Author: Awais

Chris Green helped analyze 17 million websites and co-authored the latest SEO chapter for the Web Almanac, and his conclusion should matter to anyone who does SEO for a living. Green said the data showed that individual SEOs have “minimal” web-wide impact compared to CMS platform defaults. He wrote: “If you are really determined to have an impact outside of your specific clients … you need to be nudging WordPress or Wix or Shopify.” We’ve been tracking CMS market share at Search Engine Journal since WordPress crossed 39.5% of all websites. Back then, the story was WordPress growing, while everyone…

At some point, every marketer eventually hits a ceiling with their current tool. While a legacy tool like Traackr may assist with early influencer marketing efforts, scaling requires more than just discovery and manual tracking. As your strategy matures, you need a centralized command center that proves business value through automation and high-velocity data. Finding the right Traackr alternatives is a strategic move to scale your program and achieve measurable ROI. If you’re ready to move from manual tracking to a high-impact, all-in-one workflow, these influencer marketing platforms offer the scalability and depth modern marketing leaders require to lead their…

[Submitted on 18 Nov 2025 (v1), last revised 13 Mar 2026 (this version, v3)] View a PDF of the paper titled FAPE-IR: Frequency-Aware Planning and Execution Framework for All-in-One Image Restoration, by Jingren Liu and 5 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:All-in-One Image Restoration (AIO-IR) aims to develop a unified model that can handle multiple degradations under complex conditions. However, existing methods often rely on task-specific designs or latent routing strategies, making it hard to adapt to real-world scenarios with various degradations. We propose FAPE-IR, a Frequency-Aware Planning and Execution framework for image restoration. It uses a frozen Multimodal…

15-second summaryFeedly’s Microsoft Teams integration just got significantly better. The updated integration, now available on the Microsoft Marketplace, gives CTI teams more control over how intelligence reaches stakeholders, with built-in deduplication, AI-generated summaries, and automatic translation.For most CTI teams, the workflow doesn’t end with finding intelligence. It ends with making sure the right people act on it. The updated integration is built to make it easier to get the right intel to the right people, without the noise. Route intelligence to the people who need it, without adding frictionThe integration lets you connect your Feedly Team AI Feeds and Boards…

Mortgage social media marketing is more challenging now than ever, with potential customers expecting more, more difficult regulatory hurdles, and higher targets.

is not a data quality problem. It is not a training problem. It is not a problem you can solve with more RLHF, better filtering, or a larger context window. It is a structural property of what these systems are optimized to do. I have held this position for months, and the reaction is predictable: researchers working on retrieval augmentation, fine-tuning pipelines, and alignment techniques would prefer a more optimistic framing. I understand why. What has been missing from this argument is geometry. Intuition about objectives and architecture is necessary but not sufficient. We need to open the model and look at…

One of my favorite things to come out of the Midwestern multiverse is the 7Up pound cake my grandma made from scratch. She migrated from Corinth, Mississippi, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the recipe in tow. Baked in a Bundt pan, it’s rich yet fluffy, with bright citrus flavor from lemon-lime soda in both the batter and the glaze.A combination of butter and cream cheese keeps the crumb tender and moist for days, while fresh citrus zest sharpens the cake’s lemon-lime flavor without relying on extracts. Finished with a glossy lemon glaze inspired by grocery-store bakery classics, this cake is nostalgic,…

Google appears to be testing a new “Sponsored Shops” format in Google Shopping results that highlights entire stores instead of individual products — a potential shift in how brands compete in Shopping ads. What’s happening. Instead of displaying only single product listings, the new block groups multiple products from the same retailer into one sponsored unit. The format features the store name, several products from that shop, and signals such as ratings and brand presence, effectively creating a mini storefront directly inside the Shopping results. Why we care. The new “Sponsored Shops” format in Google Shopping could shift competition from…

A BuzzStream report analyzing 4 million AI citations found that press releases distributed through syndication channels barely appear in AI-generated answers. Background Press release distribution services have been marketing AI visibility as a selling point. For example, ACCESS Newswire offers an “AI Visibility Checklist” for press releases. eReleases published a guide positioning press releases as tools for AI search visibility. Business Wire has written about optimizing releases for answer engine discovery. BuzzStream’s data offers a different perspective. What They Found The report’s authors used XOFU, a citation monitoring tool from Citation Labs, to track where AI platforms pull their sources…

There’s a growing disconnect between the networks and content brands are investing in, and where audiences are actually spending their time and what they want. According to The 2026 Social Media Content Strategy Report, consumers across generations plan to spend more time on Facebook, followed by Instagram and YouTube, but most brands are allocating investments to TikTok and Instagram. And while brands are investing in AI-generated content, consumers say they want more human-generated content, personalized service and meaningful engagement in smaller digital spaces. Mismatches like this dilute trust and drive down engagement. To succeed on social media in 2026, you…