I’m going to keep saying this in my feed but if you work in media, tech, advertising, public policy or you’re just interested in Justice and the landmark Google antitrust trial starting on 9/9, please bookmark this site now and share it with your networks. usvgoogleads.com

The volatility, ruthlessness and lack of transparency surrounding Google algorithm updates have given birth to an army of SEO ambulance chasers. We received tons of emails and DMs since writing our first article about what was happening to small sites like HouseFresh in Google

Important points to remember 👇

Reminder: Every increase for Reddit is thousands of jobs being lost by people who work for online publishers. The number of people who've lost their jobs and will lose their jobs as the result of this, may be in the millions.

The Best Visualizations of August on the App 🏆 We’ve just welcomed NeoMam Studios as a new creator, and their work is gaining traction. Plus, check out the top viewed, most discussed, and editor's pick from Julie Peasley. Explore the full list: visualcapitalist.com/best-visualiza…

SCOOP: Agencies pocket client cash, without disclosure, from media giants like Google, while getting perks. One agency got $250K to promote Google’s cookieless tech and $150K to endorse YouTube’s brand safety, despite doubts. From Catherine Perloff and I adweek.it/47fO7xm

Very bad news for the Internet Archive today. Will be updating this story as comments/statements come in: wired.com/story/internet…

It's crazy that the internet's usefulness is being dismantled and no one is doing anything about it, we just have to watch it decay into a dying mall

They also removed ‘Fahrenheit 451’ 🔥 List of the 1,300 banned books the publishers removed from our library linked in this FAQ: help.archive.org/help/why-are-s…

An Open Letter to Google from a Small Publisher: healthyframework.com/an-open-letter… We've been trying our best, but time is running out. This letter may fall on deaf ears and end up only being for cathartic reasons, but we hope it sparks a discussion for the many passionate publishers

The end of surveillance capitalism begins on Monday, when the third Google antitrust trial opens. It could soon be three antitrust losses for the search giant, at which point their business model is over. thebignewsletter.com/p/a-post-googl…

Great post to understand how Google is destroying the indie web :(

This is frankly outrageous. Based on these screenshots, Google has ingested the closed captions from the video, and using these to generate the AIO. I've checked where the text comes from - it is from closed captions on the video. Sure seems like copyright infringement?