Recent writing on search and AI
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Did The US TikTok Algorithm Just Change And Did It Add Censorship?
Edited on 1/21/242 to update based on the latest behavior and discourse: “smallest man who ever lived” is now autopopulating correctly in search (as are other man-related phrases). “Banned books” is still not autopopulating (but you can still search for it) and you still can’t…
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How Mainstream News Sites Are Making Google Less Trustworthy (And How They Can Help Improve the Accuracy and Credibility of Google Search Results)
Google has a credibility problem. And those authoritative backed-by-lots-of-fact-checking news sites like The New York Times? They’re only making Google’s problems more difficult. Searchers have long taken as a given that top-ranked search results are accurate, but as far as I know (which, at least…
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Forcing Balance: A Wild and Crazy Road
I’m writing this from the woods off the coast of Georgia. Outside, all I can see are stars. Well, mostly all I see is dark, but also stars through the gaps in the trees. The only sound is crickets. Which…
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When’s the last time you heard a man say, ‘I’ve been reading this great book, you’d really like it?’
Last week, I talked with a BBC reporter about a story she’s writing on the importance of networks for women (I’ll add the link when the article is published in a few weeks). I think this is an important issue,…