founder of crypto exchange Binance, was sentenced on Tuesday to four months in prison after pleading guilty to money laundering last November.
The sentence is far below what prosecutors had suggested—and lower than the guidelines for the crimes (which were 12-18 months). Zhao
OpenAI deal puts ChatGPT on path of showing content and links in response to queries, which may be good news for publishers & SEO
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If you’re an ecommerce brand or retailer, then promoting your products through Google Shopping Ads is likely a large part of your performance marketing strategy. But in today’s competitive market, how can you make sure you’re getting the most return on your ad spend? Join us on May 8 for a live panel discussion with ecommerce experts on how to improve your campaigns and elevate your paid ad strategy. In this engaging session, Bryan Butler, VP of Sales and Marketing at SearchLogic, Joshua Yo
Google Ads will automatically pause inactive keywords starting in June.
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Explore the possible reasons behind Google and YouTube holding separate NewFront events. Learn how they are unveiling updates and strategies for digital video.
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Vinted, the popular online marketplace for second-hand fashion, has announced its first-ever annual profit. The milestone follows a strong 2023, reaching €596.3mn in revenue — a 61% increase compared to the previous year (€370.2mn). With an adjusted EBITDA at
The European Space Agency (ESA) has secured a ride for its solar wind satellite. The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer — or Smile for short — will blast into space aboard a Vega-C rocket. The launch is scheduled for late 2025 from Europe
MindAffect, a Netherlands-based healthtech startup, has raised €1.1mn to bring its hearing diagnostics technology to market. A spinout from Radboud University, MindAffect has developed a patented brain computer interface (BCI) technology, which enables diagnos
Bumble unveiled a fresh look on Tuesday, marking what the company hopes is a new chapter for the decade-old dating app. The app, which stands apart from its competitors by requiring women to send the first message with male connections, now has a new logo, bolder fonts, and refreshed colors and illustrations.
“As with any big birthday, it’s been a time of reflection,” Bumble Senior Product Manager Dara Alsulayman said in a recorded presentation to reporters. “It also has
Instant delivery platform Getir has announced it is leaving nearly every market it operates in to focus on its home country of Turkey, according to multiple media reports. This includes withdrawing from the United States, the United Kingdom, and most countries in Europe—and with those withdrawals, thousands of jobs will be eliminated.
Getir was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Istanbul. The company allowed users to order a variety of grocery products and have them delivered
Work marketplace Upwork is introducing its first “mindful artificial intelligence” solution that it believes will power the future of work on the platform.
The AI, called Uma, is built for both freelancers and employers alike. Initially it can handle a handful of tasks. Job posters, for example, can use Uma to formulate a proposal that best describes a project they need to staff. On the flip side, the AI helps understand whether a freelancer’s skillset matches an
A coin called TON has leapt in value in recent months, with investors betting its integration with messenger service Telegram could bring the cryptocurrency to the app’s estimated 900 million users.
Telegram endorsed TON in September last year, saying the blockchain and associated token would be its “official Web3 infrastructure”. Earlier thi
In the latest Stack Overflow for Teams Enterprise release, you'll see updates that make collaboration smarter and knowledge discovery easier. This release also includes OverflowAI, a GenAI-powered paid add-on to Enterprise subscriptions. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/04/30/collaborating-smarter-overflowai/
Milton Perez spent more than five years living in New York City’s shelter system before he found an affordable apartment in Brooklyn through a housing lottery. Having a place of his own was a relief for Perez, who is a leader with the Vocal NY Homelessness Union. But it was also a cellular dead zone, and like millions of other New Yorkers—and millions more people across the country—Perez couldn’t affor
Six Flags is aiming to change the way guests interact with its parks—including using artificial intelligence to support those changes.
On Monday the amusement park giant announced what it called a “complete digital transformation” of its operations, updating everything from its rides to its website. It’s also introducing an AI-driven “digital concierge” that will live on the company’s app and website.
“Our guests are at the heart of everything we do, and this
Twenty years in, Yelp is turning to AI to help bring restaurant reviews to life.
The reviews behemoth is testing AI to create short narrated videos describing local businesses by stitching together the photos, videos, and text descriptions that users have already uploaded to the platform.
It’s part of an ongoing push by Yelp to process the hundreds of millions of reviews it’s collected with large language model AI to hel
In this interview, learn insights from ex-Google and Meta expert Logan Wellbaum and find out the essential AI tools to create and measure effective ads.
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On this episode: The FTC bans most noncompete agreements, the implications of the TikTok “ban,” why a 2017 law is hitting startups with huge tax bills seven years later, and the return of net neutrality. Plus: the wunderkind hacker who ransomed Finland’s anxieties and secrets. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/04/30/net-neutrality-is-in-tiktok-and-noncompetes-are-out/
The Federal Communications Commission on Monday fined the largest U.S. wireless carriers nearly $200 million for illegally sharing access to customers’ location information.
The FCC is finalizing fines first proposed in February 2020, including $80 million for T-Mobile; $12 million for Sprint, which T-Mobile has since acquired; $57 million
OpenAI announced on Monday that its popular ChatGPT chatbot will now remember user details including basic information, hobbies, and prompt history. The chatbot’s enhanced memory will be available only to subscribers of the $20/month ChatGPT Plus service.
In China this weekend, Elon Musk snagged the biggest green light yet for Full Self-Driving mode, the advanced software that Tesla claims equips its EVs to drive themselves almost anywhere with minimal human intervention.
Tesla’s market performance has been underwhelming lately, and news of a major deal to offer autonomous driving in Earth’s largest and most competitive EV ma
Google's Mueller shares insights on regaining visibility after algorithm updates, though recovery timeline remains unclear.
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Buzzwords describing the digital dating scene are all over social media. Have you been ghosted? Is someone orbiting you? Are you being breadcrumbed? While these dating patterns may not be new, the words to describe them continue to evolve.
As a psychotherapist, I see firsthand the impact these experiences can have on mental
Do you ever think about the digital footprint you leave when you are browsing the web, shopping online, commenting on social networks, or going by a facial recognition camera?
State surveillance of citizens is growing all ov
Google removes the manual submission option for Google News from the Publishers Center
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Na téhle planetě je pro lidi jenom málo patogenů horších než naeglerie, nenápadná měňavka se zálibou v mozcích. Ale i naeglerie se někoho bojí. Velkého DNA viru, který ji dokáže infikovat, ovládnout a zničit během pár hodin. Jak je u těchto virů vcelku obvyklé, objevili ho ve vodárenském zařízení. Ničil naeglerie v jedné čističce odpadních vod u Vídně. http://www.osel.cz/13453-naegleriavirus-je-nemesis-nelitostneho-zabijaka-naeglerie.html
Google Ads launches Performance Max updates for full-funnel optimization, audience insights, and testing advertising strategies.
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Google Search Analyst Gary Illyes addresses AI, site migrations, and "SEO is dead" claims, offering insights for SEO professionals.
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Paris-based Klineo has raised €2mn for its AI platform that facilitates access to cancer clinical trials. Klineo’s platform connects doctors and patients directly with relevant clinical trials. It provides trial search, contact with medical centres, as
The Financial Times (full disclosure — the owners of The Next Web) have inked a deal with OpenAI. The American firm will use the British publisher’s content to train its generative AI models. The deal is the latest in a string of new partnersh
Last year, a who’s who of world leaders, corporate executives and academic experts gathered at Britain’s Bletchley Park for the world’s first global AI Safety Summit, hoping to reach consensus on the regulation of a technology some warned posed a threat to humanity.
Tesla mogul Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman rubbed shoulders with some of their
Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrived in Beijing on Sunday on an unannounced visit, where he was expected to discuss the rollout of Full Self-Driving (FSD) software and permission to transfer data overseas, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
Chinese state media repo
Under the UK’s new cybersecurity law, consumer smart devices can no longer allow the use of weak, easy-to-guess passwords, such as “admin” or “12345.” This is part of a set of minimum-security standards the UK is requiring to protect consumers from hacking a
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Polestar has successfully charged its upcoming EV model in just 10 minutes. The Swedish car maker achieved the feat using a “silicon-dominant” battery built by Israeli startup StoreDot. Polestar installed the battery in a fully drivable prototype of its Polestar 5
More than 7 million distributed-denial-of service (DDoS) attacks were launched in the last six months of 2023—and an increasing number of them are politically motivated, a new new analysis finds.
The cybersecurity defense services provider NETSCOUT tracked the sectors in which victims worked, and the time at which they were attacked. It found that DDoS attacks rose 15% in the second half of 2023 compared to the first half. Many
Stay ahead of the game with this powerful tool and learn how to interact with it depending on your CMS or coding approach.
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Experts share five valuable tips for ensuring a successful site migration
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Take a look at 25 SEO-friendly WordPress alternatives separated by primary functionality, so you can make the best choice for your needs.
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