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Airbnb says traffic from AI chatbots converts better than Google Early data suggests chatbot referrals bring higher-intent guests as Airbnb bets on conversational search and deeper AI integration.

Analysis of our client's web traffic is showing this to be true.
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Google AI Overviews cite YouTube more than any medical site for health queries, study suggests Exclusive: German research into responses to health queries raises fresh questions about summaries seen by 2bn people a month

Google being more evil again

Google’s search feature AI Overviews cites YouTube more than any medical website when answering queries about health conditions, according to research that raises fresh questions about a tool seen by 2 billion people each month.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

The people who upload menu photos to restaurant Google Maps listings are truly the backbone of society.

A screenshot of Word 2003. This screenshot has 27 toolbars, a menu (with only seven items) that you have to expand for some reason, very few text labels, tiny icons, and no obvious way to chord from one page to the next. Each toolbar is coded different, so they are of varying widths, some are floating, some are up top while some are down below, and one is a side pane for some reason. That's not to say anything about the dozens of controls hidden within the menu proper. The tiny text editing area, dwarfed by the dozens of toolbars with dozens of controls, reads: "It is getting a bit crowded in here!"

"Word 2003 had far too many toolbars." (Source.)

😂

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The Cluetrain Manifesto at 25 | Simon Web The Cluetrain Manifesto shook marketing in 1999. Twenty-five years on, its lessons and blind spots still matter.

In 1999, The Cluetrain Manifesto said “markets are conversations.”

In 2025, those conversations are bots, filters, and noise.

What happened to the promise of the internet?

simonweb.eu/the-cluetrai...

Love it.

An all-time classic in the history of advertising

At the airport, a bunch of displays showing the blue screen of death due to a faulty CrowdStrike update.

One year ago today, a flawed update from CrowdStrike caused a widespread Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) across all Windows devices that had the CrowdStrike software installed. :(

🔒 Tip for small businesses: Implement strong password policies and require two-factor authentication for all accounts. Protecting customer data starts with secure access! #CyberForBusiness #DataPrivacy

My translator tells me "thoughts & prayers" is an American political expression that means "we'd rather have a secret police force than a weather service".

Give the marketing team a raise!

Multilingual SEO Services | Simon Web Want to get found in more than one language? Discover how multilingual SEO services can help you connect with new customers

Translating your site isn’t the same as being found.
Multilingual SEO helps your business show up in the right language, in the right market, for the right reason.
Want to be discovered in more than one language?
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Microsoft says goodbye to the Windows blue screen of death The software giant’s blue screen of death dates to the early 1990s, according to longtime Microsoft developer Raymond Chen.

Goodbye BSOD!

www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

Nice!

Skype has officially shut down

Guess I had better uninstall it then 🤭

FBI's secret UFO hunters fear Trump's January 6 purge will send them into orbit Maybe Musk just wants the alien space tech that definitely doesn't exist? A previously undisclosed group of FBI agents who investigate UFOs, or "unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs)," as the government calls them, are worried they may not survive…

FBI's secret UFO hunters fear Trump's January 6 purge will send them into orbit

Four Chinese AI startups to watch beyond DeepSeek These companies are all in a position to compete both within China and beyond.

It's not just DeepSeek - China is full of innovative AI startups. Here are 4 to watch. www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/04/1...

I spoke to a talented junior scientist who just got a good faculty job offer in the US and they told me “well I wouldn’t move to 1930s Germany either” so that’s how that’s going

OpenAI is losing money on its pricey ChatGPT Pro plan, CEO Sam Altman says | TechCrunch OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that the company is currently losing money on its $200-per-month plan because people use it more than expected.

I have no idea. I'm not sure their business model has worked out how to make a profit yet...
techcrunch.com/2025/01/05/o...

Why is it called OpenAI if it is not open?

Excellent article about one of our clients in the Guardian today.

Biggest AI Bullshitters.

"The particular problem of false scientific references is rife. In one 2024 study, various chatbots made mistakes between about 30% and 90% of the time on references, getting at least two of the paper’s title, first author or year of publication wrong."
Great article

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

SEO for ChatGPT | Simon Web | English Speaking Digital Agency France Discover how to optimise your website for AI search engines. SEO for ChatGPT and Search GPT is going to radically change search in 2025

The future of search is here! Learn how your business can optimise for AI-driven search engines like ChatGPT & Search GPT. Stay ahead in 2025 with conversational content, structured data, and real-time updates. Read more: simonweb.eu/en/seo-for-c... #SEO #AI #DigitalMarketing 👀

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