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Mihai Aperghis (@mihaiaperghis), an SEO we reference here from time to time, is also a Google Product Expert and attended the Google Search Central Unconference the other week. He has written this blog post and I am posting it here as a super rare guest post on this site. Why? (1) Mihai rocks and (2) this site is about community and Product Experts are the essence of the Google community. I (Barry) personally was unable to attend due to a conflict. Note: Mihai did not ask for a link or a mention, but I added this so it is clear…

A recent report from Town Square, one of the fastest growing co-working businesses in the UK, has highlighted the role that freelancers play in the UK economy and how it is undergoing significant transformation that is being shaped by economic fluctuations, policy changes, and societal shifts. The UK currently has a substantial freelance workforce that contributes significantly to the national economy. With 1.86 million freelancers, their impact is not to be underestimated, with some sources estimating that they contribute as much as £140bn annually. Read More: The financial crisis facing Welsh universities Read More: Cardiff Capital Region launches new £50m…

Jon Martindale / DigitalTrends ChatGPT is an amazing tool, and when they were introduced, plug-ins made it even better. But as of March 2024, they’re no longer available as part of ChatGPT, having since been replaced by Custom GPTs, which you can make yourself. Or you can use one of the many amazing options from other developers, AI fans, and prompt engineers. Interested in learning about how to make the best custom GPT for you? We have a guide for that. If you’re more interested in the best custom GPTs available now, we have a guide for that too. ChatGPT…

PEPE rose 10% on the news of the listing but dropped soon after. The decision to list PEPE follows the news of upcoming launch of DOGE futures on Coinbase. Frog-themed token Pepe [PEPE] recorded a sharp spike during after U.S. trading hours on 11th April, on what looked like as a response to its listing on Coinbase International Exchange. PEPE gains entry on a marquee platform The fourth-largest memecoin rose 10% to $0.000075 in the five hours following the announcement via an X post, according to CoinMarketCap. However, profit-taking pulled the coin lower, and it was trading at $0.000071 as of…

Image Credits: Alexander Shatov / UnsplashMeta is pushing ahead with its efforts to make its generative AI-powered products available to more users. Apart from testing Meta AI chatbot with users in countries like India on WhatsApp, the company is also experimenting with putting Meta AI in the Instagram search bar for both chat with AI and content discovery. The search query in the search bar leads you to a conversation in DM with Meta AI, where you can ask questions or use one of the pre-loaded prompts. The design of the prompt screen prompted Perplexity AI’s CEO, Aravind Srinivas, to…

When Youth America Grand Prix was founded 25 years ago, ballet training experienced a big shift. While elite international ballet competitions have existed for decades, YAGP’s model helped democratize them by granting access to any student wishing to participate. Not only did it give young dancers an opportunity to gain valuable performance experience and feedback, it offered a platform for them to be seen by top school directors and considered for placement and scholarships. Since then, several other ballet competitions have entered the scene that are similarly education-focused. Performing in front of a panel of judges can be nerve-racking, of…

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My Two Cents Financial-advice columnist Charlotte Cowles answers readers’ personal questions about personal finance. Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: Getty Images Like any adult with a looming fear of scarcity, I’ve dabbled in online side hustles since my teens. One of my longest-running ventures was editing other people’s graduate-school applications in my mid-20s. It was easier than babysitting (I could do it in my pajamas), but it was still labor intensive — I got up at 5 a.m. on countless mornings to rewrite strangers’ badly punctuated personal essays before putting on real pants to go to my actual job (more…

‘Asos Your Way’ Asos is increasing its marketing spend by £30m in the upcoming financial year, with the additional investment to be dedicated to brand building as it attempts to reignite its fortunes with a more full-funnel marketing approach. The investment comes off the back of the troubled retailer’s own criticism of its performance marketing-led approach in the last few years. Asos had been spending 90% of its marketing budget on channels short-term in nature, its senior customer director Dan Elton revealed today on a call with investors (1 Nov). As part of its brand building drive, Asos today released…

Have you heard stories about people making money through YouTube? Well, it is true! Maybe you have also thought at some point in your life that it might be worth a try. People who are fascinated by making money on YouTube should know that it is not as easy as it appears. It requires a lot of energy, time, and emotional commitment. Likely, earning thousands of dollars is not realistic, but if you have a large subscriber base, you can start earning money quickly.  Even if you have no plans of creating a YouTube channel to make money, you will be…