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“I downloaded the complaint to see what’s happened to Penske’s traffic. Oddly, the only specific number that Penske gives is that their search traffic to pages with affiliate links fell by a third in 2024. I wonder if the real issue is that Google cracked down on spammy affiliate pages last year?”

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Matthew J. Brown @mjb.bsky.social · 29d

Sure makes a lot of sense as to why OpenAI is launching a browser. So far behind.

Matthew J. Brown @mjb.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Matthew J. Brown @mjb.bsky.social · Aug 28

Can’t believe he got that job after this happened

Apple Bottom Jings @afraidofwasps.bsky.social · May 19

Doctor: This is not easy news, but, we found a worm in your brain. We've removed it, but need to run some tests.
Me: I kept it worm for you.
Doctor: What?
Me (slightly louder): I kept it Wourm for you

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Matthew J. Brown @mjb.bsky.social · Aug 19

@markwilliamscook.com Do you happen to know if your Thursday presentation will have a replay available?

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Matthew J. Brown @mjb.bsky.social · Aug 9

Don’t turn in LLM output as your work is pretty easy to communicate and justify.

The tricky part here for students is figuring out what is research and what is a search engine when LLMs are blurring those lines at warp speed.

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Matthew J. Brown @mjb.bsky.social · Jul 25

It’s way, way less mailed-in than Holiday Road at the very least.

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Matthew J. Brown @mjb.bsky.social · Jul 18

They just asked AI to make this into a photo

Matthew J. Brown @mjb.bsky.social · Jul 12

…makes me deeply reconsider my itinerary when I take OJB

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Matthew J. Brown @mjb.bsky.social · Jul 6

Uncompressed Bowie>Cities>Bowie

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Matthew J. Brown @mjb.bsky.social · Jul 6

Burgerville

Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · Jul 5

what's a traditional food of your people/culture that everyone else seems to love that you absolutely cannot stand?

for me it is vada pav. Vada is incredible, pav is fantastic, in combination they cancel each other out and become a black hole of anti-taste

Matthew J. Brown @mjb.bsky.social · Jun 20

The wildfires a few years back that lead to social media panic and attempts at local martial law right here in Multnomah and Clackamas Co. - sure didn’t take much

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Matthew J. Brown @mjb.bsky.social · Jun 18

@rustybrick.com Have you reported on any broken snippet issues in Google? Seeing lots of weird results and ignoring of META description tags, etc.

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