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Google's Plagiarism Stew - Episode 71
Where queries are weird, advice is controversial, and everything depends.
In this week’s episode, we cover Google’s Plagiarism Stew, Squarespace acquires Google Domains, and AIPRM adds a neat prompt library Teams feature.
We also discuss a Spammy Google Form, a local link-building playbook, and Neuro-Symbolic AI.
Also:
- Consolidating websites
- Google Lens and Bard
- Retrieval Augmented Generation
Host: Garrett Sussman | Demand Generation Manager
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Show notes / References:
Google/SERP Updates:
- Squarespace gets Google Domains – Squarespace
- Google Bard Gets Lens, Lens Detects Skin Conditions & Helps You Shop – Google
- New report for spammy, deceptive or low quality webpages – Google
AI Generation and SEO:
- Plagiarism Engine: Google’s Content-Swiping AI Could Break the Internet – Avram Piltch – Tom’s Hardware
- Neuro-symbolic AI: Where Knowledge Graphs Meet (Large) Language Models – Andrea Volpini – WordLift
- Function calling and other API updates – OpenAI
- State of Generative AI Survey – Round 2 – iPullRank and MarketMuse
Twitter/LinkedIn SEO:
- Video keyword tracking and visibility – Aleyda Solis
- The 9 Dysfunctions of SEO – Malte Landwehr
General SEO:
- My Local Link Building Playbook – Jon Cooper
- Disavowing The Disavow Tool [Case Study] – Glenn Gabe
Tools/Features:
- New Feature – AIPRM Teams – Michael King – AIPRM
- 3 Real-Life AIPRM Use Cases For Your Small Business – Garrett Sussman – AIPRM
- Live Crawling and Retrieval Augmented Generation – Michael King – AIPRM
- New Keyword Clustering Tool – Semrush
Rankable:
- The Misunderstood Intersection of SEO and UX – Adriana Stein – Rankable Ep. 113
- The Business of Website Consolidation LinkedIn Live – Zach Chahalis, Michael Glavac, and Garrett Sussman – iPullRank
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Garrett is the Marketing Director at iPullRank, a MozCon 2024 Speaker, and host of The SEO Weekly. When he's not crafting content, he's scouting the perfect ice coffee, playing with his daughter, devouring a non-fiction psychology book, or concocting a new recipe in the kitchen.
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