HowToGeek: “You can’t search the entire Craigslist site all at once by default—you’re limited to picking one region or another. However, if you’re deal hunting, that is a serious restriction. Here are a few ways to search the entirety of Craigslist all at once…SearchTempest is a website that lets you search Craigslist entries from around… Continue Reading
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The Free Library by Farlex
34,746,903 articles and books – “Since 2003, The Free Library has offered free, full-text versions of classic literary works from hundreds of celebrated authors, whose biographies, images, and famous quotations can also be found on the site. Recently, The Free Library has been expanded to include a massive collection of periodicals from hundreds of leading… Continue Reading
7 Lesser-Known Google Maps Features
Wired – Even if you use Google Maps every day on your phone or on your computer, you might not know about these hidden tricks. “Google Maps is one of the most popular apps there is. It’s used by more than a billion people every month across Android, iOS, and the web. It’s also an… Continue Reading
Google Fact Check Tools
“The Fact Check Tools consist of two tools: Fact Check Explorer and Fact Check Markup Tool. Both tools aim to facilitate the work of fact checkers, journalists and researchers. Google does not endorse or create any of these fact checks. If you disagree with one, please contact the website owner that published it. Fact Check… Continue Reading
The Internet Archive Rescues MTV News’ Web Site, Making 460,000+ of Its Pages Searchable Again
Open Culture: “Last month, MTV News’ web site went missing. Or at least almost all of it did, including an archive of stories going back to 1997. To some of us, and especially to those of us old enough to have grown up watching MTV on actual television, that won’t sound like an especially long… Continue Reading
How to Search for Words in a YouTube Video
MakeUseOf: “Ever find yourself skipping through a YouTube timeline trying to find a punchline or a specific part of a tutorial? I’ve been there, too, and figured there must be an easier way to find specific words within a YouTube video. Like me, you’ll be very pleased to know there are several ways you can… Continue Reading
Nearly 60% of Google searches end without a click in 2024
One more time…but likely not the last time…please stop using Google. Via Search engineLand. Nearly 60% of Google searches end without a click in 2024 – “A majority of Google searches – 58.5% in the U.S. and 59.7% in the EU – result in zero clicks. A zero-click search happens when users end their session… Continue Reading
Search everywhere optimization: 7 platforms SEOs need to optimize for beyond Google
Search Engine Land: “It’s “search everywhere optimization.” This means that, as organic search strategists, we must take more ownership to optimize beyond Google. Search is more fractured than ever, so people turn to places beyond Google to find what they need. My agency has access to a wealth of proprietary and client data and we’re… Continue Reading
ChatGPT is bullshit
ChatGPT is bullshit. Michael Townsen Hicks, James Humphries. Ethics and Information Technology, June 8, 2024. Volume 26, article number 38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-024-09775-5. “Recently, there has been considerable interest in large language models: machine learning systems which produce human-like text and dialogue. Applications of these systems have been plagued by persistent inaccuracies in their output; these are… Continue Reading
Generative AI Resources 2024
Via LLRX – Generative AI Resources 2024 – Referencing an article in this month’s Georgetown Law Technology Review, “…traditional AI algorithms normally operate by carrying out a specific function or completing a task using a data set that contains information on how that function or task has previously been done In other words, traditional AI is… Continue Reading
When the Terms of Service Change to Make Way for A.I. Training
The New York Times [no paywall]: “Last July, Google made an eight-word change to its privacy policy that represented a significant step in its race to build the next generation of artificial intelligence. Buried thousands of words into its document, Google tweaked the phrasing for how it used data for its products, adding that public… Continue Reading
Public domain comic book archive
Comic Book + / Total 42,888: “Welcome to the main page of our massive public domain comic book archive. True gems to download or read online. So many, it is impossible to read them all! The majority of our books belong to what has been termed the Golden Age of Comics. This began primarily with… Continue Reading
