What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: Are Bill Burr and Billy Corgan Brothers?
Smashing Pumpkins’ legendary frontman Bill Corgan and confrontational comedian Bill Burr look alike—both have shaved heads, stubbly beards, blue eyes, and similar facial structures. They look so much alike they could be brothers; so much alike that a lot of people think they are brothers. While it’s possible, these people are probably wrong. Why people […]
Google Tests Filters On Latest Posts Carousel
Google is testing adding filters to the latest post carousel. These filters can show recent posts, video posts, posts from Instagram, or Facebook.
Google Ads Posts Notice For Brand Guidelines March 2025 Update
Google has posted a notice in the Google Ads console reminding advertisers about the upcoming brand guidelines changes that are now slotted for March 2025. This change was communicated numerous times and the deadline has been pushed off here and there.
Bing Webmaster Tools Updates Date Selectors
Microsoft has updated Bing Webmaster Tools to make selecting the date ranges a lot easier in the performance reports. Now the date selectors are very quick to select, and not deeper inside a menu option.
Google Publisher Center Changes: Automatically Generated Publication Pages
Google is making more changes to the Google Publisher Center, in March Google News will fully transition to automatically generated publication pages in March.
Is Google Image Search Down Ranking AI Images?
There is some chatter in the SEO community that Google Image Search may be down ranking, lowering the rankings, of AI-generated images, in favor of non-AI-generated images within the Google Image search results.
Is NOW the Time to Get Back Into Airbnb?
Is now finally the time to get back into Airbnb investing? We all knew about the Airbnb bubble that formed shortly after lockdowns. With low interest rates and local vacationing […]
Why We Regret Buying (So Many) Rental Properties
It’s true—we regret scaling our real estate portfolios. We’ve learned (the hard way) that less is often more, especially in today’s market, where great deals aren’t as easy to find. […]
Google Review Count Bug Fix Rolling Out
The big Google review count bug, that we first reported on Friday and that later Google confirmed on Monday afternoon, is now being fixed. We can now see review counts climbing again and many small business owners and local SEOs are reporting improvements.
Use This App Instead of Excel to Directly Edit CSV Files
CSV, or Comma Separated Values, are files used for all kinds of things, from managing large datasets to exporting data to move it between web services. You might think CSV files are just spreadsheets, similar to Excel files, but it’s a lot more interesting than that: Open any CSV file in a text document and […]
Apple’s Powerbeats Pro 2 Have a Built-In Heart Rate Monitor
Wireless earbuds are great, but they can be pretty same-y from one brand to the next. Most adopt the classic AirPods design language—small buds, usually with some sort of stem, all of which travel in a charging case. Each has its own list of pros and cons, of course, but the product category has certainly […]
My Favorite Deals on Tech and Appliances From Best Buy’s Presidents Day Sale
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Presidents Day is not until Feb. 17, 2025, but as is often the case, retailers have started their sales well in advance. Best Buy has the best sale I’ve seen so far, with great […]
Where to Find Accurate Medical Info Recently Removed From the CDC’s Site
In my work reporting on health, I often refer to the websites of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and more. Healthcare workers, scientists, and others rely on these, too. But information has been disappearing from those websites. There’s no simple hack to work around this. Some […]
‘Finch’ Motivates Me to Complete My To-do List Without Shaming Me
We may earn a commission from links on this page. It’s a potentially concerning sign of the times, but my morning is dictated by my apps. On an average day, I start off by putting in a mobile Dunkin’ order, checking my sales on Poshmark and my rentals on Pickle, and playing the New York […]
This BBC Study Shows How Inaccurate AI News Summaries Actually Are
It turns out that getting your news from robots playing telephone with actual sources might not be the best idea. In a BBC study of OpenAI, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and Perplexity’s news prowess, the news organization found that “51% of all AI answers” about news topics had “significant issues of some form.” The study […]
