ChatGPT Search is down for users worldwide, becoming unresponsive at approximately 11 AM EST. Down detectors and reports on social media reflect that many users cannot access the site. OpenAI is reporting a major outage. Updated: ChatGPT Outage Is Mostly Resolved OpenAI is reporting that the outage is partially resolved: Update – ChatGPT is partially…
It’s Christmas Eve, excitement fills the air as children around the world eagerly await Santa Claus’s arrival. The waiting is over and the inevitable questions start: “Where is Santa?” “Do you think he’s in our neighborhood yet?” This year, the original Santa tracker from NORAD will help you to track Santa’s whereabouts as he starts…
At the beginning of 2002, there were more than a dozen “search engines,” including crawlers, directories, and paid/PPC/CPC engines. But by the end of that year, Google had emerged from the pack to become the leading player. (According to Nielsen//NetRatings, Google had a 39% share of 47 million “search hours” in December 2002.1) I recently…
Following on the footsteps of Performance Max campaigns, Microsoft Ads launched multi-format campaigns for Audience Ads. This new feature allows advertisers to create a single campaign that seamlessly integrates various ad formats, including native, display, and online video ads. Upon its launch, multi-format campaigns for Audience ads are available globally and now the default selection…
Here’s a holiday gift from Elon Musk to X’s most loyal customers: The cost of your subscription is going up by nearly 40 percent. According to a new page on X’s Help Center titled Premium+ Price Adjustment, the X Premium+ subscription will now cost $22 per month in the U.S., up from the previous $16…
The United Kingdom may soon force social media firms to seek out and remove underage users from their platforms. The UK’s Office of Communications, more commonly known as Ofcom, has set out a plan to force tech companies to use facial recognition to ban social media users who are underage. “The sort of thing that…
If you want more quality in your pipeline, you need more quality in your marketing efforts. That means you should focus more on your ideal customer profile (ICP) and their journey to conversion. Reflecting on the year, I can tell you that these are some of the most impactful places to spend time and resources…
“Seven hours of RedZone football starts here.” That’s how Scott Hanson opened Sunday’s broadcast, with his usual upbeat energy — but this time, with a twinge of irony. Why? Because last week (and again this week), the NFL’s RedZone channel — long celebrated for its uninterrupted, ad-free blitz of touchdowns and drama — broke its…
Joost de Valk, co-founder of the Yoast SEO plugin, called for a change in WordPress governance that removes Mullenweg as the sole decision maker, offering to lead the transition to a more democratic and diverse board that is representative of WordPress stakeholders. Matt Mullenweg disagreed. Critique Of Mullenweg’s Leadership Joost says that he was prompted…
A new Bluesky update aims to tamp down on the cybersquatting and fake account problem that has plagued the app. In an update rolled out on Thursday evening, users who have verified their account by using a domain name automatically reserve their default username to prevent impersonators from taking it. SEE ALSO: I’ve barely used…