• Daily Search Forum Recap: March 3, 2025

    Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google Ads stopped running for many advertisers over the weekend…

  • March 2025 Google Webmaster Report

    It is time for the monthly Google Webmaster Report. We are now in March as we continue to wait for the first Google core update of 2025. We did have a number of big unconfirmed Google updates, as documented below.

  • Google Ads Mystery Shopping Rating — What?

    Have any of you heard of the Google Ads mystery shopping rating? Well, it may be used by Google for the overall store rating, which is calculated from customer reviews and a «Mystery Shopping Rating,» according to a Google Ads rep.

  • Google Ads Triple Serving Ads On Same Search Results Page

    Last December, Google confirmed they are testing double serving ads on the search results. Double serving ads is showing the same ad from the same advertiser more than once on the search results page. It was something against the Google Ads policy. Well, now Google is triple serving ads on the same page!

  • Google Tests AI Overviews In Germany, Switzerland, Italy & More

    While we’ve seen AI Overviews in the United States for a while now, and while Google has expanded them to 100+ countries — they are still not officially launched in many European countries like Germany, Switzerland, Italy and others. Well, now we are hearing that Google is testing AI Overviews in those countries.

  • Fast, Broken, and Stuck? Your Content Team Needs Processes To Break

    Let’s hear it for the unsung heroes of marketing — the people who develop the processes and standards. Without them, you’ll struggle to spot your content superstars. Here’s why they’re a crucial foil to innovators who buck their systems.

  • Defog AI Open Sources Introspect: MIT-Licensed Deep-Research for Your Internal Data

    Modern enterprises face a myriad of challenges when it comes to internal data research. Data today is scattered across various sources—spreadsheets, databases, PDFs, and even online platforms—making it difficult to extract coherent insights. Many organizations struggle with disjointed systems where structured SQL queries and unstructured documents do not easily speak the same language. This fragmentation…

  • Accelerating AI: How Distilled Reasoners Scale Inference Compute for Faster, Smarter LLMs

    Improving how large language models (LLMs) handle complex reasoning tasks while keeping computational costs low is a challenge. Generating multiple reasoning steps and selecting the best answer increases accuracy, but this process demands a lot of memory and computing power. Dealing with long reasoning chains or huge batches is computationally expensive and slows down models,…

  • Acute Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Risky Decision Making and Reward Processing in Young Adults

    Acute exercise is suggested to elicit benefits for cool executive function, but the sensitivity of its hot components, such as risky decision making, to exercise remains unclear. However, improvements in risky decision making are relevant due to its predictive value for engagement in unhealthy behaviors in young adults in particular. We investigated the acute effects…

  • A multi-analyte blood test for acute spinal cord injury

    BACKGROUNDRapid diagnosis to facilitate urgent intervention is critical for treatment of acute spinal cord injury (SCI). We hypothesized that a multi-analyte blood biomarker would support point-of-care SCI diagnosis, correlate with injury severity, and predict long-term neurologic outcomes.METHODSDroplet digital PCR (ddPCR) assays were designed to amplify differentially hypomethylated genomic loci in spinal cord tissue. An optimized…