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Seth Goldstein
Former/Recovering Journalist turned digital marketer and podcaster. I write about all things digital marketing and technology.
Artificial Intelligence
Should AI Have Legal Rights?
Some say yes. Others, not surprisingly, say Hell NO! As for me, I'm not sure. On one hand it could be a dangerous slope, but on the other hand...
Google At WordCamp US Says They Are In Favor Of The Open Web
Google's Danny Sullivan was at WordCamp US in Portland, Oregon this past week and said Google needs the open web. Of course it does. So it can feed its Artificial Intelligence System. Let's not forget that.
Podcasting
YouTube Is Important To The Podcast Industry, But Isn't Everything
YouTube is a great place to watch podcasts that are put out as podcasts in audio only on the feeds. But YouTube isn't podcasting and not all podcasts need to be video.
Artificial Intelligence
ChatGPT 5 Was Panned. But I Thought It Was Pretty Good.
Widely panned as a flop. ChatGPT 5 is the victim of being over hyped. And some people not realizing that ChatGPT shouldn't be your BFF.
Google Is Lying To Us!
In a recent retort to critics, Google has gotten defensive about its AI Search.
Advertising
The Thing About Sydney Sweeney & American Eagle
The thing about the Sydney Sweeney Jeans advert did exactly what American Eagle wanted. A response.
Artificial Intelligence
With AI Overviews, Write Good Content
Artificial Intelligence is here to stay. Getting found and cited in the AI overviews has become a goal for most companies. How do you do this? Write good quality content.
Artificial Intelligence
Google Artificial Intelligence Will Now Call Businesses For People
For someone like me, who hates calling businesses on the phone this is great. But there are nuances that will probably get missed at the start.
Content Marketing
Pay-Per-Crawl Through Cloudflare Is Intriguing
Having artificial intelligence crawlers pay a toll to read and digest your content online is an intriguing proposal and Cloudflare is doing it.
Artificial Intelligence
How To Influence The AI Generative Engines
Famed SEO Lily Ray has documented the most gullible Artificial Intelligence models. It's worthy of an award, if you ask me.
Newsletter
Newsletters... The Democratization Of Media? Or Just The New Hotness.
It seems as though many professional journalists are leaving legacy media, by choice or otherwise, and turning to doing news their own way via the newsletter.