Do you remember when there was a plus one plus one button on everything on Google search? There are still like, I'll still see some trucks with advertisements on them that will still show their social media links and they'll be like a Google first. They forced everyone to turn their profile into a Google Plus account. So the fact that that doesn't exist anymore is a pretty good indicator that you can't really brute force your way into it. That was the gamification of that would be out of this world. More than SEO right now, like they should just go back to that. Like bots and like people just turning it into a total mess by gamifying everything. It's got to
Marques and Andrew discuss a grab bag of news this week. First they recap everything they did last week before Andrew decides he wants in on the Cybertruck bet. Then they talk about everything going on with Threads and Twitter before getting into another round of Hype-a-thetically speaking, where they decide whether random tech things are overhyped or underhyped. Of course, we wrap it all up with some trivia. Hope you enjoy!
Links:
Marques golfing at The Open: https://bit.ly/theopenmkbhd
Ellis' Studio video: https://bit.ly/studioellis
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Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli
David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel
Adam: https:https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17
Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin
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Music by 20syl:
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Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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