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Andrew Shotland

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CEO of Local SEO Guide. Inventor of #MapMojis! https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/this-is-not-the-natural-state-of-things

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Andrew Shotland @localseoguide.com · 5d

"We are tired of paying Google, so paying a different middle man will be a win."

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

WYNDHAM HOTELS: “.. Chat, Perplexity, Gemini are reshaping how guests book hotels and it is presenting a unique opportunity for us to continue to reduce our dependency on OTAs ..” 👀

$BKNG $EXPE

Andrew Shotland @localseoguide.com · 6d

From our local paper

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8d

News of an OpenAI browser “is the latest sign of the company heading down the ad-supported road” — but it raises “a troubling question: does the world need trillions worth of computing infrastructure if all AI winds up being is a new version Google/Instagram?)”

- Vital Knowledge $GOOGL

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11d

Oh this is perfection

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11d

46th anniversary this weekend.

Specials album cover: seven suited men look up at the camera

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12d

Meanwhile, in Canada ..

“.. Prime Minister Mark Carney taps a keg as beer sprays during Oktoberfest celebrations at the Schwaben Club in Breslau, Ontario ..” 🇨🇦

@reuters.com

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Andrew Shotland @localseoguide.com · 12d

I remember the note from Tom Mandel well internet-salmagundi.com/2024/08/the-....

The Saga of The Well, the World's Most Influential Online Community – Internet Salmagundi

It started as a social experiment. But when the lines between the virtual and physical worlds started to blur, there were dark consequences.

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Andrew Shotland @localseoguide.com · 12d

Uber also plans to launch ctr manipulation and driving directions spoofing. Stock up in early trading.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 13d

Uber plans to launch data labelling tasks in the US for some drivers to earn extra money, appearing under "digital tasks" in the driver app, later this fall (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Andrew Shotland @localseoguide.com · 13d

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Andrew Shotland @localseoguide.com · 13d

ICE is horrific, but if they focused only on slow walkers in airports, I could get behind it.

Andrew Shotland @localseoguide.com · 13d

TFW a minute after you send a client a "you're fucked" deck, their current SEO firm requests access...👀

Andrew Shotland @localseoguide.com · 13d

Unless they've got their own version of something like Wordle, I don't get why anyone would subscribe.

And even with a few games, I still don't get it.

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 15d

Rapper 50 Cent, adjusted for inflation, is 109 Cent. [50centadjustedforinflation.com]

50 Cent Adjusted for Inflation

109 Cent

50centadjustedforinflation.com

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Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 15d

probably my most deeply-held belief: it is not possible for a slide deck to be both (1) a good presentation aide; and (2) a standalone document that can be read and understood in isolation.

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Andrew Shotland @localseoguide.com · 15d

For my friends still active on Twitter/X

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15d

"The richest man in the world and the owner of the most influential social media site in US politics is a nazi who openly supports and amplifies other nazis" would, on its face, seem to be rather newsworthy!

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 15d

Hey news people: I know you like to pretend this doesn't exist, but you need to pay attention to the Nazi drama on Twitter. Basically, it seems as if Elon just restored two major neo-Nazi accounts that were banned by his product head, and might be about to fire the product head for banning them