Every Wednesday / 17th July 2024 / goodsignals.com Weekly Trivia: Which Google Search feature is coming to an end this month? Happy Hot Dog Day! Yes, you heard it right. Today marks the 53rd celebration of the annual Hot Dog Day, when you can gobble unlimited hot dogs and gulp down root beer. How did I know? Check out 10 Yetis' day-of-the-year calendar and discover more excuses to devour ice cream, lasagne, and crème brûlée – how nice it is when every day is a holiday! (Hint: this Sunday is...
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Every Wednesday / 10th July 2024 / goodsignals.com Weekly Trivia: What animal's IQ did Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis compare to current AIs? What a week! Britain woke up to its most dramatic election result since 1997 as Labour secured a landslide victory, while England beat Switzerland on penalties to secure a place in tonight's semi-final against the Netherlands. However, the hot topic in our world was the hiccup in Search Console Performance Reports (now caught up).After all of that,...
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Every Wednesday / 3rd July 2024 / goodsignals.com SEO Trivia: With the US election in full swing (no, we're not talking about Joe Biden's golf swing, which saw a 3000+ increase in searches since the debate), where in the US cares most about crime? As politicians gear up for their final hours of general election campaigning, Google is taking action to combat misinformation in political ads. I've been volunteering for a fact-checking organisation for a month now, and the level of misinformation...
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Every Wednesday / 26th June 2024 / goodsignals.com SEO Trivia: Which UK party leader is the most searched for right now? (Hint: It's not who you think!) Aside from the buzz around the heatwave, Euros, and the election, I'm excited to share some news. Recently, I put our advice at The Signal to the test while revamping my partner's upholstery shop website. As an editor and writer, I usually leave technical matters to others on the team. But thanks to the insights we share here, I managed to...
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Every Wednesday / 19th June 2024 / goodsignals.com Trivia: True or false: Google is testing green links in the search results? Get answer. Hello, and welcome to another edition of The Signal! I hope you're having a fabulous week.As we approach dinner time, I find myself craving a Big Mac. But hold on a second, should I be concerned that McDonald's AI might surprise me with a BBQ McFlurry instead? Yes, you heard it right! In the US, McDonald's AI-based order system has been driving customers...
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Every Wednesday / 12th June 2024 / goodsignals.com Trivia: True or false: In the next few weeks, we’ll be able to test and compare up to five different thumbnails for each YouTube video? Get answer. Hello, and welcome to another edition of The Signal, packed with all the latest industry insights and trends from some true SEO legends. But first, could you help me to solve a dilemma? As a news editor, I want to set up a professional account on Instagram, but my matching username has already...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Every Wednesday / 5th June 2024 / goodsignals.com Trivia: AI apocalypse? True or false: This week, ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity all went down at the same time. Get answer. Hello, and welcome to this week's edition of The Signal. I hope you're having a fabulous week so far and are ready for your weekly dose of the latest in all things SEO and web search. There's so much happening this week, you might just need an AI twin to keep up! Yes, you read that right—Zoom's Eric Yuan is dreaming up...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Every Wednesday / 29th May 2024 / goodsignals.com We. Are. Back. After taking a short break and using face-to-face opportunities like BrightonSEO to gather feedback about The Signal, we've reached some conclusions and we thought we'd share them with you. People love the content, but each email was simply too long. So, we've decided to streamline our communications. Here’s the plan: Our Top Picks: Every Wednesday, we'll send you the most important articles we've discovered. The Playlist: Every...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read