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SEO Consultant at G-Squared Interactive.
Anyone else tired of this yet? It's AI madness... And does anyone at the big tech companies vet this before publishing? -> Google deletes X post after getting caught using a ‘stolen’ AI recipe infographic
www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artific...
Based on my testing, AI Search platforms need to greatly improve on that front, other than Copilot and Gemini (which leverage Google and Bing). AIOs and AI Mode also performed well overall. You can check my post for the full details.
www.gsqi.com/marketing-bl...
Are you translating content and using hreflang? You should check out my latest post -> AI Search, hreflang, and translated content. How do ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, and Claude handle multilingual queries?
01.12.2025 14:18 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Here we go... "Search ad", "Search Ads Carousel", and "Bazaar content" -> OpenAI plants testing ads in ChatGPT Android app
"OpenAI is preparing to bring ads to the ChatGPT Android app, with code in the latest beta hinting at marketplace content and search-focused ad displays."
"Amazon declined to comment. Dupe can still show Amazon links in its search results, but it can no longer earn commissions off them when customers make purchases. Ghoshal said he still plans to include Amazon products in Dupe’s search results to make the app as useful as possible for shoppers."
29.11.2025 13:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Whoa, Amazon cut off Dupe from earning affiliate dollars -> Amazon’s AI Crackdown Hits More AI Search Startups
"Amazon dropped Dupe from the list of companies able to earn money from linking shoppers to Amazon, according to Dupe’s co-founder and CEO, Bobby Ghoshal. Amazon communicated its..."
It's why I never recommend going down the AI content path... This was all low-quality AI content and now the site owner is trying to figure out how to save the domain/site.
From John: "I wouldn't think about it as AI or not, but about the value that the site adds to the web. Just rewriting AI..."
Persistence is key when you are trying to drive change. The folks at @inspiredtaste.net have been sharing about "Frankenstein" recipes for a long time. Finally it's getting noticed. CBS covered this on-air after Bloomberg wrote a great post about the situation, and CBS did get a response from Google
28.11.2025 14:18 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
Some screenshot of Perplexity shopping in action (with PayPal integration):
26.11.2025 13:26 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Here we go. Right ahead of Black Friday. Perplexity's shopping product launched (with PayPal)
"US users exploring Perplexity's new shopping experience can transition from research to purchase, leveraging PayPal’s identity verification, Purchase and Seller protection, and trusted payment processing"
I wonder how long before Google fixes "Frankenstein" recipes? -> AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet — And Thanksgiving Dinner
"An AI-assembled version of Gargano’s Christmas cake would have people cooking a 6-inch cake for 3 to 4 hours at 320°F (160°C). “You’d end up with charcoal!”
And here's a typical tailgate in one of the (many) lots before the game. Food, drinks, games, etc. Starts around 8AM and games are typically noon or 3:30. Fun time.
25.11.2025 17:45 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Dynamic View in Gemini is pretty incredible. You need to test it out -> Google is starting to bridge OpenAI's product moat, like with Gemini's “Dynamic View” option, which converts a text answer into an interactive, visual output
spyglass.org/gemini-vs-ch...
Some were but many of those have gotten indexed so ChatGPT could be finding them during the research phase.
25.11.2025 17:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
LOL, I'm sure it is! My son goes to Penn State. 110K people in the stadium and many more tailgating before the game (and after). We also tailgate at JMU where my daughter goes (they are now ranked 20 in the country!) This shot was from earlier in the season as the stadium was filling up (Penn State)
25.11.2025 17:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I've been testing ChatGPT's shopping research. Here's one example. Shopped for 3 minutes, checked 28 products. It checked several sources for lists, reviews, etc., including Reddit. But there wasn't a way to see those sources in a list, though. I think that would be a smart addition by OpenAI.
25.11.2025 13:54 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
And like I said in a recent post, they are going to build their core systems, work to surface the highest quality and most trustworthy sites, etc.
"We trained it to read trusted sites, cite reliable sources, and synthesize information across many sources to produce high-quality product research."
Big news... alarms are going off at affiliate sites now. And wait, it "reviews quality scores"?? -> OpenAI introduces shopping research in ChatGPT (just in time for Black Friday and Cyber Monday)
openai.com/index/chatgp...
How ads look in Web Guide: Wait, where's Web Guide??? Oh, it's below the GIANT sponsored block. :) And again, Web Guide now triggers as my default search mode (at least for the time being). Google is heavily testing that now... I'm sure to gain valuable user interaction data...
24.11.2025 17:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Seeing ads consistently now in AI Mode (mostly for local services). I'm sure ad units will arrive ABOVE the answer at some point, & then maybe WITHIN the answer. Google also said a long time ago they would test NATIVE ads (sponsored part of the answer). Will be interesting to see how this evolves :)
24.11.2025 14:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The elusive ads in AI Mode :) -> Google says ads that some users are seeing in AI Mode are part of a test; the ads have a "sponsored" label and appear at the bottom of the page
www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artific...
Shocking... ;) -> Study: LLMs.txt Shows No Clear Effect On AI Citations, Based On 300k Domains
"Analysis of 300k domains found LLMs.txt adoption is low & has no measurable link to AI citation frequency. SE Ranking’s crawl found llms.txt on 10.1% of domains. i.e. 9 out of 10 sites didn't have it."
Super interesting. From div-level noindexing to having content excluded from answer-forward features to opting out of AIO features to a separation of grounding versus training for AIOs... Would love to see something roll out :) -> Google Weighed Six Options For Publishers Controlling AI
20.11.2025 18:31 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Nano Banana Pro is here. I've been testing it over the past few weeks.
*Advanced Text Rendering
*You can draw or annotate on photos
*You can create product photos from sketches
*Change aspect ratios
*You can combine photos (up to 6 images) and blend them
And more...
techcrunch.com/2025/11/20/g...
And then in Chrome, there used to be a 'Following' feed versus the standard Discover feed. I believe that is what they are saying is gone. You can still follow sites in Discover via the 'Follow' button. A bit of a confusing announcement from Google so I thought I would help try and clear that up. :)
20.11.2025 14:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Interested in Discover? Google just posted an update to its docs explaining that the Follow feature is no longer shown in Discover. But the devil is in the details. They link to the Chrome follow feature which covered the 'Follow' button you could access via the overflow menu in Chrome for Android.
20.11.2025 14:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Broadly, our third-party collaborations take three forms:
*Independent evaluations of key frontier capability and risk areas
*Methodology reviews that assess how we evaluate and interpret risk
*Subject-matter expert (SME) probing, where experts evaluate the model directly on real world SME tasks
Like quality raters, but for OpenAI -> Strengthening our safety ecosystem with external testing
"At OpenAI, we believe that independent, trusted third party assessments play a critical role in strengthening the safety ecosystem of frontier AI. Third party assessments are evaluations conducted..."
More: "The artificial intelligence startup has partnered with PayPal ahead of the launch, and users will eventually be able to directly purchase items from more than 5,000 merchants through Perplexity’s search engine."
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/p...
