Category «Search Engines»

A baseline structure inventory with critical attribution for the US and its territories

Data is Plural: “Leveraging high performance computing, remote sensing, geographic data science, machine learning, and computer vision,” Hsiuhan Lexie Yang et al., researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, have “partnered with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to build a baseline structure inventory covering the US and its territories to support disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.” …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Environmental Law, Financial System, Government Documents, Housing, Search Engines

Media Monitoring Guide Everything You Need to Know

Muck Rack – Media monitoring is the practice of listening, watching, and tracking media coverage and conversation about your organization, your industry, your competition, and topics that relate to your industry. Table of contents What media monitoring means in PR Why is media monitoring so hard? What to monitor and where to start What functionality …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines, Social Media

Modernizing Congressional Data – Senate Legislation and Amendments on Congress.gov

In Custodia Legis: “Continuing our series on modernizing the legislative data exchange behind Congress.gov, we are going to look at the next phase of the project – modernizing the exchange of Senate measures and amendments data. The Legislation collection is comprised of bills and resolutions, along with associated actions (including Action Codes), titles, sponsors, cosponsors, and committee-related activity. Legislation text …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation, Search Engines

Google’s AI Fails At 43% Of Finance Queries, Study Finds

Search Engine Journal: A study by The College Investor finds significant inaccuracies in Google’s AI-generated summaries for finance queries. Out of 100 personal finance searches, 43% had misleading or incorrect information. Key Findings -The study evaluated AI overviews across various financial topics, including banking, credit, investing, taxes, and student loans. The results showed: 57% of …

Subjects: AI, Education, Financial System, Search Engines

How to find helpful content in a sea of made-for-Google BS

HouseFresh: “Uncovering the tactics used by big media content farms, SEO pattern makers, content thieves and AI slop creators to fool Google’s enshittified algorithm (so you don’t fall for them, too). At the beginning of 2024, we said Google was killing independent sites with its bias towards established media outlets, even in cases where these …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines, Social Media

We’re about to enter the Digital Dark Ages

Business Insider via MSN: “The long-promised digital apocalypse has finally arrived, and it was heralded by a blog post. Published on July 18, the post’s headline sounded pretty arcane. “Google URL Shortener links will no longer be available,” it declared. I know, I know — not exactly an attack of alien zombies from the death …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

What If Google’s Biggest Problem Isn’t AI?

New York – Intelligencer [unpaywalled]: “Let’s say you represent the most powerful government on Earth and would like to convey some information to the citizens of your country in a moment of crisis. We’re talking pretty basic stuff: How to apply for federal assistance after a series of massive natural disasters, the general state of …

Subjects: AI, E-Government, Internet, Search Engines, Social Media

Google Tests Quick View Button For Recipes That Keep You On Google

Search Engine Roundtable: “Google is testing placing a “quick view” button overlayed on the images on recipes within Google Search. The crazy part is that clicking on “Quick view” keeps you on Google while giving you a snapshot of the content from the publisher, without sending that traffic to the publisher. Looking at this “Quick …

Subjects: Food and Nutrition, Search Engines

DOJ considering Google breakup following monopoly ruling

CNBC: “The Department of Justice late Tuesday made recommendations for Google’s search engine business practices, indicating that it was considering a possible breakup of the tech giant as an antitrust remedy. The remedies necessary to “prevent and restrain monopoly maintenance could include contract requirements and prohibitions; non-discrimination product requirements; data and interoperability requirements; and structural …

Subjects: Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

British Pathé – 105k videos on YouTube

Before television, people came to movie theatres to watch the news. British Pathé was at the forefront of cinematic journalism, blending information with entertainment to popular effect. Over the course of a century, it documented everything from major armed conflicts and seismic political crises to the curious hobbies and eccentric lives of ordinary people. If …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines